​Red Crochet Baby Cardigan

You’ll need:

120g of thin 100% cotton yarn in red color;

Crochet hook 2;

4 buttons.

Size: 0-3 months.

Instructions

Back and Front

Make as one-piece cloth. Make 125 chain sts and make 1^st-2^nd rows due to the scheme. Continue work, divide sts in the following way: 10 double crochets, * 1 shell of 9 sts, 23 double crochets*; repeat from * to * x twice, 1 shell and 10 double crochets.

At 17 cm height, divide your work in the following way: 28 sts – right front, bind off 5 sts for arm-hole, 59 sts – back, bind off 5 sts for arm-hole, 28 sts – left front. Continue work on sts of back straight and finish your work at 27 cm height. Continue making right front, bind off 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 1 x 1 st in every row for neck-hole in 5 cm from the beginning of arm-holes. At 27 cm height, finish your work. Make left front in symmetry to the right.

Sleeves

Make 45 chain sts and the 1^st and 2^nd rows due to the scheme. Continue work, divide sts in the following way: make the first and last 18 sts as double crochets, the central 9 sts as shells (due to the scheme). At the same time, increase 3 x 1 st in every 4^th row from both sides. At 18 cm height, finish your work.

Assembly

Make shoulder seams and sew up the sleeves in the arm-holes, make sleeve and side seams. Fasten neck-hole with 1 row of single crochets and 1 row due to the scheme. Fasten front with the 1^st and 2^nd row of pattern due to the scheme. Sew buttons on the placket of fastener of the left front.