How to Create a Beautiful Woolen Sweater

You’ll Need:

200g of mélange green-yellow shades 100% woolen yarn (300m/100g);

Crochet hook size 3;

Double-pointed knitting needles size 3;

Circular knitting needles size 3.

Size:

Note:

Instructions

Back

Make 210 chain sts + 2 chain sts increase and work in the following way: *5 chain sts, 1 single crochet in the 5^th base chain st*; repeat from * to *, make the next rows in the same way, but make single crochet in the middle of “arch” (see the scheme 1). Make neck-hole due to the pattern design. At 80 cm height finish your work.

Front

Make 100 chain sts and work in the same way, as for back. At 60 cm height from the beginning of work, make decreases for neck-hole due from inwards due to the pattern design. At 20 cm height from the beginning of neck-hole, finish your work. Make the second half of front in symmetry.

Sleeves

Make 105 chain sts and circle them in the ring. Then, crochet around with the same pattern, as for back and front. Finish your work at 38 cm height.

Assembly

Make side and shoulder seams. Sew up the sleeves. For sleeve placket, cast on 70 sts with double-pointed knitting needles and make 22 cm of stockinette stitch. Then, bind off the sts. Make the second placket in the same way. Sew plackets to the lower edges of sleeves. For neck-hole placket, cast on the needed quantity of sts with circular knitting needles and make 4 cm of stockinette stitch. Bind off the sts. Sew placket along neck-hole line. For front plackets, cast on the needed quantity of sts with circular knitting needles size 3 and make 4 cm of stockinette stitch. Bind off the sts. Make 2 such details. Sew plackets to the edges of both halves of front.