​White Crochet Cardigan

You’ll need:

7 skeins of 100% wool (100m/100g) of white or ivory color;

Crochet hook 4;

3 buttons.

Stitches control: 10 cm = 17 sts.

Instructions

Back with Arans

Make 101 chain sts and continue work due to the following description: 4 double crochets, 18 sts due to the scheme, * 7 double crochets, 18 sts due to the scheme*; repeat from * to * x twice, 4 double crochets. At 59 cm height, bind off 7 sts from both sides for the arm-holes and continue work straight. At 82 cm height, finish your work.

Right Front with Arans

Make 58 chain sts and work due to the following description: 11 double crochets for fastener, 18 sts due to the scheme, 7 double crochets, 18 sts due to the scheme, 4 double crochets. At 59 cm height, bind off 7 sts for the arm-hole and continue crocheting straight. At 69 cm from the beginning of work, bind off 11 st in every 2^nd row for the neck-hole, 3 x 3 sts, 2 x 2 sts. At 82 cm height, finish your work.

Left Front with Arans

In symmetry to the right front.

Sleeves with Arans

Sewshoulders. Lift 78 sts along the arm-holes, 1 row of single crochets and continue work, making the first and last 30 sts as double crochets and the middle 18 sts due to the scheme. At 4 cm height, decrease 1 st x 10 in every 2^nd row. At 40 cm from the beginning, make single crochets, increasing 1 st x 4 in every 2^nd row. At 52 cm, make seams and finish your work.

Collar

Lift the sts along the neck-hole, leave 8 sts of fastener plackets free from both sides and work with single crochets, increasing 1 st in every 2^nd row. At 11 cm height, finish your work.

Fasten the lower edge with 2 rows of single crochets, then, make the same actions, but with 1 row of “shrimp stitch” with collar, front and bottom of your work. Sew the buttons, use holes in the pattern as button-holes.