Easy Crochet Cardigan Pattern With Soft Ribbed Texture

This easy crochet cardigan pattern is perfect for beginners and anyone who loves creating cozy, textured garments without complicated shaping. Made entirely with the half double crochet stitch worked in the back loop only (HDC-BLO), it produces a soft ribbed look that feels warm, stretchy, and comfortable for everyday wear.

Crochet Ribbed Texture Cardigan

The pattern is built in simple panels, making it easy to customize the sizing, sleeve length, width, and overall fit. This cardigan can be styled for any season, layered over tops, or finished with buttons for a polished touch. Whether you're making your first wearable or adding to your handmade wardrobe, this project offers flexibility, simplicity, and beautiful results.

Materials

• Four-ply yarn with a little fur
• 6 mm hook for the main body
• 4.5 mm hook for sleeve ribbing
• Measuring tape
• Scissors
• Stitch markers
• Buttons

Crochet the Sleeves

• Begin with a slip knot and make 50 chains.
• Work Chain 2 then make an HDC into the 3rd chain from the hook and continue across for 50 HDC.
• Chain 1 and turn, then work HDC into the back loop only across.
• Continue repeating HDC-BLO rows until the sleeve is 18 or 19 inches wide. Sample sleeve has 42 rows and is 15 inches long.
• Place a stitch marker in the 21st row for the center.
• Repeat all steps to make the second sleeve.

Crochet the Front and Back Panels

Front Panel 1 Rows 1–27

• Make 80 chains with new yarn.
• Work Chain 2 then make an HDC into the 3rd chain from the hook and across for 80 HDC.
• Chain 1 and turn then work HDC-BLO for a total of 27 rows.
• Place a stitch marker in the 38th stitch of Row 27 to mark the armhole.

Back Panel Rows 28–57

• Chain 1 and turn then work HDC-BLO for 38 stitches until reaching the stitch marker.
• Skip the next 42 stitches and chain 42.
• Work Chain 2 then make an HDC into the 3rd chain from the hook and across the 42 new chains then continue HDC-BLO across the remaining 38 stitches.
• Chain 1 and turn then continue HDC-BLO for a total of 56 rows for the back panel.

Front Panel 2 Rows 58–84

• Begin with HDC-BLO and work 38 stitches.
• Skip the next 42 stitches and chain 42.
• Continue working HDC-BLO for 27 rows to complete the second front panel.

Assembly and Ribbing

Seaming and Attaching Sleeves

• Fold the front and back panels together at the shoulders and sew them using slip stitch.
• Switch to the 4.5 mm hook and work a foundation row of SC along the sleeve edge, decreasing by working SC, SC, SC2tog repeatedly until 33 stitches remain.
• Work a row of DC.
• Work five rows of alternating FPDC and BPDC for ribbing.
• Fold the sleeve cuff and close with slip stitch.
• Insert the sleeve into the armhole with the sleeve right-side out and the body wrong-side out.
• Join the sleeve by slip stitching two stitches of the body to one row of the sleeve all around.

Front Panel Ribbing and Buttonholes

• Starting at the bottom corner, work DC evenly along the entire front edge, around the neck, and down the other side working two DC in large spaces and one DC in small spaces.
• Place a stitch marker after every 15 stitches for buttonholes.
• Begin the FPDC and BPDC ribbing pattern.
• When reaching a marker, Chain 1 and skip one stitch to form a buttonhole then continue the ribbing pattern.
• On the next row work a post stitch into the chain space to maintain ribbing.
• Continue ribbing rows, fasten off, and sew buttons onto the opposite side.