Easy Crochet Raglan Sweater Free Pattern For Beginners

This crochet raglan sweater pattern offers a simple yet stylish approach to making your own cozy and fashionable piece. Perfect for beginners and intermediate crocheters alike, it guides you through the process from creating a ribbed collar to crafting sleeves and adding a neat hem.

Crochet Raglan Sweater

The pattern is designed with easy-to-follow instructions and clear steps, making it perfect for those looking to add a personalized touch to their wardrobe. Whether you’re using a favorite color or experimenting with different yarn textures, this crochet raglan sweater provides plenty of room for creativity and customization.

The Ribbed Collar

Use the smaller G-size hook.
Create a slip knot and chain nine.
In the second chain from the hook, single crochet. Continue to single crochet for the next seven stitches.

This is Row 1.

For every subsequent row, chain one and flip your work. Work single crochets in the back loops only.
Repeat this until the collar is long enough to fit around your head and neck. The final row count should be a multiple of four.
To join the ends, slip stitch through the back loop of the last stitch and the first stitch on the other end to close the circle.

Dividing the Collar and Starting the Body

Flip the collar so the seam is facing away from you.
Using the larger I-size hook, single crochet all the way around the collar. The creator had 100 stitches.
Place a stitch marker every 25 stitches to divide the collar into four equal sections.
Join the round with a slip stitch into the first single crochet you made.

Increasing for the Body and Sleeves

Chain three to begin a new round.
Double crochet in every stitch until you reach the first stitch marker.
To increase, remove the stitch marker, double crochet in that stitch, chain two, and then double crochet into the same stitch again.
Repeat this increase pattern at all four stitch markers.
Join the round with a slip stitch at the top of the initial chain three.
Continue this pattern of double crocheting and increasing at the four corners until the body of the sweater reaches just below your underarm.

Creating the Arm Holes

Continue double crocheting until you reach the first increasing mark. Double crochet into the chain space.
Chain a "magic number" of stitches (e.g., 5-10 chains) to create the armhole. The creator chained six.
Skip the entire side panel and double crochet into the next chain space (the second increasing mark).
Double crochet until you reach the third increasing mark, chain the same "magic number" of stitches, and skip the final side panel.
Double crochet into the first double crochet you made in this round.
Join with a slip stitch.
Continue to double crochet in the round to create the length of the body.

The Hem

Use the smaller G-size hook.
Chain the same amount of stitches as your collar (the creator chained nine).
Single crochet all the way down, starting in the first stitch.
Slip stitch into the next available stitch on the sweater body.
To create a decrease, insert your hook into the next stitch and yarn over, then insert your hook into the following stitch and yarn over. Pull through all loops on the hook.
Flip your work and single crochet in the back loops only until you reach the end of the hem row.
Join the hem to the body by slip stitching into the next stitch on the body.
For a more cinched hem, decrease after every row. For a looser fit, alternate between a decrease row and a regular row.
To close the hem, slip stitch through the front loop of the hem and the back loop of the last row on the body.

The Sleeves

Attach new yarn in the middle of one of the arm holes.
Chain three and double crochet in every stitch until you reach two stitches before the chain space.
Decrease over the next two stitches.
Decrease again by yarning over and inserting your hook into the chain space, pulling through two loops.
And then inserting your hook into the next stitch, pulling through two loops, and finally pulling through all three.
Continue to double crochet around until you reach the second chain space and repeat the two-decrease process.
Finish the round with a slip stitch.
For the next row, chain three and double crochet until you reach the corner and put in a single decrease.
The cuffs are made in the exact same way as the hem.