The cardigan is a truly unique item. Every woman has at least several models of this item in her wardrobe. With a little skill and a lot of desire, you can knit something new for yourself ahead of the cold weather. Cardigans are knitted and crocheted. In this article we will analyze both options.
Knitted cardigans, new models
Cardigans are completely different. Their difference lies in both style and purpose. Some are light, elegant, intended more for decoration and completing the image. Others are warm, warming in bad weather, made of jersey or knitted.
Knitted cardigans are worn in both cold and warm seasons. Summer models are decorated with openwork and airy patterns. Among the insulated models, the most relevant are cardigan-coats with and without clasps and pockets. There are models with fur collars.
It should be taken into account that oversized and cocoon products that are now popular can visually enlarge the figure, so overweight women are better off choosing a silhouette in the form of a rectangle, or based on a men’s classic sweater.
Very large knits are also in fashion. Braids, aranas and other voluminous patterns look harmonious here. Another trend is Lalo - a cardigan with a color transition from lighter to darker or vice versa. It is based on voluminous braids. There are tons of training videos. In order to knit a creative Lalo cardigan, even experienced craftswomen need more than one week.
That's why we Today we’ll focus on simpler, but no less impressive models of blouses, which are not so difficult to make with your own hands and quite quickly.
Selection of yarn and tools
For lightweight, versatile models, you should choose a cotton-based material. Products made from cotton and viscose keep their shape perfectly. You can also use acrylic threads. Acrylic yarn is soft to the touch, pleasant to wear, and does not shrink when washed. You can also use yarn made from flax, silk and other types.
IMPORTANT: Acrylic products accumulate static electricity and, when exposed to ultraviolet rays, may lose their shape over time.
Thick wool threads are best suited for insulated cardigans. They are made from 100% sheep wool. Acrylic is often added to them so that the product holds its shape better. Merino wool yarn is often used; it is soft and delicate, and its thread is thin. You can also use exquisite cashmere, mohair, angora, etc.
Sweaters can be knitted or crocheted. Typically, warmer, voluminous models are knitted with knitting needles, while crocheting produces openwork and elegant products. (photo).
Knitting a cardigan with knitting needles
For different models Various knitting methods are usedI. They differ in the ways of knitting sleeves:
- Raglan bottom.
- Raglan on top.
- Set-in.
- One-piece seamless.
There are a huge variety of patterns. You should choose them based on the purpose of the product. For an insulated model, beautiful three-dimensional patterns are suitable: braids, arans, in the form of hexagons, and alternate knitting of front and back rows or loops also looks great. They are the simplest to make, but they look original and unusual.
Women's cardigan
Finished product size: 46.
Materials and tools
- Yarn 80%/20% wool/polyamide; 700 m/100 g, consumption 400 g.
- Knitting needles No. 8.
- Circular knitting needles No. 8.
Description
Knitting in two threads.
Pattern
Shelves and back
On needles No. 8 we cast on 168 stitches. We knit a 2x2 elastic band (2 knits x 2 purls). So we knit 3 cm. From the next row we begin to knit a ribbed pattern. Rapport consists of six rows: facial loops; purl; facial; facial; purl; facial.
So we knit 23 cm. Next, we close 17 loops on the left and right shelves. These will be pockets. For the pocket, 15 cm from the beginning, we again cast on 17 loops on the wrong side. side and knit faces. satin stitch When the pocket is knitted 8 cm, add 17 loops again and continue.
ATTENTION: The second pocket needs to be knitted using the same principle.
We do this for another 52 cm. We knit the next row like this:
- edge loop (remove);
- 44 knit stitches;
- Close 6 loops;
- 66 knit stitches;
- Close 6 loops;
- 44 knit stitches;
- Edge (wrong)
We knit one more row. loops.
IMPORTANT: The height of the product is always made vertically.
Sleeves
Using knitting needles No. 8, cast on 44 stitches and knit with a 2x2 elastic band. We knit 3 cm. We proceed to making the pattern.
For an okat on 2 sides, every full 20 rows we increase one stitch five times, i.e. you need to add 10 loops. Total 54 p. We knit 45 centimeters.
Next row:
- 3 pet. close;
- 48 facial;
- 3 pet. closing.
We knit the second sleeve in the same way.
Connecting everything together
We transfer all parts of the product to round knitting needles. We knit the 1st purl. row of pattern. We knit the edge loops together. Using a marker, mark: 45p. right floor, 48p. sleeve, 66p. back, 48p. sleeve, 45p. left floor In total we get 248 loops.
For the raglan line, we decrease five times with two loops in every fourth row, 16 times with two loops in every second row. We knit 12 rows with a pattern (like the rest of the details). We finish by knitting three rows of purls. iron.
We close the loops. You can sew the sleeves.
The cardigan is ready!
Children's cardigan for girls 5–6 years old
Materials and equipment
- Yarn 49%/51% wool/acrylic, 180 m/100 g.
- Knitting needles No. 3.5; 4.
- Buttons.
- Buttons.
Description
Back:
Using knitting needles No. 3.5, cast on 43 stitches. We knit with a 3x3 4 cm elastic band, finishing with one knit stitch instead of three.
We switch to knitting needles No. 4. We knit:
- Edge.
- 8 pet. pearl pattern.
- 12 pet. braid
- 12 pet. pearl.
- 10 pet. braid
- Edge (purl)
After 6 centimeters from the beginning, we cast on 40 loops on the 3rd knitting needle. In the next row, we first knit the loops from the second knitting needle, then add the loops from the third. We knit the third knitting needle in this way:
- 2 p. loops;
- 12 pet. pearl pattern;
- 12 pet. braid;
- 12 pet. pearl;
- 2 p. loops.
We get 83 loops.
After 7 centimeters from the beginning, we make increases on the right for the shoulder bevel (we knit the increases with a pearl pattern) in every 4th row. Add 8 times 1p.
After 18.5 cm we begin to knit the neckline. Cast off 2 stitches in every 4th row.We knit 21 rows straight. We make an increase for the neckline on the right side in every 4th row 2 times, 2 loops. We get 91 loops. Knit 3 rows straight. We close on the right side in every 4th row 8 times with one loop.
After 43 centimeters from the beginning, we close 40 loops on the left side on the wrong side. We get 43 loops. We knit six rows.
Using knitting needles No. 3.5 we knit an elastic band 3x3 4 cm. Close it.
Left shelf
We knit to the level of the neckline in the same way as the back. B/w 18.5 centimeters we close on the right in every 20th row 1 time with 6 loops, 2 times with 2 loops. Then in every 4th row we close 2 loops once. We get 79 loops.
After 22.5 centimeters we begin the 3x3 elastic band. To do this, cast on 9 new stitches on the left in the first row, starting with the 4th knit stitch instead of the 3rd knit stitch. Let's close.
Right shelf
We knit in a mirror image. We start knitting from the right armhole.
Sleeves
On knitting needles No. 3.5 we cast on 43 loops. We knit 4 centimeters with a 3x3 elastic band, you need to start with 2 knit stitches instead of 3 knit stitches. Using knitting needles No. 4 we knit the stockinette stitch. We make increases on 2 sides at a distance of 2 loops from the edge in each 10th row 6 times in one loop. H/w 31 cm from the beginning, cast off 55 loops.
Collar
On knitting needles No. 3.5 we cast on 105 loops. We knit 10 centimeters with a 3x3 elastic band. We put the loops on the other needle through one and knit 3 rows of faces. satin stitch on 53 loops. From the wrong side of the product we return to the set aside loops, there are 52 of them. We knit 3 rows of faces. satin stitch We put it off.
Bar at the bottom
On knitting needles No. 3.5 we knit with a 3x3 4 centimeter elastic band. We put it off.
Product assembly: sew the shoulders, sew the collar, sew the sides; sew on the bar; sew the sleeves; sew on buttons; sew on buttons
Boy's cardigan
Product for a 3 year old boy
Materials and equipment
- Yarn 50%/50% wool/acrylic 150m/100g.
- Knitting needles No. 2.5; 5.
- Buttons.
Description
Cast on 102 stitches on size 5 needles. Next, we knit the front and back rows. loops (garter stitch pattern). It is necessary to knit 12 cm. In the next person. row: 18 loops, slip 11 loops onto an auxiliary needle (for pockets), cast on 11 loops again, 44 loops, slip 11 and cast on again, 18 loops.
We knit 5 more rows. In the 6th row we make windows for buttons: knit 3 loops, cast off 2 (cast them on again in the next row), knit 8, bind off 2 (then cast on), then knit to the end of the row. At 12 cm we also knit 2 more windows.
After 22 cm from the beginning, we divide the product into parts. Shelves - 30 loops, back - 42 loops. Now we knit all the parts separately. On each side of the back we close 3 loops, on the front side of the sleeves we close 3 loops. These will be the armholes. There are 36 loops left on the back and 27 on the shelves.
After 16 cm of the armhole, we fold 11 stitches of the shoulder of the front and back and close them, you need to knit the loops together, one loop from each knitting needle. We transfer those loops that remain to one knitting needle. In the shoulder seams we cast on 2 loops. We get 50 loops. We make 4 more rows.
Knitting the hood
We increase by one loop on both sides. Repeat every fourth row. At a hood height of 20 cm, divide the loops into both knitting needles and close them, like the shoulder seams.
Sleeves
Cast on 25 stitches on needles No. 5. We knit in garter stitch 6 cm. In every fifth row we increase 12 times, one on each edge. We get 49 loops. Close 32 centimeters from the beginning.
We transfer the postponed 11 stitches to needles No. 2.5. Knit a row in such a way that you get 23 loops. That is, add 12 loops from broaches.We knit another 20 cm (front rows with knit stitches, purl rows with purl stitches). Fold the pocket and sew it to the shelf from the inside out. Knit the second pocket in the same way.
Assembly: sew the sleeves; sew in the sleeves; sew on the buttons.
The cardigan is ready.
Crochet a cardigan
This product is preferable to wear in summer. It can be worn as a jacket or summer coat. Thanks to the use of various patterns, it turns out airy and light.
How to crochet a women's cardigan for beginners
Product for 40–42 sizes
Materials and equipment
- Cotton yarn (iris) 300m/100g, 6 skeins.
- Hook No. 3.
- Buttons.
Description
For backrests We collect 123 air loops and one more (lifting loop). We knit the Fan pattern:
Pattern No. 1. Knitting the Fan pattern
The number of loops is a multiple of 20 plus 3 plus 1 air lifting loop. We use scheme No. 1. We start the rows with one or three chain stitches instead of one single crochet or one double crochet. We knit like this: loops before repeat, repeat, loops after repeat. It is necessary to knit this way from the 1st to the 10th row of rap, then 7–10 rows of rap. In the 5th row we knit a fan pattern.
In the 30th row we remove one rapport from 2 sides. This is how we form places for inserting sleeves. Track. row - columns b/n.
Then we begin the relief drawing:
Knitting pattern No. 2, 3
The number of loops is a multiple of 6 plus 2 plus 1 in. p.p. We knit according to pattern No. 2.
On 2 sides we make an increase in every second row 8 times in one loop. We knit another 14 centimeters. We do not knit 3 loops on 2 sides to the armholes. In the next 3 rows we do not knit 2 loops, in the next. 4 - one. In total we get 76 loops.
For 35 cm we do not knit 6 loops, in the next. 2 rows of 6 more loops.
We form the neck: do not knit 34 loops in the middle of the back, and finish the edges separately. To form a circle from the inner edge, do not knit 3 loops in each row.
Continue until the height of the relief pattern = 36.5 cm
Left shelf
63 air loops and one lifting loop. We knit a fan pattern. On the right side of the product we make decreases for the sleeves. So we knit 43 cm. Then a row of non-woven stitches. From the next rows we knit with a relief pattern.
On the right side we perform increases and decreases as on the back. After 23 cm we form the neck. We do not knit three loops on the left in every 2nd row, we decrease 3p x 2p, 2p x 3p, 3p x 2p.
We tie the shelf to the level of the back.
Right shelf
We knit symmetrically with the left.
Sleeves
69 loops and one lifting loop. We perform the Fan pattern. In the first row we add two arches. After 48.5 cm from the beginning, we make one row using uncapped columns. Next, we knit in relief. We do not knit 3 loops, we make decreases in every 2nd row: 4x2, 3x1, 1x2, 2x3. We knit in relief 21 cm.
Assembly
We make seams on the sides and sew in the sleeves. We tie all the edges. We knit four slots for buttons. Sew on the buttons.
The cardigan is ready. Wear it for your health!
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