Crochet Sweater Instructions

You'll Need:

4 skeins of yarn 1 (40% polyacryl, 30% mohair, 20% wool, 10% polyamid; 65m/50g) - 200g of white color;

yarn 2 (35% Alpaca, 25% wool, 10% polyamid, 5% polyesther; 150m/50g) - 2 skeins of brown and white color each;

yarn 3 (70% mohair, 30% silk; 210m/25g) - 3 skeins of sandy color;

yarn 4 (78% wool, 22% polyamid; 100m/50g) - 2 skeins of stone grey color;

yarn 5 (40% polyamid, 21% Merino, 19% polyacryl, 10% Alpaca, 10% mohair; 100m/50g) - 1 skein of grey color;

yarn 6 (37% wool, 33% polyamid, 20% mohair, 10% polyacryl; 185m/50g) - 2 skeins of black color;

yarn 7 (54% polyamid, 19% Alpaca, 19% mohair, 8% polyesther; 110m/50g) - 2 skeins of light-brown color;

Crochet hook 7;

Black leather fastener.

Size:

S-M.

Picot Edge:

The quantity of sts is multiplied by 20 + 19 sts due to the scheme.

Start with sts before pattern, repeat pattern, finish with sts after pattern. Make 1st-3rd rows once, then repeat 2nd-3rd rows, paying attention to the order of colors.

Order of Colors

Order of Colors 1 in Picot Edge Row:

In the 1st row with yarn: *7, 1, brown 2, 7, 1, brown, 2, 3, 4, 5, white 2, 6*; repeat from * to *.

Order of Colors 2 in Picot Edge Row:

As in the order of colors 1, but start with **.

Stitches Control:

115 sts х 2.75 rows = 10 х 10 cm.

Instructions

Note! Make back and front as one-piece cloth, but start your work with sleeves.

Make 39 chain sts + 4 chain sts increase for each sleeve, work according to the order of colors from **.

In 40 cm = 11 rows from the set-up row, leave your work.

Crochet the front and back with yarn 7: 159 chain sts + 4 chain sts increase according to the order of colors 1 of the picot edge. In 69 cm = 19 rows from the set-up row, decrease 16 sts in the next row: in every pattern repeat and at the beginning and end of the row - 3 treble crochets instead of 2 (2 decreases in every pattern repeat and 1 decrease at the beginning and end of the row; continue crocheting from both sides from the middle of picot and also at the beginning and end - 5 treble crochets together instead of 6). Repeat these decreases 4 times in every 2nd row and once in the next row.

At the same time, in 83.5 cm = 23 rows from the set-up row, include one sleeve in work in the middle of picots in the 2nd and 6th pattern repeats, but decrease the selvedge sts of sleeves. Continue making sleeves decreases according to the previous description.

In 109 cm = 30 rows from the set-up row, finish your work.

Assembly

Sew the sleeves, fasten fronts and neck-hole with white yarn 2 - 1 row of single crochets, and fasten the neck-hole with 1 row of slip sts.

Insert the fringe from yarn 1 (2 threads 15 cm long) in every 3 sts in bundles. Cut the fringe to 5 cm long and sew the fastener.