Crochet short sleeve sweater

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Yarn - Bernat Cotton-ish (color: Cotton Field) / light 3 / 2.4 oz (70 g) / 282 yards (258 m) / about 4.5 balls needed
Hook - F/5 – 3.75 mm and E/4 – 3.50 mm or other size hooks needed for the gauge
Gauge - About dc17 go into 4 inches (10 cm)
Sweater Size - XS/S
Complexity - Advanced beginner

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Short-sleeve sweater crochet pattern
Step-by-step crochet instructions

Part 1 video tutorial

Begin crocheting the sweater from the bottom to top.
Make a foundation chain of 145 chains or multiples of 6 chs plus 1 additional ch.
Join it into a ring with the slip stitch.
1st round – ch3, dc to end plus sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
2nd round – ch4, sk1, [dc1, ch1, sk1] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
3rd round – ch3, sk2, dc1, ch3, dc4 under dc, sk2, [dc1, sk2, dc1, ch3, dc4 under dc, sk2] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
4th round – ch5, sc1 under 3chs of prev.round, ch2, [dc1 above dc of prev.round, ch2, sc1 under 3chs of prev.round, ch2] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
5th round = 2nd round
6 & 7 rounds = 1st round
8th round – ch3, dc1, ch2, sk2, [dc2, ch2, sk2] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
9th round – ch5, [dc2 under arch of 2chs of prev.round, ch2] to end; dc1 under the last arch of 2chs of prev.round + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch
10th round = 1st round
Repeat the pattern starting from the 1st round until you crochet the desired length underarms.

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Part 2 video tutorial

After you crochet 36 rounds, begin crocheting rows for the front part using half of your total number of chs.

Front part

1st row (write side) – ch3, dc72 + RC3
2nd row (wrong side) – h5ch, dc1, [ch2, sk2, dc2] to last 3 chs; ch2, sk2, dc1 + RC3
3rd row – dc2 under arch of 2 chs, [ch2, dc2 under arch of 2 chs] to last 2 chs; ch1, sk1, dc1 + RC3
4th row – h5ch, dc72 + RC3
5th row – h5ch, dc72 + RC4
6th row – h7ch, dc1, [ch1, sk1, dc1] to end + RC3
7th row – h7ch, dc1, ch3, dc4 under dc, sk2, [dc1, sk2, dc1, ch3, dc4 under dc, sk2] to last 1 ch; dc1 + RC5
8th row – sc1 under 3chs of prev.row, ch2, [dc1 above dc of prev.row, ch2, sc1 under 3chs of prev.row, ch2] to last 1 ch; dc1 + RC4
9th row = 6th row
10th row = 4th row

First front shoulder part

11th row – h5ch, dc18 + RC3
12th row – h5ch, dc1, [ch2, sk2, dc2] to last 1 ch; dc1 + RC5
13th row = 3rd row
14th row = 4th row
15th row = 5th row

Second front shoulder part

Attach the yarn 18 chs before the end of the 10th row.
11th row – ch3, dc18 + RC3
12th row – h5ch, dc1, [ch2, sk2, dc2] to last 1 ch; dc1 + RC5
13th row = 3rd row
14th row = 4th row
15th row = 5th row

Back part

Crochet 14 long rows for the back part. Work the first 10 rows of the back part the same as the first 10 rows of the front part.
11th row = 4th row
12th row = 2nd row
13th row = 3rd row
14th row = 4th row

First back shoulder part

15th row – h5ch, dc18 + RC3
16th row – h7ch, dc1, [ch1, sk1, dc1] to end

Second back shoulder part

Attach the yarn 18 chs before the end of the 14th row.
15th row – ch3, dc18 + RC3
16th row – h7ch, dc1, [ch1, sk1, dc1] to end
Join front and back shoulder parts as you work the 16th row for the front shoulder part.

Sleeves

Make a foundation chain of 61 chs or multiples of 6 chs plus 1 additional ch to work 10 repeats using a smaller size crochet hook. Work rounds as you did for the body. After you crochet several rounds, continue crocheting the 10 rounds of the pattern using a larger size crochet hook to widen the garment.
21st round – ch3, dc14, [dc2 into 1ch, dc14] to end + sl.st.1 into 3rd ch.
Join sleeves into the garment as you work your last round as the 2nd body round.

Bottom and sleeve edges

1st round = 3rd round (body)
2nd round – sc to end

Neckline

Sc to end

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Abbreviations
[ ] – repeat
ch – chain
dc – double crochet
h#ch – insert a hook into the # chain from your hook
prev. – previous
RC – returning chain
sc – single crochet
sk – skip a chain
sl.st. – slip stitch

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Short sleeve sweater crochet pattern