Super Chunky Mega Sweater
by Andrina (LissyKitty on Ravalry)
Instructions are for a chunky sweater to fit a small person (34 inch bust), with positive ease. Sizing down the hook and yarn will make a child sized sweater, down to a baby's sweater. I used a 6.00mm hook and aran weight yarn to make a sweater for an 18 month old (see final page). I designed this to be a super quick project that you can complete within a day. Yarn: Gigante by Patons. This yarn is super, super bulky Hook: 10mm Gauge: 8 stitches and 4 rows of dc to make 4"x4" swatch
Construction notes:
American crochet terms Crocheted from the neck, down, in the round. The starting/finishing shell of each shell row is referred to the first shell throughout the pattern.
Stitch guide:
Fsc- foundation single crochet Sc- single crochet Dc- double crochet Shell pattern (in the construction of the yoke)- 4dc in next stitch, skip 2 stitches Shell pattern (in the construction of the body, and sleeves)- 4dc in next stitch, skip 3 stitches
Pattern:
Starting Row 1: Fsc 36. Joined in round. Alternating rows of shells and double crochets. Row 2: Chain 3, dc in same space. Skip 2 stitches. 4 dc in the next stitch (shell). Repeat \* to \* until end. Finish with 2 dc in same place as chain 3. Slip stitch to join. (12 shells) Row 3: Chain 3, dc in every stitch, slip stitch to join. Row 4: same as row 2 (16 shells) Row 5: increasing dc row dc in each dc, except in the 3rd,7th,11th,15th shells (the starting/ending shell is the first). 2 dc in each of the 4 dc of these shells. Join with slip stitch. Row 6: same as row 2. (26 shells) Yoke joined on row 7, no additional chains across the underarms. Mark the third dc in the 4th shell, the second dc in the 10th shell, the third dc in the 17th shell, and the second dc in the 23rd shell. Row 7: Start the same as row 3. Dc up until the stitch before the first marker. Skip all stitches up until the stitch after the next stitch marker Dc the next stitch marker. Repeat \* to \*. Dc in each stitch to finish round. Slip stitch.
The rest of the body is alternating dc and shell rows (shell= 4 dc in the same stitch, skip the next 3 stitches) Body finished with 4 rows of sc. Sleeves 6 rows of dc, decreasing each row with 2dc together as follows (-1, 0, 0, -1, -2, -2). Finish with 3 rows of sc (-2, -1, 0). The sleeves can be altered by adding or omitting row. Alternatively, you can make the sleeve in the same pattern as the body, with alternative dc and shells.
