My sweater*

My Sweater

Remember the pink dresses I made? Click here to see them. Well, I altered that pattern quite a bit to come up with something for myself.  Here is my sweater. I absolutely love it, even though I missed a stitch in the front. The front could be the back, too. I have worn it both ways.  I usually take a “real” size small, not in the hip, young girl’s section. I think it would be fun to try this same pattern in a thicker yarn with a larger hook size to see what size sweater you would come up with. If anyone tries, please share with the rest of us.

What I used:

I hook and almost 800 yards of Caron Spa yarn

How I did it: Chain 11, place a stitch marker, ch16, mark, ch21, mark, ch16, mark, ch12.

Row1: hdc in second ch from hook and in each st across except for the marked stitches; hdc, ch1, hdc in each marked stitch across. Ch2, turn.

Rows 2-13: hdc in each hdc, and hdc, ch2, hdc in each ch2 space.

Row14: hdc in ea hdc to ch2 space, hdc in ch2 sp, ch1, hdc in next ch2 space.  This creates the arm hole. Hdc to next ch2 space, hdc in the ch2 space, ch1, hdc in the next ch2 space. Hdc in ea hdc to end. 

Row15: slip stitch to first hdc to join work into a circle. Sc in back loops only around, slst to first sc.

Row16: working in both loops again, sc in joining stitch, (dc, ch1) 3x in the third st, repeat around. (8shells)

Row17: ch4, (dc, ch1) in joining st, *sc in middle dc, (dc, ch1) 4x in sc, repeat around. (dc, ch1) 2x in first st, slst to third chain.

Row18: ch1, sc in joining, *(dc, ch1) 5x in sc, sc in middle dc of next shell, slst in first sc.

Row19: ch4, (dc, ch1) 2x in joining, *sc in middle dc of next shell, (dc, ch1) 7x in same sc, repeat around. (dc, ch1) 4x in first st, slst to third chain.

Rows20-21: repeat rows 18 and 19. Use (dc, ch1) 7x in ss for each shell. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Rows22-38: repeat rows 18 and 19. Use (dc, ch1) 6x ss for each shell. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Row39: repeat shells using (dc, ch1) 7x ss. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Row40: repeat shells using (dc, ch1) 8x ss. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Row41: repeat shells using (triple crochet, ch1) 7x ss. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Rows42-44: repeat shells using (tr, ch1) 6x ss. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Rows44-45: repeat shells using (quadruple crochet, ch1) 6x ss. Still sc in the middle st of the next shell.

Row46: sc in each st around. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Work is folded in half with chain spaces aligned.

After joining chain spaces for armholes.

Joining into a circle.

After joining.

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