Crochet sweaters with diagrams, photos and descriptions

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Knitting clothes is much more difficult than some small crafts or interior items. Here you need to draw patterns, observe the dimensions, carefully monitor the pattern and, the most difficult thing for most craftswomen, dissolve unsuccessful sections and bandage them.

However, there are some models that can be called quite simple. For example, an openwork non-fitted jacket, which can be crocheted.

How to work with motives

Composing fabrics from separately knitted motifs is considered one of the most difficult knitting techniques. In the manufacture of crocheted fragments, the main difficulty lies in the accurate execution of their central part, as well as in the correct connection. You should also distribute the yarn so that it is enough for the entire product. The final stage of work deserves special mention: closing the ends of the thread. This requires a lot of perseverance and patience of the craftswoman, sincethere is no creativity here, and this boring process just needs to be endured.

By linking motifs, you can create completely different crochet sweaters (there should be no problems with patterns, since many magazines offer them in large numbers).

Fragments come in several levels of difficulty, from elementary, consisting of 3-5 rows, to extremely complex, which include many rows and require in-depth knowledge of crochet techniques. This article will discuss the principle of making an openwork crochet sweater with diagrams, photographs and a description of the main steps.

It will also describe the knitting of a summer blouse with short sleeves using a one-piece pineapple pattern and mesh.

Blouse-tunic made of square fragments

The model shown in the following photo is perfect for both hot summer days and cool sea evenings.

The best material for its manufacture will be 100% cotton or linen. In extreme cases, the content of artificial fibers (acrylic, polyamide, nylon, microfiber) should not exceed 30%. These components do not allow clothes to "breathe", they become hot, even if there are holes. In addition, these materials can reduce the cost of the look of a crochet sweater. With the diagrams shown in the figure, the work becomes much easier.

This shows the principle of the fragment, the strapping for the neck and the bottom edge of the product, as well as the layout of the motifs. Based on the fact that the fragments are square, it is extremely easy to make canvases from them.

Color distribution value

At first glance, the blouse looks like it's made of round beige motifs, the connections are made with white mesh, and the gaps are filled with small white fragments. In fact, this effect is achieved by the correct distribution of yarn colors. The whole motif is tied with a beige thread, and the last row is white. This technique is often used to emphasize the beauty of the motif and crochet tablecloths, bedspreads and openwork sweaters. With schemes of hexagonal and triangular fragments, this play of color also applies.

It is better to tie the neckline, sleeves and bottom of the product in the same color of yarn with which the last row of the motif is connected (in this case, white). Thus, the blouse gets a complete look, a kind of frame.

How to connect motifs

When the first fragment is ready, you need to measure it and draw a wiring diagram. The number of fragments depends on the size of the jacket. To determine how many squares you need, you should divide the chest girth in half, and divide this number by the width of the motive. In this case, four motifs make up one horizontal row of crochet details for the front and back of the sweater. With patterns containing fewer rows, more motifs will need to be knitted.

The height of the parts (the length of the product) is very easy to adjust, you just need to add or remove a number of fragments.

The opinions of many craftswomen are divided about when to combine motifs: inin the process of knitting the last row or sewing completely finished fragments with a needle. There is no right answer here, as each method is good in its own way. The first allows you to quickly and accurately compose a single piece of fabric, the second is suitable for beginner knitters who are afraid to make a mistake (after all, to correct it, you don’t have to unravel the last rows of several fragments, you just need to cut the seam).

Important advice: you can wash or steam crocheted summer sweaters with pattern patterns from motifs only when the elements are connected and the harness is ready. Otherwise, you can fix the distorted form of the motif, and it is very difficult to fix it.

Beautiful crochet sweaters with solid pattern patterns

Whole patterns are called patterns that are knitted in straight and return (or circular) rows from the beginning to the end of the part. This type of work is a little simpler than the one described above, but also requires attention and perseverance. Many of these patterns are used to crochet warm sweaters, with patterns that do not contain openwork holes.

The photo at the beginning of the article shows a summer blouse, its pattern with dimensions and pattern diagram are shown below.

The details of the front and back are knitted with one even fabric, its width is 9 rapports. The first and third rows of "pineapples" include 8 whole rapports and two halves located near the bar, and in the second row all the elements are intact. This arrangement is due to the staggered arrangement of the "pineapples".

Shaping armholes and bevels

For convenienceknitting the bevel of the neck, sleeves and armholes, the developers of the scheme suggest moving on to knitting the mesh.

When the cells are reduced, the canvas becomes narrower. The cell can be shortened without knitting it or moving to the top using connecting posts.

Tieing is done when the details of the blouse are completely finished and sewn.