How to Crochet a Gorgeous Granny Square Cardigan

You’ll Need:

17 skeins of yarn (60% cotton, 40% polyamide; 90m/50g);

Crochet hook 6.

Size:

M.

Used Patterns:

Granny Square A:

Follow Scheme A.

Granny Square B:

Follow Scheme B.

Bead:

Make a ring with yarn and create 7 single crochets in the ring;

2^nd Row: 2 chain stitches increase, 15 half-crochets, slip stitch;

3^rd Row: 3 chain stitches increase, 1 double crochet in every 2^nd stitch = 7 double crochets;

4^th Row: 2 chain stitches increase, 7 single crochets, then work according to Scheme B.

Main Pattern:

Follow Scheme C, repeat 1^st - 4^th rows.

Stitches Control:

12 double crochets x 1 pattern repeat = 10 х 7 cm;

Granny Square A: 18 х 18 cm;

Granny Square B: 17 х 17 cm.

Instructions:

Back and Front:

Make 4 Granny Squares A and connect them as you work.

Join the yarn to the right edge of the square and make 3 chain stitches increase, then crochet 89 double crochets in the chain stitches of the square.

Turn to the main pattern. Decrease 1 stitch from both sides in the 3^rd, 4^th, 7^th, and 8^th rows = 82 stitches.

Connect the squares with the front in the process of work (refer to the pattern design). In 36 rows, create armholes according to the scheme, after that, finish back and front separately.

Sleeves:

Create Granny Square B, then join the yarn to the edge of the square and make 3 chain stitches increase, followed by 21 double crochets in the chain stitches of the square. Complete 4 rows and cut the yarn.

Fasten the square from the opposite side; do not cut the yarn, turn to another corner and work upward.

Sleeve Cap:

Make 3 chain stitches increase, then crochet 38 single crochets in the chain stitches of the square.

Complete 3 rows of double crochets, then create the cap.

1^st Row: 4 slip stitches, 2 chain stitches increase, 29 double crochets, 1 half-crochet, turn, leaving 4 stitches unfinished;

2^nd Row: 2 chain stitches increase, 1 half-crochet, 27 double crochets;

3^rd - 9^th Rows: decrease 1 stitch from both sides (= 15 stitches);

10^th - 11^th Rows: decrease 2 stitches from both sides (= 9 stitches).

Join the yarn to the corner of the fastened square and create the bottom part: 3 chain stitches, 33 double crochets;

2^nd Row: 32 double crochets (decrease 1 stitch from both sides);

3^rd Row: 32 double crochets;

4^th - 10^th Rows: main pattern.

Assembly:

Sew the sleeves into the armholes.

Fasten the cardigan along the front and bottom with 1 row of single crochets and a picot finish.

Step back 6 stitches from the edge of the neck hole, make 41 chain stitches and work with single crochets.

2^nd Row: 43 double crochets (increase 1 double crochet from both sides);

3^rd Row: 45 single crochets;

4^th Row: puff stitches according to the scheme;

5^th Row: 47 double crochets;

6^th Row: puff stitches;

7^th Row: 49 single crochets;

8^th Row: 51 double crochets.