Crochet Hooded Sweater

This is a small boy hooded sweater made only for the 6-12 months boy. It is the special item for the babies in the baby basket/wardrobe. This easy hood is perfect for the babies to protect in the cold season. It’s very thick and warm. The simple hooded sweater inspires you to crocheting for your little ones. Some time when you finding the great and simplest pattern for crocheting the baby items and you always find here some greatest and easy instructions and you easy to understand it.

The pattern is so easy to crocheting, when you starting you would come out to your finish project. I used two light colors worsted yarn for this; both of the colors are good combination. I choose the light colors for hood cause of this one I made for the boy. You will find here more adorable pattern for the winter collection. All the pattern I added and share the original design with my own written instructions if you have any problem to understanding the pattern. I can help every time hope you like and appreciate my work.

I instruct about the pattern that it is only for the 6-12 month boy hooded sweater. It is very easy to crocheting only used a half double crochet stitch and a single crochet stitch. The pattern is written so easy that can very easy to understand. All the parts are making separately when completed all the parts then join together. The front opening I added the zipper but it’s your choice you can easy added the buttons too. After all joining the shoulder seems then joins the hood. The hood is making very simple the picture help easy to understand the sewing method added the simple combination of colors to inspire you must to crochet this sweater to yours loving son or gifted to others. It’s a great gift for the boys. So don’t waste the time and take a crochet hook to try out this item.

Item to use:

 Two color Worsted yarn 4 ply main color white and contrast color purple (16 to 20sts= 4 inch)

Crochet hook= 3.00mm (US:  D hook-3.25mm)

Crochet needle

Scissor

Gauge:   length: shoulder to bottom = 14 inch

               Width: one corner to other = 11.5 inch

               Sleeve length: shoulder to cuff = 12 inch

Size:   6-12 month

US Term

Abbreviation:

c.       Crochet

St.     Stitch

Sts.    Stitches

Slst.   Slip stitch

Hdc.   Half double crochet

Sc.      Single crochet

Ch-sp.   Chain space

Inc.        Increasing

Ch.        Chain

Rnd.      Round        

Pattern:

Back:

Starting with the band use a contrast color and make ch51.

Rnd1:       sc in 2^nd ch, sc in each ch across, turn. (50)

Main color:

Rnd2-5:     ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st across, turn. (50)

Contrast color:

Rnd6-7:      ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (50)

Main color:

Rnd8:        ch1, sc in same st, skip next st, ch1, sc in next st, repeat (ch1, skip a st, ch1, sc in

                   next st) across, turn. (50)

Rnd9:        ch1, sc in ch-sp, ch1, sc in next ch-sp, repeat (ch1, sc in ch-sp) across, sc in last st,

                  turn. (50)

Contrast color:

Rnd10:        ch1, hdc in same st, 2hdc in ch-sp, 2hdc in each ch-sp across, 1hdc in last st,

                    turn. (50)

Rnd11:        ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (50)

Main color:

Rnd12-23:    repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9, Rnd10, and Rnd11). (50)

Note:      remember always changing color after 2 rounds.

Main color:

Rnd24-50:     ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (50). Fasten off

Front:

Rnd1-37:     follow the same pattern of the back side.

Make neck shape:

Right front:

Main color:

Rnd38:         Ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in next 24 sts, turn. (25)

Rnd39-47:    repeat (Rnd38)

Rnd48:         ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in next 14 sts, leave last 10 sts for the neck shape.

Rnd49-50:   ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (15). Fasten off

Left front:

Main color:

Rnd1:        join yarn into other side in front, ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across,

                  turn. (25)

Rnd2-10:   ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (25)

Rnd11:       slst in 10 sts, hdc in next st, hdc in each of the next 14 sts, turn. (15)

Rnd12-13:  ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (15). Fasten off

Make Sleeves:

Contrast color:

Rnd1:       ch31, sc in 2^nd ch, sc in each ch across, turn. (30)

Main color:

Rnd2-5:     ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st across, turn. (30)

 Contrast color:

Increasing round.

Rnd6:      ch2, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, 2hdc in last st, turn. (32)

Rnd7:      ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (32)

Main color:

Rnd8:      ch1, sc in same st, skip next st, ch1, sc in next st, repeat (ch1, skip a st, ch1, sc in

                   next st) across, turn. (32)

Rnd9:        ch1, sc in ch-sp, ch1, sc in next ch-sp, repeat (ch1, sc in ch-sp) across, sc in last st,

                  turn. (32)

Contrast color:

Rnd10:     ch1, hdc in same st, 2hdc in ch-sp, 2hdc in each ch-sp across, 1hdc in last st,

                  turn. (32)

Increasing round.

Rnd11:      ch2, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, 2hdc in last st, turn. (34)

Main color:

Rnd12-13:    repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (34)

Contrast color:

Rnd14:     repeat (Rnd10). (34)

Rnd15:     repeat (Rnd11). (36)

Main color:

Rnd16-17:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (36)

Contrast color:

Rnd18:     repeat (Rnd10). (36)

Rnd19:     repeat (Rnd11). (38)

Main color:

Rnd20-21:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (38)

Contrast color:

Rnd22:     repeat (Rnd10). (38)

Rnd23:     repeat (Rnd11). (40)

Main color:

Rnd24-25:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (40)

Contrast color:

Rnd26-27:     repeat (Rnd10). (40)

Main color:

Rnd28-29:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (40)

Contrast color:

Rnd30:     repeat (Rnd10). (40)

Rnd31:     repeat (Rnd11). (42)

Main color:

Rnd32-33:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (42)

Contrast color:

Rnd34-35:     repeat (Rnd10). (42)

Main color:

Rnd36-37:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (42)

Contrast color:

Rnd38:     repeat (Rnd10). (42)

Rnd39:     repeat (Rnd11). (44)

Main color:

Rnd40-41:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (44)

Contrast color:

Rnd42-43:     repeat (Rnd10). (44)

Main color:

Rnd44-45:   repeat (Rnd8, Rnd9). (44)

Contrast color:

Rnd46:     repeat (Rnd10). (44)

Rnd47:     repeat (Rnd11). (46). Fasten off

Follow the 2^nd sleeve pattern to the same.

Make hood:

Contrast color:

Rnd1:     ch81, sc in 2^nd ch, sc in each ch across, turn. (80)

Main color:

Rnd2-5:     ch1, sc in same st, sc in each st across, turn. (80)

Contrast color:

Rnd6-7:     ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (80)

Main color:

Rnd8-23:   ch1, hdc in same st, hdc in each st across, turn. (80)

Sew the hood:

Fold in half and sew last round  seems, Use the main color and start sewing the hood into the wrong side, use a slst in each st.

 (See picture)

Finishing:     first sew the shoulder seem together into the wrong side.sew a zipper into the front opening. Then attach the hood along edge to edge of the sweater, start sewing in one corner to the other. After finishing sew both of the sleeves and then sew the sides. Before starting pin the sweater into the wrong side and Start sewing cuff to the end of the sides.