Crochet Cropped Cardigan Tutorial With Collar Easy To Make & Cozy To Wear

Join us in making a stylish Lemon Peel Stitch Crochet Cropped Cardigan complete with a chic collar. This tutorial guides you through each stage, from choosing your yarn to the final stitch. The lemon peel stitch offers a delightful texture that's both fun to make and comfy to wear. This cardigan, with its fitted sleeves and snug collar, makes for a cozy addition to any outfit.

Crochet Cropped Cardigan

Materials Needed:

About 600 g of medium weight yarn (e.g., ABY Road Kung Fu Cotton Yarn)
5 mm crochet hook
Stitch markers
Darning needle
Scissors
Measuring tape
Buttons (4 or as many as preferred)

Pattern Overview

This pattern is designed for a size small but can be adjusted for other sizes.
The instructions include centimeter and inch measurements for using different yarn weights and hook sizes.

Cardigan Panels

Starting the Front Panels:

Create a slip knot and chain 30 stitches (adjust the number of chains based on the desired size and measurements provided in the video).
Start with a lemon peel stitch pattern (single crochet followed by a double crochet, alternating across the row).
Continue the lemon peel stitch for each row, ensuring to start each new row with the opposite stitch of what the last stitch was from the previous row.

Creating Armholes:

As you reach the armpit level, start skipping some stitches to make room for armholes, marking them with stitch markers.
Perform decreases as shown in the video to shape the neckline.

Back Panel:

Similarly, create the back panel using the same number of chains as for the front panels but adjust the length to cover the back fully.

Sleeves

Start the Sleeves:

Chain enough stitches to wrap around the wrist (refer to measurement details in the video).
Use the lemon peel stitch and continue until you reach the elbow length.
Include some increases in the stitches to allow room for the elbow and decrease towards where the sleeve will attach to the cardigan.

Joining

Sewing the Panels:

Sew the front panels to the back panel at the shoulders.
Attach the sleeves to the main body of the cardigan around the armholes.

Collar and Trims

Creating the Collar:

Pick up stitches around the neckline and work single crochets around to form the collar.
Depending on the desired width, increase stitches at the base of the collar every other row.

Neckline and Button Band:

Work single crochets along the vertical edges of the front panels where the cardigan opens.
Create buttonholes in one of the front bands as described in the video.