Crochet Sweater Patterns and Instructions

You’ll Need

Thick yarn (50% wool, 50% acrylic; 52m/100g);

Crochet hook size 10.

Stitches Control

8 single crochets x 10 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Size

112/122/132 cm wide x 56 cm height.

Used Patterns

Huge Pearls: The quantity of stitches should be odd.

Row Instructions

• 1^st row: 1 single crochet in the 4^th stitch, *1 chain stitch, skip the next stitch, single crochet;
• 2^nd row: 2 chain stitches, turn, skip the 1^st stitch, single crochet in the 1^st chain stitch of the previous row, *1 chain stitch, skip the next stitch, single crochet in the next chain stitch of the previous row*; repeat from * to *, single crochet.

Repeat the 2^nd row.

Instructions

Front and Back

Make 47/51/55 chain stitches, 1 single crochet in the 3^rd stitch, single crochet in every stitch = 44/48/52 single crochets.

• 1^st row: 2 chain stitches (= 1 single crochet), single crochet in every stitch;
• 2^nd row: 2 chain stitches, single crochet in every stitch.

Sleeves (Wrong-Side)

• 1^st row: 2 chain stitches, 44/48/52 single crochets, 23/21/19 chain stitches, turn;
• 2^nd row: 1 single crochet in the 3^rd stitch, single crochet in the next 20/18/16 stitches, single crochet in the next 44/48/52 stitches, 23/21/19 chain stitches, turn;
• 3^rd row: 1 single crochet in the 3^rd stitch, single crochet in the next 20/18/16 stitches, single crochet in the next 44/48/52 stitches, 20/18/16 chain stitches, turn;
• 4^th row: 2 chain stitches, single crochet in the next 19/17/15 stitches of the left sleeve, pearled pattern on the middle 44/48/52 stitches, single crochet in the next 20/18/16 stitches, turn;
• 5^th row: 2 chain stitches, single crochet in the next 19/17/15 stitches, pearled pattern on the middle 44/48/52 stitches, single crochet in the next 20/18/16 stitches, turn.

Alternate the last 2 rows to reach a height of 56 cm, finishing from the right-side.

Collar

Make 30 stitches for the shoulder and 24 stitches for the neck-hole, turn.

Continue work on 24 stitches of neck-hole with pearled pattern to a height of 25 cm. Cut the yarn and fasten it from the wrong-side.

Assembly

Hide collar, shoulder, side, and sleeve seams.