Cozy Crochet Hexagon Cardigan Pattern For All Skill Levels

This Crochet Hexagon Cardigan pattern is perfect for anyone who loves a creative yet simple project. Using two hexagons, you’ll crochet a cardigan that’s both chic and comfortable.

Crochet Hexagon Cardigan

It uses ombre yarn for a soft color transition and can easily be adjusted for your preferred size and sleeve length. Perfect for layering, this cardigan combines comfort and elegance, making it a must-have in your handmade wardrobe. Whether you prefer bold colors or soft pastels, this design allows endless creativity in yarn choice.

Materials

Yarn: YarnArt Flowers (55% Cotton, 45% Polyacryl, 1000m/250g cake), two identical cakes for ombre effect
Hook: 3 mm or size needed for correct tension
Tools: Measuring tape, scissors, yarn needle

Sizing: Crochet until the piece measures from the back of your neck to your desired sleeve length. The width should be about half your bust size.

The Hexagon

Make a slip knot and chain 4.
Slip stitch to form a ring.
Chain 3 (counts as first dc), make 2 dc in the center ring.
Chain 3 for the corner.

Make 3 dc into the center ring for the next side.
Repeat the corner and side pattern until you have 6 sides.
Chain 3 and slip stitch to the third chain of the starting chain.

Lacy Pattern (Arch Row)

Chain 4, turn your work.
Make 1 dc in the corner space, chain 3, and make 1 dc in the same space.
Chain 1, dc in the first dc of the side, chain 1, skip one, dc in the last dc.
Chain 1, make (1 dc, chain 3, 1 dc) in the corner.
Repeat around and slip stitch to finish.

Solid Double Crochet Rows

Chain 3 and turn your work.
Make 1 dc in each dc and chain space along the side.
In each corner, make (2 dc, chain 2, 2 dc).
Continue around and slip stitch to finish.
Repeat this solid dc row two more times.

4-Row Repeat

Row 1: Lacy Row
Rows 2–4: Solid Double Crochet Rows
Repeat this 4-row pattern until the piece reaches your desired sleeve length.

Sleeve Shaping and Seam

Chain 1 and turn your work.
Use invisible decreases (insert hook into front loops of two stitches, yarn over, pull through, yarn over, pull through both loops).
Work decreases along the sleeve section until the underarm corner.
Join corners with a decrease to close the underarm seam.
Continue single crochet decreases around and slip stitch to finish.

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Shoulder Seam

Fold the hexagon in half, aligning the neck corner and sleeve end.
Cut yarn three times the seam length and thread it through a yarn needle.
Use mattress stitch to sew the edges together from sleeve to neckline.

Body Extension

Attach yarn at the neckline corner.
Continue the 4-row repeat pattern across the three open sides, working back and forth.
Keep the corner increases (2 dc, chain 2, 2 dc) at the two body corners.
Add rows until the body reaches the desired length.
Fasten off.