How to Crochet a Cherry-Colored Sweater

You’ll Need:

350g of fringy yarn in cherry color;

80g of thin 100% acrylic yarn in cherry color;

Crochet hook 3;

6 buttons.

Size:

L-XL.

Stitches Control:

15 sts = 10 cm.

Note:

Work in 2 threads of 100% acrylic yarn.

Instructions

Back

Make 79 chain sts with acrylic yarn and 6 rows = 3 cm of single crochets, then, *make 13 cm of double crochets with fringy yarn, 6 rows of single crochets with acrylic yarn*; repeat from * to * to the end of work.

Right Front

Make 40 chain sts with acrylic yarn and work in the same way as back. At 35 cm height, bind off 1 x 4 sts, 2 x 2 sts, 2 x 1 st for arm-hole. At 48 cm height from the beginning of work, bind off 1 x 5 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts, 2 x 1 st for neck-hole. At 56 cm height, finish your work.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves

Make 37 chain sts and continue work with double crochets with fringy yarn. Alternate materials and patterns, matching with pattern design. Pay attention that you should increase 11 x 1 st in every 2^nd row from both sides. At 43 cm height, bind off 1 x 7 sts, 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 2 x 1 st, 2 x 2 sts, 2 x 3 sts and finish your work.

Assembly

Make all the seams and sew up the sleeves. For plackets, make 7 chain sts and 48 cm of single crochets for every placket. Make 5 button-holes on the right front placket. Sew plackets. Make 80 chain sts along the neck-hole and make 6 rows of single crochets, making a button-hole in the 3^rd row. Fasten the whole work with 1 row of “shrimp stitch.”