Child Velvet Sweater

 

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Materials

Bernat Crushed Velvet Deep Gray

J 6.0 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Scissors

BODY

Ch 76.

Row 1: Hdc in 2nd ch from hook and each st to end.

Row 2– 5: Ch 2, Fpdc in next st, Bpdc in next st, repeat to end. Sl st ends together.

Round 6– 30: Ch 2, hdc in each st. Do not cut the yarn.

Round 31: Ch 2, hdc in next 27 st’s, turn, repeat until you get to 41 rows.

Repeat round 31 for other side. Finish off. Sew 5 st’s together on each side.

 

Arm

Attach yarn at top corner of shoulder hdc around evenly until you get to about halfway up the arm, (you can use a shirt or have the child try it on). Count your st’s Divide that number by 4 and subtract 2 the number you get is how many times you hdc before you decrease. So mine would be 36 st’s /4=9-2=7, that would look like this.

1 hdc in next 7 st’s, 1 hdc dec in next st, repeat to end.

 

Now after you have done your decrease round you will hdc around until arm is as long.

 

Hood

Attach yarn to inner corner, 1 hdc around, ch-1, hdc in same st, 1 hdc in each st to end. You will continue to hdc until the hood is pass top of head. Finish off leave a long tail for sewing.

 

Edging

Starting at bottom right corner of sweater attach yarn and evenly work up and around the hood to other end of sweater. Then you will do 3 to 4 rows of fpdc and bpdc, finish off, or you can just do 3 to 4 row of hdc to finish, make sure you sl st with each row.