Making an adorable pullover for your little munchkin doesn’t get easier than this. It is a beginner friendly one day project.
The entire pattern uses a single stitch called half double crochet. This stitch speeds up the crochet project as well as gives a solid look to the garment. The pattern is illustrated along with step by step pictures for easy reference.
I have used soft bulky yarn for this project. It not only works up real fast but also very soft to touch. For Legibility l have demonstrated the steps with a light blue colour yarn
Measurements
- Shoulder-25.5 cm
- neck-19.5 cm
- chest-32 cm
- height-35 cm
- sleeves-31 cm
Gauge information – Size: age- 1-2 yr
Hook size 6 mm / (UK 4; US J/10). Make a swatch in order to confirm the right fit by making 12 half double crochets x 9 rows = 10 cm / 4” in width and 10 cm / 4” height.
Material used-
- Yarn- Ganga 8ply solid acrylic yarn 400 g
- Hook- 6mm
- Scissors
- markers
- Yarn needle
Symbols for reading the pattern instructions–
- Sl- Slip stitch
- Ch= chain stitch
- Sp= space
- St = stitch
- Hdc= half double crochet in stitch
- Fphdc= Front post half double crochet
- Bphdc= Back post half double crochet
- Rep= repeat the step
- * to *= instruction to be repeated
Special stitches
Front post half double crochet (FP hdc)
Yarn over, insert hook from front to back around next stitch, yarn over, pull through, three loops on hook ; finish front post half double crochet (FP hdc) as normal hdc.
Back post double crochet ( BP hdc )
Yarn over, insert hook from back to front around next stitch, yarn over, pull through, three loops on hook; finish back post half double crochet (BP hdc) as normal hdc.
Step by step pattern instructions
1. Ch 57. Sl st to join. hdc in 2nd ch from hook. Work hdc in each ch space. Sl st to join. Total hdc-56
2. Turn, ch1, hdc in each st. sl st to join. Place markers on St no 10, 19, 38 and 47. Refer- ((9-M-8-M-18-M-8-M-9)) Total markers (M) =4. We will be doing 3hdc in every round at places with markers. Keep turning your work every round.
4. Turn your work. Hdc in each st except at markers do 3hdc. Place marker in the middle of the 3hdc done. Hdc to the end. Sl st to join.
5. Turn. Repeat step 4 till row no. 9.
6. Turn. Hdc in each st till first marker. 1 Hdc in the stitch marked. Skip all the stitches till second marker. 1 Hdc in 2nd marker. Cont. Doing hdc in each st till 3rd marker. 1 hdc in 3rd marker. Skip all the stitches till 4th marker. 1 hdc in 4th marker. Hdc till the end.
7. Turn. Hdc in each stitch. Sl st to join
8. Row no. 11-25. Follow step 7.
9. With right side facing you start working alternate (Fphdc, bphdc) till the end of the row. Sl at to join. Refer to special stitches section if you are new to these stitches.
10. Do not turn. Repeat step. 9 two more times. Work both rows with right side facing you. Fasten off and weave I the ends.
Sleeves
1. Join at the mid. Ch 1, hdc in each st. Sl st to join
2. Turn, *ch 1, hdc in each st, sl st to join*Repeat step * to * for next 17 rows.
3. Turn, Ch1. With right side facing you (Fphdc, bphdc) alternating till the end of the row. Reduce one hdc in each row by doing two hdc together.
4-5. Do not turn. Repeat step no 3. Reduce single hdc in each row. Fasten off n weave in the ends.
Neck
Join at the middle on the back. Ch 1, With right side facing you (Fphdc, bphdc) alternating till the end of the row. Sl st to join. Fasten off n weave in the ends.
Adding the heart
This is the easiest way to add a heart or any shape to your crochet project. It takes under five minutes complete! All one needs is a paper cut out of desired shape and yarn needle. Let’s add a heart to this beautiful pullover.
1. Make a heart shaped cutout out of paper of desired size. With the help of pins attach it on to the front side of the pullover.
2. Now take a contrast coloured yarn. Make sure you take ample length of the yarn to cover the heart fully. Insert the yarn through the yarn needle and tie the ends.
3. Like shown in the picture below, from Inside of the pullover take the yarn needle out and covering the length of the heart shaped paper insert the needle at the opposite side. Do this for the entire shape of the heart.
4. The finished heart will look like the pic below. Fasten off and weave in the end.
5. Remove the pins attached to the paper. With the help of needle remove the paper from inside.
Ta da!! The pullover is all done and ready to be adorned by your little darling.
Happy crocheting!!
