Crochet a Burgundy and Grey Sweater: A Step-by-Step Guide

You’ll Need:

150 (200) 200g of burgundy yarn (70% alpaca, 30% polyamide; 225m/50g);

100 (150) 150g of the same yarn, but in grey color;

Crochet hook 4.5;

Knitting needles 4.5;

5 buttons (diameter is about 28 mm).

Size:

S (M) L.

Used Patterns

Main Pattern:

The quantity of stitches is multiple 4 + 3.

Rib:

Start with 1 WS row: 1 selvage stitch, *1 purl, 2 knit stitches, 1 purl*; repeat from * to *, 1 selvage stitch. Make RS row as stitches face.

Stitches Control:

14.5 stitches x 8.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Back:

Make 67 (75) 83 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase with burgundy yarn and work with the main pattern. In 66 cm = 56 rows, bind off the central 25 (27) 29 stitches for the neck-hole and finish both sides separately. In 67 cm = 57 rows from the set-up row, finish your work on 21 (24) 27 stitches.

Left Front:

Make 31 (35) 39 chain stitches + 3 chain stitches increase with burgundy yarn and work with the main pattern. In 60 cm = 51 rows from the set-up row, decrease 1 x 6 stitches along the left side for the neck-hole and bind off 1 x 3 (4) 4 stitches and 1 x 1 (1) 2 stitches in every row. To do this, bind off stitches at the beginning of the row, and make slip stitches at the end of the row. Finish your work on the remaining 21 (24) 27 stitches of the shoulder at the height of the back.

Right Front:

Make in the same way as left front, but in reflection.

Assembly:

Make shoulder seams. Cast on 20 (22) 24 cm with circular knitting needles, including shoulder seams, 58 (66) 74 stitches and make 3 cm of rib for arm-hole placket. Then, bind off stitches as they face. Cast on 34 (38) 42 stitches along the lower edges of the front and 74 (82) 90 stitches along the edge of the back; for the placket, work on all 142 (158) 174 stitches and make 4 cm of rib. Then, bind off stitches as they face. Cast on 86 stitches along sides of the front and short edges of the placket with circular knitting needles and work with rib for plackets. Make 5 button-holes in the placket of the right front. Cast on 70 stitches from inwards along the edge of the neck-hole and half of short placket sides with circular knitting needles and burgundy yarn and make 8.5 cm of rib for collar. Bind off stitches, sew buttons.