Cuddly Bobble Cardigan

Hello ! Check out my new cuddly bobble sleeve cardigan. Bobble sleeve cardigan is on trend now-a-days. I just love the bobblicious texture on my sleeve. And I love the color of my Stylecraft yarn. (Obviously you can use any DK yarn)

Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials used:

• Yarn: StyleCraft Special DK

color: sage(A), duckegg (B), midnight(C)

• Hook size: 4.50mm

• Yarn needle

• Stitch marker

Recommended crochet supplies:

Abbreviation:

• sl - slip

• ch - chain

• sc – single crochet

• hdc – half double crochet

• st(s) - stitch(es)

• rep - repeat

• *_* - Repeat stitches inside this star

• sk - skip

Pattern:

Sizing guide: XS (S, M, L)

Textures: ch1, turn, *sl st, hdc* - rep. In next row, alternate the st(s). Make hdc on top of sl st and sl st on top of hdc – rep

Bobbles:

1. Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two. (This is essentially completing the first half of one double crochet stitch.)

2. Repeat number one in the same stitch/space until you have a total of 6 loops on your hook.

3. Yarn over, pull through all 6 loops at once. (It helps to keep this part a bit tighter than the rest.

4. Single crochet in next stitch.

Back Panel:

ch 71(79, 87, 95)

Color A

Row 1: sc from 2nd ch from the hook until last st. Total: 70(78, 86, 95)

Row 2: ch1, turn sc in each st – rep for 15 rows

Color B

rep Row 2 for 15 rows

Color C

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Color B

rep Row 2 for 10 rows

Color A

Texture row (refer above) – rep for 10 rows

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Color C

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Color A

rep Row 2 for 10 rows

Note: Totally, I worked 75 rows. It’s your wish you can longer / shorter the cardigan by increasing / decreasing the number of rows.

Do not cut the yarn! Continue directly Front Panel – 1 instruction.

Front Panel – 1:

I worked color combination same as back panel.

Color A

Row 1: ch1, turn, sc 33(36, 40, 44) st(s)

Row 2: ch1, turn, sc in each st until last Total: 33(36, 40, 44)

rep Row 2 for 10 rows

Color C

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Color A

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Texture row (refer above) – rep for 10 rows

Color B

rep Row 2 for 10 rows

Color C

rep Row 2 for 5 rows

Color B

rep Row 2 for 15 rows

Color A

rep Row 2 for 15 rows

Note: Totally, I worked 75 rows. If you altered the number of rows in the back panel, make sure you alter the same in front panels.

Front Panel – 2: count from last st of Front Panel – 1. sk 4(4, 6, 8) st(s). Insert new yarn and work same as Front Panel – 1.

Sleeves: x 2

Color A

ch 31(35, 39, 42)

Row 1: sc from 2nd ch from the hook, make sc(s) in each st. Total: 30(36, 38, 41)

Row 2: ch1, turn, *sc(s) 5(6,7,7), 2sc in same st – (increase)* - rep 3 more times, sc(s) in remaining st(s) except last one. In last st make increase.

Row 3: ch1, turn, sc(s) in each st

Row 4: ch1, turn, sc(s) in each st

Row 5: ch1, turn, sc(s) in each st, increase in last st

Note: make sure to increase in last st after 2 rows throughout the sleeves. (make this including in bobble rows)

Rep Rows 3 – 5 until bobble rows. (I made 35 rows; you can make any number of rows. It’s your wish. In between I changed Color C for 5 rows)

If you wish you can also make texture row.

Bobbles Row:

1. ch1, turn, 5 sc, *Bobble (refer above), 5sc (count including bobble finishing sc) * - rep until last, make sc(s) to the remaining st(s) at the last.

2. ch1, turn, sc in each st (make sure you put sc on top of the bobbles)

3. ch1, turn, 4sc, *Bobble, Bobble, 3sc (count including bobble finishing sc) * - rep until last, make sc(s) to the remaining st(s) at the last. It’s my increase row. make sure you increase after 2 rows.

4. ch1, turn, sc in each st (make sure you put sc on top of the bobbles).

5. ch1, turn, 5 sc, *Bobble (refer above), 5sc (count including bobble finishing sc) * - rep until last, make sc(s) to the remaining st(s) at the last.

6. ch1, turn, sc in each st (make sure you put sc on top of the bobbles). It’s my increase row. make sure you increase after 2 rows.

Note: After Bobble rows rep row 3-5 twice, again bobble row (I made 3 sets of bobble rows) – repeat until you get your armhole size.

You can increase / decrease rows to make your sleeves longer / shorter. Note that increasing number of rows will increase armhole size.

Sleeve Ribbing: x 2

ch 16

Row 1: sc from 2nd ch from the hook until last st. Total: 15

Row 2: ch1, turn, sc on each st(s)

Row 3: ch1, turn sc in back loop only on each st(s)

rep Row 3 until piece measures the same length as the width of the cuff – approx. I made 25 rows

Body Ribbing:

ch 11

Row 1: sc from 2nd ch from the hook until last st. Total: 10

Row 2: ch1, turn, sc on each st(s)

Row 3: ch1, turn sc in back loop only on each st(s)

rep Row 3 until piece measures the same length as the width of the back panel + 2 front panels – approx. I made 130 rows

Assemble:

1. Turn your work backside (wrong side facing up) while seeming.

2. Whip stitch sleeve ribbing and sleeve cuff

3. Fold sleeves into half-length and whip stitch sides together

4. Fold front panel on top of back panel

5. Measure armhole size of your sleeve and mark using stitch marker

6. Whip stitch back panel and front panel below the stitch marker

7. Whip stitch the body ribbing to bottom of the front and back panels

8. Whip stitch and join sleeves to the armhole area of the cardigan (above the stitch marker)

9. Weave in all your ends

10. Fasten off

Note:

• You can also make this cardigan using 2 colors or single color

• It takes 4 skeins of yarn for my size (You will get a lot of excess yarn in 4th skein)

• You can add bobble and texture rows as per your wish

• Length of the body and sleeve can be adjusted as per your wish

Voila!!! Cozy!!! Your cardigan is ready !!!

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