Crocheted coats and cardigans are a great way to show your good taste and creativity. They are perfect for changeable weather in the off-season, when it is completely unclear whether there will be rain, sun, wind or all at once throughout the day.
Types of Cardigans
Almost every knitter, regardless of experience and existing skills, will be able to crochet a cardigan. Schemes and descriptions of many models abound in the pages of traditional and online publications.
There are several main types of cardigans:
- Classical.
- Based on a circular web.
- From a rectangle sewn in a special way.
All these models can be made from almost any yarn and using a variety of patterns. Of course, denser fabrics should be used to make warm products, and openwork patterns will come in handy to crochet a lightweight cardigan. Schemes and descriptions of those and other patterns will follow below.
What you need to know before you start?
When starting to make a cardigan, coat or jacket, you should take into account their specifics. Working with solid patterns, you need to perform the most accurate pattern. This is especially important for classic models with a fitted silhouette, sleeves and a round armhole. Such canvases practically do not stretch, and you can’t count on the fact that the cardigan is brought. In case of an error, the sleeve will remain short, and the uneven edge of the part will be so even after several washings.
The only effective way to influence the shape of a dense web is steaming with a steam iron. However, this method should not be abused, since after such processing the parts become soft and slightly “flattened”.
It is much more convenient to work with openwork paintings and models with a free cut. Wide canvases laying in folds do not require complex and prolonged knitting of reliefs. Sometimes even a pattern is not needed.
Thick Thread Cardigan
The photo below shows a product connected by the simplest pattern (single crochet and crochet) of very thick yarn.
The use of this combination of materials and technology allows you to very quickly and effectively crochet a cardigan. Schemes and description for such a model may be required only for beginners, because the cut is extremely simple. Its peculiarity is that the cardigan is not knitted from the bottom up, but with a whole fabric, across: from one sleeve to another.
Work starts from the bottom edge of one of the sleeves. The cuff is made of a very popular pattern with embossed columns. They knit in the same way as ordinary double crochet, but when forming a new hook, it should be wound not under the loops of the previous row, but under the column itself. The gum effect was achieved by alternating the relief columns connected before work (facial) and those that are called purl (at work).
After knitting, the cuffs proceed to the manufacture of the sleeve. This is an elementary rectangle. By the way, all the details of such a cardigan are rectangular.
When the length of the sleeve is sufficient, it is time to proceed to the formation of the parts of the front and back. They are knitted at the same time. To do this, on both sides of the upper part of the sleeve, additional air loops are gathered and the front and back webs are knitted.
To form two split shelves, you must perform the following steps:
- When the height of the large fabric becomes equal to the width of one shelf, knitting should be continued only on the part that will be the back.
- Partial build-up of the canvas should be performed until this fragment is equal to 15-17 cm. This is the standard neck width.
- Then you should dial as many air loops that are necessary for knitting the second shelf.
- Perform further work by checking the first half of the cardigan.
Crochet openwork cardigan
For knitting summer and spring products, patterns that are depicted in the following diagrams are suitable.
However, you must ensure that the canvas is not too soft, otherwise it will inevitably stretch.
With this pattern you can make a simple crochet cardigan. Schemes and description follow.
The basis of such a product is a very large square or rectangle. His knitting can be started from the bottom edge or from the side, it does not really matter. After the canvas is ready, its ends should be sewn to half. The remaining holes will be the armholes of the sleeves.
The final stage is the execution of strapping in circular rows. Thus, it is easy to crochet cardigans and cardigans. Patterns and descriptions for more complex patterns can be quickly found in various knitting manuals.