​Crochet Cardigan of Motifs

You’ll need:

300 (350)g of black Freizeit yarn (75% sheep wool, 25% polyamide; 200m/50g);

300 (350)g of the same yarn, but in grey color;

300 (350)g of the same yarn, but in light-grey color;

100g of the same yarn, but in black-white color;

Crochet hook 3.

Size: S-M (L-XL).

Used Patterns

Motif A: make 6 chain sts and circle them with 1 slip st. Then, work due to the scheme 1. Make 1^st-3^rd rows x once.

Motif B or C: make 6 chain sts and circle them with 1 slip st. Then, work due to the scheme 2 or 3. Make 1^st-3^rd rows x once.

Note: for size L-XL, make double crochets instead of half crochets in the 3^rd row and make treble crochets instead of double crochets.

Colors order 1: 2 grey rows, 1 black row;

Colors order 2: 2 light-grey rows, 1 grey row;

Colors order 3: 2 black rows, 1 light-grey rows.

Stitches control: motif A (size S-M) = 6 x 7 cm;

Motif A (size L-XL) = 6,5 x 7,5 cm.

Instructions

Back

Make 10 motifs due to the scheme A in colors order 1, place them on pattern design A in the 1^st stripe and sew them between one another along vertical sides. For the 2^nd stripe, make 10 motifs A due to the colors order 2 and connect them in the same way. Then, sew both stripes from RS with double black-white yarn. Make the rest stripes and sew them due to the pattern design A (= totally, 14 stripes).

Left Front

Start with 5 motifs in the same way, as for back, and continue work due to the pattern design A, make motif B in every 2^nd stripe in the middle of front (= totally, 15 stripes). For collar, make 2 more stripes due to the pattern design A.

Right Front

Make in the same way, as left front, but due to the pattern design A, for collar, make 3 more stripes.

Sleeves

Make 7 motifs A due to the colors order 1, place them due to the pattern design B and sew them between one another in the same way, as for back. Make the rest stripes and sew them due to the pattern design B (= totally, 8 stripes). Then, make stripes of motifs C.

Assembly

Make shoulder and collar seams, sew collar to the back neck-hole. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. Fasten front and collar with 1 row of single crochets with black yarn.