The River Sweater

 I bought this yarn without knowing what I wanted to make with it (I do this a lot and it's probably not smart). After it came I thought it might be fun to make something with some texture to it.

I really like how it turned out, in fact I'm currently wearing it while I add the finishing touches to the pattern. The texture really reminds me of the way that water ripples in a river, although the blue colour may be impacting that too.

Materials:

Yarn: Worsted Weighted yarn, 1200m/1312yards (400g/14.2oz); I used 2 skeins of Järbo Cookie yarn in the colour menthol.

Hook: 5mm

Needle

Abbreviations (US Terms):

yo = yarn over

sk = skip

ch = chain

sl st = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

blo = back loop only

flo = front loop only

edc = extended double crochet

ehdc = extended half double crochet

inc = two stitches in one stitch

dec = decrease, two stitches together.

dc cluster = *yo, insert hook, pull up a loop, yo pull through two loop* three times, yo pull through all loops.

Notes:

- Gauge: 17 ehdc x 8 rows = 10x10cm or 4x4 inches

- Turning ch does not count as st throughout the pattern

- Written to fit a size small, AU 8 or size small; tips for altering the size are written in italics 

The Pattern:

Front and Back Panel (make two)

Ribbing

ch 13

Row 1: sc in 2nd chain from hook, and each ch across, turn.

Row 2-70: ch1, sc in blo across, turn.

Increasing or decreasing the number of rows will alter the widths of the sweater; if you do so you want an even number of rows, preferably a multiple of 10.

Main Body

Now working into the top of the ribbing.

Row 1: ch 1, sc in the end of each row of ribbing.

Row 2: ch 3, *4 edc, edcINC* repeat between * until the end of the row, turn.

If you have a different number of stitches this may not work perfectly, you want to evenly space increases across the row, and have an odd number of stitches at the end.

Row 3: ch 2, ehdc in flo each st, turn.

Row 4: ch 2, dc cluster in between st, *dc cluster in every second gap, ch2*, dc cluster in last gap, dc in last st, turn.

Row 5: ch 2, dc in first st, 2 dc in each ch space across, dc in last st, turn.

Row 6: ch 3, edc in blo across, turn.

Row 7-46: repeat row 3-6

To stitch the pieces together.

Shoulder seam: Working inside out, from the top corner, sl st the panels together for the first 27 st, tie off, repeat from the other corner. To finish the neckline, attach yarn at the shoulder seam, ch 1, sc around, sl st into the first st and tie off.

Side seams: starting from the bottom, sl st together up until ~17cm from the top or a length comfortable for you, then sc around the arm hole (you need an even number of stitches). This makes the start of the sleeve, continue the sleeve onto this row.

Sleeves 

Row 1: ch 3, edc across, sl st in first st, turn

Row 2: ch 2, ehdc in blo across, sl st in first st, turn

Row 3: ch 3, sk one st, in between st *dc cluster, ch 2, sk 2* repeat until the end, sl st into ch, turn

Row 4: ch 2, ehdc in first st, 2 ehdc in each chain space, ehdc in last st, turn.

Row 5: ch 3, edc dec in flo, edc in flo across, edc dec in flo, sl st into first st, turn.

Row 6-29: Repeat rows 2-5

Row 30: ch 1, *sc dec, sc* repeat until the end of the row

Ribbing

ch 17

Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn

Row 2-32: ch1, sc in blo across, turn.

Stitch onto the end of the sleeve.


And that's the end! If you've made it I would love to see, tag me on Instagram @CrikeyMeYarn

If you have any questions or feedback please leave a comment!

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