Spring and summer layering call for an open mesh like this drop shoulder crochet sweater, worked as two flat panels from one long foundation chain. A bobble row along the hem adds the only boho detail, and you can skip it for a plain finish on an easy beginner crochet sweater. Taupe keeps an open…
Beginners get an easy crochet sweater pattern worked in straight rows, with a notch at each shoulder corner shaping the neckline instead of decreases. Aran acrylic on a 5.5 mm hook builds the full length body, giving you a long sleeve top in place of a cropped sweater. Plain cream would look flat here. The…
Four to five balls of chunky acrylic make up this long sleeve crop sweater for a UK size 8, worked on a 6 mm hook as simple flat rectangles. A gap left at the shoulder forms the wide boat neck, and the full balloon sleeves gather into a snug ribbed cuff. Sweet colour, sharp neckline….
Raglan increases carry wide cream and caramel stripes unbroken across the yoke of this mohair crochet sweater, worked top down into a boxy cropped pullover. The wide sleeves taper to the wrist with no cuff band, giving it a relaxed standalone shape. Cream and caramel is one of those combinations that photographs neutral but reads…
Little boys aged 3 to 4 can wear this crochet raglan baby sweater in soft pink with navy trim at the collar and cuffs. Twisted cable columns climb the front and back, and the raglan yoke grows straight from the neckline, so you sew no shoulder seams. A soft pink pullover with navy edging reads…
Stripes of cream, pink and purple run unbroken from body to cuff in this easy crochet batwing sweater, since one flat yoke panel becomes both the torso and the flared bell sleeves. You work only the narrow crew neck band in the round. One rectangle does the whole job. It forms the front and back…
Winter weight yarn and a dense pebbled stitch give this free raglan crochet sweater real body without bulk. You work the pullover top down in one piece, grow the yoke with raglan increases, split off the sleeves, then rib the cuffs, hem and turtleneck. Sage green has a way of making a plain pullover look…
Summer evenings call for a crochet bell sleeve crop sweater sized from your own bust measurement, with two flat panels seamed at the shoulders. Each sleeve grows straight from the armhole, then flares as the mesh gaps widen toward the wrist. Yellow yarn and open mesh bell sleeves make this crop sweater one of the…
Any basic crochet top in your drawer can become a crochet puff sleeve sweater, because the sleeves work up separately and attach at the end. Stretchy foundationless cuffs slide over your hands, and a V stitch body builds the gathered sleeves in a weekend. Peach yarn and puffed sleeves make this crochet sweater one of…
Puffed bishop sleeves gather into snug ribbed cuffs on this olive crochet sweater, keeping all the volume at your forearms. Two strands of thin acrylic on a 5 mm hook and panels worked top down from the neckline chain cover sizes small through XL. Bishop sleeves give a crochet sweater a sculptural quality that plain…
