Crochet Pattern for Children's Sweater with Pockets and Buttons

You’ll Need

600g of mélange grey-white-blue 100% acrylic yarn;

50g of dark-blue 100% acrylic yarn;

Crochet hook 4;

4 snaps;

4 middle and 2 small blue buttons.

Size

6 years.

Stitches Control

17 sts of pattern = 10 cm;

13 single crochets = 10 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 67 chain sts with mélange yarn and work according to the scheme 1.

Right Front

Make 37 chain sts with mélange yarn and work according to the scheme 1. At 40 cm height, leave 7 sts open from both sides for arm-holes = 30 sts. At 48 cm height from the beginning of work, decrease 1 x 10 sts, 1 x 3 sts, and 1 x 2 sts in every row = 15 sts for shoulder. At 56 cm height, finish your work.

Left Front

Make in symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves

Make 37 chain sts with mélange yarn and work according to the scheme 1, increasing 5 x 1 st in every 4^th row from both sides = 47 sts. At 32 cm height, make sleeve cap according to the scheme 2 = 17 sts and finish your work. Total height is about 38 cm.

Collar

Make 54 chain sts with dark-blue yarn and work with single crochets, increasing 3 x 1 st in every 3^rd row, stepping back 1 st from edge. At the same time, increase 5 sts in the 2^nd row. At 8 cm height, cut the yarn. Fasten the sides and upper edge with 1 row of single crochets.

Cuffs

Make 2.

Make 30 chain sts with dark-blue yarn and work with single crochets. At 4 cm height, finish your work.

Pockets

Make 2.

Make 13 chain sts with dark-blue yarn and work with single crochets. Finish your work at 10 cm height.

Assembly

Make seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes. Fasten all the edges of front and neck-hole with 2 rows of single crochets with dark-blue yarn. Sew collar, leaving 4 cm from each front open. Sew cuffs to the sleeves. Sew pockets to the front. Sew middle buttons on the right front and small buttons on pockets in the same way. Sew snaps from the wrong side of pockets.