Last Wednesday afternoon, my friend invited me to her daughter's 1st birthday party on Saturday! It was such a rush invitation that I didn't know what gift I should buy for Emmy! When Emmy was born in last spring, I crocheted a pink dress for her. It would be so nice to make a cardigan for her this time.
I was thankful that I have a Bernat Softee Baby yarn at home that I bought it a year or two ago. It's perfect to make a cardigan! I found a pattern on Ravelry but the size is for infants to 6 months. So I changed the hook size and gauge and make it for a 1-year-old. I also modified the length of the sleeves, the pattern on the neck and crochet technique. This cardigan is very easy to make and it's done in one day! Enjoy!
Materials:
Baby
yarns (Bernat Softee Baby – Antique White was used in this project)
Size
G hook
Yarn
needle
A
button
Size:
12 months old
Gauge:
18 sts and 8 rows=4”
NOTE:
All dcs are worked on back loop only.
Only 3dc-in-next st and 5dc-in-next-st are worked on both loops.
Starting
at the neck
Row 1: Chain 72 sts. 1 dc in 4th st from
hook, *3 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 4 sts; repeat from* across, ending with 3
dc in next st; 1 dc in last 2 sts. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
2: Skip 2 sts; 1 dc
in next st; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 2 sts ; *skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next 2
sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 2 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Ch 3, turn.
ROW
3: Skip 2 sts, 1 dc
in next 2 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 3 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 3
sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 3 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
4: Skip 2 sts, 1 dc
in next 2 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 3 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 3
sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 3 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
5: Skip 2 sts, 1 dc
in next 3 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 4 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 4
sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 4 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
6: Skip 2 sts; 1 dc
in next 3 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 4 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 4
sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 4 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
7: Skip 2 sts; 1 dc
in next 4 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 5 sts; *skip 2 sts, 1 dc in next 5
sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 5 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
8: Skip 2 sts; 1 dc
in next 4 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 5 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 5
sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 5 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
9: Skip 2 sts, 1 dc
in next 5 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 6 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in next 6
sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 6 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain 3, turn.
ROW
10: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 5 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 6 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 6 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 6 sts; repeat from* 12 times. Chain
3, turn.
ROW
11: SEPARATION: Skip
2 sts; 1 dc in next 6 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 7 sts; **skip 2 sts; 1
dc in next 7 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 7 sts **; skip the next 53 dcs
(3 patterns) for the sleeve; repeat between ** 4 times for the back; skip the
next 53 dcs (3 patterns) for second sleeve; repeat between ** 2 times. Chain 3,
turn.
ROW
12: Skip 2 sts; 1
dc in next 6 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 7 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1d c in
next 7 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 7 sts; repeat from* across row. Chain
3, turn.
ROW
13: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 7 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 8 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 8 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 8 sts; repeat from* across row. Chain
3, turn.
ROW
14: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 7 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 8 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 8 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 8 sts; repeat from* across row. Chain
3, turn.
ROW
15: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 8 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 9 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 9 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 9 sts; repeat from* across row. Chain
3, turn.
ROW
16: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 8 sts; 5 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 9 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 9 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 9 sts; repeat from* across row. Chain
3, turn.
ROWS
17-19: Skip 2 sts,
1 dc in next 9 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 10 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 10 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 10 sts; repeat from* across row.
Chain 3, turn.
ROW
20: Skip 2 sts, 1
dc in next 9 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 10 sts; *skip 2 sts; 1 dc in
next 10 sts; 3 dc in next st; 1 dc in next 10 sts; repeat from* across row. DO
NOT FASTEN OFF.
FINISHING
Continue
at the lower corner of Right Front.
Ch
1. 2 sc in the corner st. work sc evenly across Right Front neck. Ch 4 (to make a button hole). Sl st of the
last st. 2 sc in the corner st. *1 sc in the next st, ch 3, 1 sc in the next
st; repeat from * across Neck. 3 sc in the corner st. work sc evenly across Left Front. 3 sc in the
corner st. 1 sc in each st along the
bottom of the cardigan ending at the lower corner of Right Front. Fasten Off.
Sew
a button on the upper corner of Left Front.
