Crochet cardigan made of thick yarn

Representatives of the fair half of humanity love to dress beautifully and stylishly. But sometimes there is a problem with choosing the right option. For example, in the off-season the weather is often such that it is too hot in a jacket, but cold without it.

Having a cardigan made of thick yarn in your wardrobe will help solve this problem. These clothes, despite the roughness of the material used, can highlight your femininity and warm your body.

Many people think that things can only be made from bulky yarn using knitting needles, but this is not true. There are a lot of interesting patterns that are created by crochet. They allow you to create an elastic and fairly dense fabric, which is great for knitting a cardigan. Moreover, even a beginner in needlework can cope with this activity.

What you need to crochet a cardigan

One of the main stages in the creation of any product is the preparatory stage. The final result will depend on how well you prepare. Preparation consists of the following steps.

• Model Search. The first point of our plan depends entirely on the taste of the future owner. But everyone else depends on him.
• Taking measurements and creating a pattern. Secondly, you will need to take measurements: waist, chest, neck and hips. And also determine the length of the product (which is measured along the back), sleeves, and shoulders.
• Construction of a pattern. Based on these measurements, a pattern is constructed. You can also simply make adjustments to the basic pattern based on them.

Basic pattern

• Purchase of materials and tools. It is better to choose natural fiber: wool or cotton with parameters of 250 m/100 g. The hook is matched to the yarn. To do this, you can use information from the manufacturer, which is indicated on the packaging.

Reference! You can find out the number of the required tool experimentally. To do this, fold the thread in half and compare the resulting volume with the thickness of the hook head.

How to crochet a cardigan

In order to understand all the nuances of creating a cardigan from thick yarn, let's take a detailed look at the workflow using an example.

Scythe diagram

To make it, you will need bulky yarn (200 m/100 g) and a hook number 10, as well as a knitting needle for assembly. The main pattern is straight and rotating rows of dc.

Completing of the work

• Take measurements and create a pattern based on them or make adjustments to the basic pattern.

• Knit a sample of the main pattern with a braid and perform knitting calculations.
• Make the back piece using the main pattern.
• Make two parts of the front shelves symmetrically. At the same time, place the braid pattern on the outer edge.
• Knit two sleeve pieces.
• Sew shoulder seams.
• Sew side seams.
• If desired, tie the open edges with a crawfish step.
• Carry out WTO of the product.

Attention! Before performing calculations, the sample must be washed and dried.

Cardigans can be created not only with a single fabric, but also using a variety of motifs.

An example of a model of individual motifs

To do this, the elements are connected to each other into a single fabric during knitting the last row. To obtain the desired contour, a part of the motif is knitted: a half or a quarter.