Crochet Your Stylish Blue Sweater

You’ll Need:

450g of thin 100% acryl yarn in blue color;

350g of the same yarn, but in dark-blue color;

Crochet hook 3.5 and 4.

Size:

M.

Stitches Control:

14 sts = 10 cm.

Note:

Work in 2 threads of yarn – 1 blue and 1 dark blue.

Instructions

Back

Make 71 chain sts with crochet hook 3.5 and work with pattern due to the scheme 1.

Right Front

Make 41 chain sts with crochet hook 3.5 and work due to the scheme 1. At 46 cm height, bind off 6 sts from left side for arm-hole = 35 sts and crochet straight to the total height of 68 cm.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves

Make 41 chain sts with crochet hook 3.5 and work due to the scheme 1, increase 5 x 1 st in every 8^th row from both sides. At 48 cm height, make sleeve cap due to the scheme 2 and finish your work at 56 cm height.

Assembly

Make shoulder, side and sleeve seams, leave the upper 4 cm before the sleeve cap open. Sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes, connect and sew the rest 4 cm of sleeves. For collar, lift 65 sts along the neck-hole line: 19 sts of each half of front and 27 sts of back and work due to the scheme 1. At 12 cm height, cut the yarn. Fasten the lower edge of sleeves with 2 rows due to the scheme 1 and 2 rows of single crochets, decrease 6 sts in the 1^st row = 35 sts. Fasten front and neck-hole line with 2 rows of single crochets.

Cord Making

For cord, make 31 chain sts with crochet hook 4 and make 2 rows of half double crochets and cut the yarn. Make 2 cords. Sew one cord to the right half of front and the second cord to the left side seam. For decoration, make 3 cords 45 cm, 72 cm, and 80 cm long. Make a chain of the needed size for each cord and fasten it with 1 row of half double crochets. Sew the cords to the right front, forming an ornament.