SWEATER ORGANIC COTTON
YARN: “Organic Cotton†by “Laines du Nordâ€
Colour 3 (C1) = rose, 1 ball x 100 grams
Colour 17 (C2) = air-force blue, 1 ball x 100 grams
Colour 7 (C3) = light beige, 1 ball x 100 grams
Colour 15 (C4) = sky blue, 1 ball x 100 grams
Colour 4 (C5) = fuchsia, 1 ball x 100 grams
CROCHET-HOOK: size 3.5
OTHER = darning needle, scissors.
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
Work the bodice (or lower piece) in round. The top piece consists of 2 pieces (front and back) worked in back-and-forth rows for armholes shaping. Work the sleeves in round, beginning from armholes.
After using one colour cut and tie off the yarn and hide it inside the fabric. At the same time, join new colour yarn in last yo before the dc where you have to change the colour.
Chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, half treble crochet, treble crochet, double treble crochet.
4 double treble crochet closed together: * yo twice, insert the crochet-hook into 1 base st., yo and pull it through the base st., (yo and pull it through 2 loops on crochet-hook) twice *, rep. from * to * 3 times more and every time insert the crochet-hook into the same st., yo and pull it through 5 sts. on crochet-hook, 1 ch for closing this group.
5 double treble crochet closed together: work as given for 4 dtr closed together, rep. from * to * 4 times more instead of 3.
2 chain stitches and 2 treble crochet crossed at beginning of the round: skip 2 base sts., 3 ch, 1 tr in each of 2 skipped st., passing in front of 3 ch
3 crossed treble crochet: skip 2 base sts., 1 tr in next st., then 1 tr in each of 2 skipped base sts., passing in front of first worked st.
Bobble: 1 dtr in each of stated 7 sts., remove the crochet-hook and insert it in top of first dtr (from front to back), insert again the crochet-hook into the working loop of seventh dtr and pull it through the first dtr closing the bobble.
ch = chain stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
htr = half treble crochet
tr = treble crochet
dtr = double treble crochet
yo = yarn over
4 dtr tog. = 4 double treble crochet closed together
5 dtr tog. = 5 double treble crochet closed together
cross 3 ch and 2 tr = cross 3 chain stitches and 2 treble crochet
cross 3 tr = cross 3 treble crochet
foll. = follow
prev. = previous
beg. = beginning
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
Procedure
Bodice or lower part
Using C1 yarn, cast-on 168 ch and close in ring shape working 1 sc in beg. ch.
Round 1: 4 ch (instead of first dtr of every round), 1 dtr in each ch, end working 1 sc in fourth beg. ch. Cut yarn and close. [168 tr included 3 ch]
Round 2: Join C2 yarn at 4th beg. ch of prev. round and, in this ch, work 4 ch and 1 dtr, (1 dtr in each of next 2 sts., 1 bobble on the base of next 7 sts., 1 dtr in each of next 2 sts., 2 dtr in next st.) 14 times, passing on last 2-dtr-group in last repetition. Cut yarn and close.
Round 3: across this round, work in each space between the sts. of prev. round (not on top of sts).
Join the beige yarn into the space between the 4th beg. ch of prev. round and work 1 ch (this is the first dc), (2 dc into the space between the next sts., 1 dc in each of next 4 spaces, 2 sts. in the next space, 1 dc in the next space) 14 times, passing on last dc in last repetition. [126 dc included the beg. ch)
Continue in round following the diagram 1, alternating the colours as follow:
Rounds 4-5: C3
Round 6: C4
Round 7: C5
Round 8: C3
Round 9: C1
Round 10: C3
Round 11: C2
Round 12: C3
Round 13: C4
Rounds 14-15-16: C5
Round 17: C2
Round 18: C1
NB: at the end of 18th round there are 168 dtr (included 4-beg.-ch).
Top Front
Divide the panel in 2 pieces, (leave the sc for rounds-joining, on one side) and start working in rows (only first half of sts.).
Row 19: join the yarn C2 into 4th beg-ch of 18th round and, in this ch, work 3 ch and 4 dtr-tog., 1 ch, skip 2 dtr, (5 dtr-tog. in next dtr, 1 ch, skip 2 dtr) 26 times, end working 5 dtr-tog. in next dtr, leave the remaining sts. Cut and tie off the yarn.
Continue following the diagram 2, alternating the colours as follow:
Row 20: C3
Row 21: C5
Row 22: C4
Row 23: C5
Row 24: C3
Row 25: C2
Rows 26-27-28: C1
Row 29: C5
For neckline and shoulder shaping, continue working 2 pieces separately (diagram 2).
Rows 30: C4
Rows 31: C3
Rows 32: C4
Rows 33: C2
Rows 34: C5
Rows 35: C3
Rows 36: C4
Cut the yarn and hide the ends inside the fabric.
Top Back
Skip first 2 sts. of 18th round (1st armhole) and repeat the 19th row, leave the last 2 sts. of 18th round (2nd armhole).
Continue following the diagram 2, without the neckline shaping and alternating the colours as given for top front. At the end, cut the yarn and hide the ends inside the fabric.
FINISHING
On RS, sew shoulder and side seams, shaping the armholes and neckline openings.
SLEEVE (x 2)
NB: work the sleeves in round; the first round around the edge of each armhole. Across one round, distribute 5 decreases, at steady distance, every 5 rounds. Join the C1 yarn, in correspondence with the armpit.
Round 1: using the yarn C1, around one armhole edge, work 96 sc evenly; instead of 1st sc work 2 ch and close the round with 1 sc in 2nd beg. ch. Cut the yarn and close.
Round 2: join the yarn C2 in second beg. ch of prev. round, then work 4 ch (instead of 1st dtr of every r.), 1 dtr in each st. until the end. At last work 1 sc in 4th beg. ch. Cut the yarn and close.
Round 3: join the yarn C3 and work like 2nd round.
Round 4: 4 ch, 1 dtr in next st., 2 ch, skip 2 ch (1 dtr in each of 2 next sts., 2 ch, skip 2 sts.) rep. until the end of round, end with 1 sc in 4th beg. ch.
Continue following the instructions and taking care to decrease every 5 rounds.
Round 5: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 5 of diagram 1.
Round 6: using C5 yarn, work as given for round 6 of diagram 1.
Round 7: using C4 yarn, work as given for round 7 of diagram 1.
Round 8: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 8 of diagram 1.
Round 9: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 9 of diagram 1.
Round 10: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 10 of diagram 1.
Round 11: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 12: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 13: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 6 of diagram 1.
Round 14: using C5 yarn, work as given for round 7 of diagram 1.
Round 15: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 8 of diagram 1.
Round 16: using C4 yarn, work as given for round 9 of diagram 1.
Round 17: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 10 of diagram 1.
Round 18: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 19: using C4 yarn, work as given for round 8 of diagram 1.
Round 20: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 21: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 6 of diagram 1.
Round 22: using C4 yarn, work as given for round 7 of diagram 1.
Round 23: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 8 of diagram 1.
Round 24: using C5 yarn, work as given for round 9 of diagram 1.
Round 25: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 10 of diagram 1.
Round 26: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 27: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 28: using C4 yarn, work as given for round 6 of diagram 1.
Round 29: using C3 yarn, work as given for round 7 of diagram 1.
Round 30: using C5 yarn, work as given for round 8 of diagram 1.
Round 31: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 9 of diagram 1.
Round 32: using C5 yarn, work as given for round 10 of diagram 1.
Round 33: using C1 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 34: using C2 yarn, work as given for round 11 of diagram 1.
Round 35: 4 ch, 1 dtr in next st., 2 ch, skip 2 ch (1 dtr in each of 2 next sts., 2 ch, skip 2 sts.) rep. until the end of the round and end working 1 sc in 4th beg. ch. Cut the yarn and close.
Round 36: join the yarn C4 into the 2-ch-space and, inside it, work 4 ch, 1 tr in each of next 2 tr, skip one 2-ch-space, (7 dtr in the space between next 2 tr, skip one 2-ch-space, 1 tr in each of next 2 tr, 1 dtr in next 2-ch-space, 1 dtr in each of next 2 tr, skip one 2-ch-space), rep. until the end of r. End working 7 dtr in the space between next 2 tr, skip one 2-ch-space, 1 tr in each of next 2 tr, 1 sc in 4th beg. ch. Cut the yarn and close.
Round 37: join the yarn C5 and work 4 ch, 1 dtr in each st., end with 1 sc in 4th beg. ch. Cut the yarn and close.
Hide the ends inside the fabric.
Work the second sleeve as given for first one.
FINISHING TOUCH
Using yarn C1, work 1 round in dc around the neckline edge, then 1 round in sc using yarn C5. Cut the yarn and hide the ends inside the fabric.
