Easy Lace Sweater Crochet Pattern - Autumn Lace Sweater
This is the crochet sweater that was meant to be a sweater, then a cardigan and then finally turned into what it is today. Sometime the designing process isn’t that straight forward. In the end it turned out exactly how i wanted. I share the full desiging story in my vlog here. In this post you will find all the details about this easy lace crochet sweater. This pattern comes with a full video tutorial. The pattern is an easy pattern written in sizes XS - 5X.
Design inspiration
This sweater came by by accident really. I was looking for a lace stitch to add as a detail to another design when I came across the stacked shell stitch. Immediately I feel in love with it and started to work on a cardigan, I thought. The end result is this beautiful Autumn Lace Sweater with a neckline and ribbing making it perfect for the colder months of the year.
Materials
Recommended Yarn: Calico from Lana Gatto (50% Merino Wool, 50% Acrylic. 123 yds (113 m) per 50g-skein) or other DK / 3-weight yarn as long as you meet gauge.
Yarn usage (for m / yds see next page): 9 (11, 12, 13, 14) (15, 16, 18, 19) skeins of Calico. Sample made in color 12732.
Crochet hook size: 7 (4.5 mm)
Tapestry needle to sew and weave ends
Stitch markers or similar
Measuring Tape
Scissors
About
The Autumn Lace Sweater is worked in two body pieces; a front and a back, and two sleeves. All worked flat in rows. These are then seamed together to make the sweater and a neckline is added to the body.
The sweater in the pictures is a sample sweater made in size L with M sleeves
(with 8” (20 cm) positive ease).
This pattern is written using US terminology.
You find the full video tutorial on my youtube channel or below.
This pattern is written using US terminology.
Turning chains do not count as stitches, unless mentioned otherwise.
Gauge (4x4” / 10x10 cm): 12 hdc-BLO in 8 rows, blocked.
Abbreviations
ch - Chain
st(s) - Stitch(es)
dc - Double crochet
sc - Single crochet
sc-BLO - Single crochet back loop only
in ss - In the same stitch
sk - Skip
sl st - Slip stitch
yo - Yarn over
sm - Stitch marker
sl st - Slip stitch
sl st BLO - Slip stitch back loop only
rs - Right side
ws - Wrong side
Sizes
Note! The measurements below are the measurements of the final garment size (after blocking).
Size modifications
Length of the sweater: Make more or less rows when working the body before the shoulders.
Sleeves: The length you easily adjust by making more or less rows. Try it on to see what you prefer! The width you can adjust by making either another size sleeve than body (i.e. L sleeves for and M sweater) . You also need to leave that amount of stitches unworked when sewing the sides together. Eg. if you want L size sleeve to the M size sweater mark the stitches accordingly (see section about sewing instructions.)
Full video tutorial of the pattern
Gauge
Check out the instructions in my guide on the stacked shell stitch, they are designed to match the gauge of this sweater. You find it through below link and it includes a video tutorial.
Beautiful versions by my pattern testers
Happy Making!
COPYRIGHT
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