Ombre Men’s Crochet Sweater

Materials

Red Heart Ombre Spearmint

J mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Scissors 

Video

Ribbing

Ch 130, Join, try not to twist.

Dc into each ch across, Fpdc in next st, Bpdc in next st, repeat until ribbing measures 2½. (130) St’s

Body

Row 1: Hdc in each st across until piece measures 16½”. (130) St’s

Front

Hdc in next 64 st’s, turn, repeat to piece measures 13”. (64) St’s

Next you will hdc in the next 27 st’s, turn sc2gether, hdc to end, turn repeat until there are 10 st’s left. Skip 5 st’s and repeat for other side. 311/2”

Back

Skip 1st from the front and add yarn and hdc until you are 1st away from the other side, turn, hdc until back is the same height as the front.

Sleeves- Make 2

To start the sleeves, you will need to chain as many as you need and fit the chains around your wrest to see if it fits, make sure it’s not too tight or to lose, I used 33 chains. Make sure not to twist your work.

Row 1: Ch 33, sl st together.

Row 2-14: Hdc in each st.  Mark end of round do not join. (32)

Row 15: Hdc in next 15 st’s, 2 hdc in next st, repeat to end. (34)

Row 16 – 19: Hdc in each st. (34)

Row 20: Hdc in the next 16 st’s, 2 hdc in next st, repeat to end. (36)

Row 21-24: Hdc in each st. (36)

Row 25: Hdc in next 17st’s, 2 hdc in next st, repeat to end. (38)

Row 26-29: Hdc in each st. (38)

Row 30: Hdc in the next 18’s, 2 hdc in next st, repeat to end. (40)

Row 31-51: Hdc in each st. (40) It should go up to your armpit if not keep going until you get there.

Row 52: Ch 2, turn, hdc in next 36 st’s

Row 53-67: Hdc in each st. (36) Make sure to dec at the start and end of each row, until you can’t dec anymore. Leave long tail for sewing. Sew arm on jacket.

Now time to fix that neck attach yarn to any corner of the neck 1 dec, 1 hdc to other end of back and 1 dec. 1 hdc along front of neck to other end then 1 dec. Now sl st 5 st’s together ( that’s front and back together) sc along front of neck until you are 5 st’s away and sl st together ( that’s front and back together) then finish off and weave in any ends. Now enjoy.