Introducing this season’s favorite, the Acres Grove Cardigan. You will love creating this fashionable and easy crochet cardigan pattern. The entire body is worked seamlessly in one piece and sleeves are crocheted separately, giving this cardigan a smooth a delightful experience to make knocking off as little as possible in the way of seaming. The best part? The length of the cardigan can be fully customizable ensuring the perfect fit for your unique style.
To make your crocheting experience run smoothly, the pattern includes a step-by-step tutorial in size small, which you can find on our Youtube channel. There you will find some helpful steps in creating the beautiful stitches used throughout this pattern.
CARDIGAN CONSTRUCTION
Our Acres Grove Cardigan is worked lengthways meaning the foundation chain runs the length of the cardigan and sleeves. To alter the length of the cardigan you will simply add more chains – full alteration instructions are provided in the pattern.
The body of the Acres Grove Cardigan is worked entirely in one piece. The sleeves, ribbed hemline and collar are crocheted separately and sewn in later.
Creating this cardigan is suitable for an adventurous beginner who is looking to elevate there crochet skills and is not afraid to step out of their comfort zone and make a beautiful and stunning piece. With a four row pattern repeat consisting of the herringbone half double crochet and a new stitch I like to call, the Forked Slip Stitch, this cardigan worked up relatively quick.
To assemble the cardigan, simply sew at the shoulders, then attach the sleeves to the armholes. Both the hemline and collar are worked in simple back loop slip stitches and sewn to the cardigan to polish the look off. Why do I not crochet these directly in to cardigan? I find by doing so does not give the piece a smooth transition, sometimes gathering in at the bottom. Crocheting these pieces separately give it a better look in my opinion.
MATERIALS
Yarn – Drops Paris – weight 4/aran – 100% cotton – 50g/75m/82yds
Approximately 16(17, 18, 19, 19, 20) balls
4.5 mm crochet hook (or size needed to obtain gauge)
Yarn needle
Scissors
YARN SUBSTITUTION
The Acres Grove Cardigan is worked up Drops Paris, a worsted weight cotton yarn, perfect for transitioning into the cooler months ahead. This yarn does lean slightly into the thicker end of medium weight yarns so keep that in mind when looking for alternatives. Always remember to do a gauge swatch when substituting any yarn.
If using cotton yarn is not you preference you can most certainly use a different fiber. Wool blends would look and feel stunning especially during the winter months as they will give extra warmth and coziness.
SIZING & MEASUREMENTS
The sizes included in this pattern are S(M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL). Below you will find a chart illustrating the bust circumference, armhole depth and the total length of the cardigan.
All sizing displayed in inches and finished bust measurements.
Gauge
20 sts and 14 rows using 4.5mm crochet hook. You may need to adjust your hook size to obtain the correct gauge.
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch – chain
Slst – slip stitch
SlstBLO – slip stitch back loop only
Hbhdc – herringbone half double crochet
HbhdcBLO – herringbone half double crochet back loop only
Fslst – forked slip stitch
Blo – back loop only
Ch1-sp – chain one space
Rep – repeat
St/s – stitch/es
SPECIAL STITCHES
Herringbone Half Double Crochet (hbhdc): yo, insert hook into designated st, yo, draw through st and first loop on hook, yo, draw through remaining 2 loops on hook.
Forked Slip Stitch (fslst): insert hook into same space as the previous st, pull up a loop, insert hook into next st, pull up a loop. You now have 3 loops on hook. Pull the top loop through the bottom 2 loops.
Video tutorial for the Acres Grove Crochet Cardigan
In this free video tutorial you will be guided through each step of the pattern making it even easier to make your very own Acres Grove Cardigan.
ADJUSTING THE LENGTH
You can easily adjust the length by add or removing chains at the beginning but make sure your chain count is an even number.
CROCHET ACRES GROVE CARDIGAN PATTERN
FIRST FRONT PANEL
Ch 102(106, 110, 116, 120, 120)
Row 1: Hbhdc in 2nd ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdc in next, rep from * to the end, turn. [101(105, 109, 115, 119, 119) sts]
Row 2: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, ch 1, skip ch1-sp, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across, turn.
Row 3-4: Ch 1, (and working through both loops across), insert hook into 1st st, pull up a loop, insert hook into next st (the ch1-sp), pull up a loop (3 loops on hook now), pull 1st loop on hook through the bottom 2 loops, Fslst across the row placing a sc in same st as last worked st, turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across, turn.
Rep Rows 2-5 a further 6(6, 7, 7, 8, 8) more times.
You should now have a total of 29(29, 33, 33, 37, 37) rows.
We have now finished the first front panel. Do not fasten off. We will now continue on to the back panel.
BACK PANEL
Row 1: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdc in next st, rep from * across leaving last 38(40, 40, 42, 42, 46) sts unworked, ch 39(41, 41, 43, 43, 47), turn.
Row 2: Insert hook into 2nd st from hook, pull up a loop, insert hook into next st, pull up a loop (you now have 3 loops on hook), pull top loop through bottom 2 loops, fslst across row placing a sc in same st as last worked st, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, insert hook in 1st st, pull up loop, insert hook into next st, pull up loop, (you now have 3 loops on hook), pull top loop through the bottom 2 loops, fslst across row placing a sc in same st as last worked st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from *across the row, turn.
Row 5: rep Row 4
Row 6-7: rep Row 3.
Row 8: Rep Row 4.
Rep Rows 5-8 until the end of row 72(76, 80, 84, 92, 96).
You have now completed the back panel. Do not fasten off. We will now continue on to the second front panel.
SECOND FRONT PANEL
Row 1: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across leaving last 38(40, 40, 42, 42, 46) sts unworked, ch 39(41, 41, 43, 43, 47), turn.
Row 2: insert hook into the 2nd ch from the hook, pull up a loop, insert hook into the next st, pull up a loop (you now have 3 loops on the hook), pull top loop through the bottom 2 loops, Fslst across the row placing a sc in the same st as last worked st, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, insert hook into 1st st, pull up a loop, insert hook into the next st, pull up a loop (you now have 3 loops on the hook), pull the top loop through the bottom 2 loops, Fslst across the row placing a sc in same st as last worked st, turn.
Rows 4-5: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across, turn.
Rows 6-7: Rep Row 3
Rows 8-9: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across, turn.
Rep Rows 6-9 until the end of row 29(29, 33, 33, 37, 37).
Fasten off.
SLEEVES (MAKE 2)
Ch 84
Row 1: hbhdc in 2nd ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdc in next st, rep from * across until 8 sts remain, slst 8, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, slstBLO in each of the next 8 sts, hbhdcBLO in next st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * to end, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, insert hook into 1st st, pull up a loop, insert hook into next next, pull up a loop, (you should now have 3 loops on hook), pull top loop through the bottom 2 loops, Fslst across until 8 sts remain, sc in same space as last worked st, slstBLO 8, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, slstBLO in each of the next 8 sts, insert hook into next st, pull up a loop, insert hook into the next st, pull up a loop (you should now have 3 loops on the hook), pull top loop through the bottom 2 loops, Fslst across to end of row, placing a sc in same st as last worked st,turn.
Row 5: Ch 1, hbhdcBLO in 1st st, ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across until 8 sts rem,slstBLO in each of the last rem 8 sts, turn.
Row 6: Ch 1, slstBLO 8, hbhdcBLO in next st, *ch 1, skip 1, hbhdcBLO in next st, rep from * across, turn
Row 7: Rep Row 3.
Row 8: Rep Row 4.
Rep Rows 5-8 until the end of row 52(56, 56, 60, 60, 64).
Fasten off.
Fold the sleeves lengthways and seam the edges together using a whipstitch.
ASSEMBLY
Connect the front panels to the back panel by seaming across the shoulders using the whipstitch. Make sure the wrong side is facing outwards when doing this.
Whipstitch the sleeves to the armholes.
NECKLINE RIBBING
Ch 9
Row 1: Slst in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. [8 sts]
Row 2: Ch 1, slstBLO in each st across, turn.
Repeat Row 2 until the ribbing is long enough to go around the entire neckline. Fasten off.
Hold the ribbing in place around the neckline using locking stitch markers and whipstitch in place.
HEMLINE RIBBING
Ch 9
Row 1: Slst in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. [8 sts]
Row 2: Ch 1, slstBLO in each st across, turn.
Repeat Row 2 until the ribbing is long enough to go around the entire bottom hemline. Fasten off.
Hold the ribbing in place around the hemline using locking stitch markers and whipstitch to secure.
FINISHING
Weave in all the loose ends. Give a gentle steam block to relax the stitches and give it a more polished look.
You are now finished your Acres Grove Cardigan.
