Unleash your crochet creativity with the ROSE Granny Square Cardigan Free Pattern. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through the art of crocheting a beautiful granny square cardigan, making it an ideal project for both beginners and experienced crocheters. Dive into the world of yarn and hooks to create a cozy and stylish cardigan with the classic charm of granny squares. Get started today and embark on a crochet journey that will result in a wardrobe favorite you'll cherish for years to come.

If you’ve ever wanted to know how to crochet granny square cardigan, this tutorial is for you!
If you love the texture of granny squares then you will definitely like this free pattern.

The entire piece is crocheted by making two motifs of granny squares that are seamed together. The sweater is made with shades of 3 colors white, green and pink, but you can get super fun and creative with these squares. Go all out hippy and make it multi-colored. This would be a great stash buster to use up those various colors of yarn left in your stash. The sweater will turn out just as you want it to be and it will become your cozy cardigan!

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Size

Length: 70 cm, Bust: 90 cm.
One Size (size small) It will fit most XS – M sizes. See sizing suggestion section below for suggestion on how to adjust for larger sizes.

Gauge

(Approximate) One completed square of 4 rounds should be approximately 11 X 11 (cm). There are approximately 3.5 rounds in a 10 X 10 square.
One completed square of 6 rounds should also be approximately 11 X 11 (cm).
15 stitches dc = 4” (10 cm); 8 rows dc = 4” (10 cm).

Materials

♥ Yarn: Pattern uses approximately 600 g total in 3 colors; 200g for each color.
A: Paper White.
B: Racing Green.
C: Blush Pink.
♥ Crochet Hook: 4 mm,
♥ Scissors,
♥ Tapestry needle.

Topics Covered

Each topic includes step-by-step instructions, photos and charts where appropriate.
You will find:
♥ The crochet pattern for a granny square cardigan.
♥ How to crochet 2 types of granny squares.
♥ Size suggestion.
♥ How to crochet a half square.
♥ How to organize units.
♥ How to connect one square to another with tow methods.
♥ How to add a border.

Order of colors

Granny Square 1
♥ Order 1 (make 36): B, C, B, A.
♥ Order 2 (make 14): B, C, A, A.
Granny Square 2
♥ Order 1 (make 14): C, A, B, C, A, A.
♥ Order 2 (make 8): B, A, C, B, A, A.
Triangle
♥ Order 1 (make 2): B, A, C, B, A, A.

Sizing suggestion

This pattern is one size only. If you’re experienced, you may be able to modify this to your specific size. Here is a suggestion where you can add squares in hopes to help you!

Instructions

A detailed description will make it easy to follow! There are crochet charts and step-by-step instructions.
Check out these links!
Granny Square 1: ROSE Granny Square Free Crochet Pattern
Granny Square 2: ORIGINAL Granny Square Free Crochet Pattern
Triangle: ORIGINAL Granny Triangle Free Crochet Pattern

How to organize units

Here are two views that show how you should organize pieces. The second view shows also where you should work each seam method.

How to join units

There are plenty of joining methods for the granny square. In this project, I used two methods.

The first method is flat slip-stitch granny square join. This method is similar to slip stitch join, but instead of joining at the back of the squares, it is working from the front of the squares.

The second method is manual sewing with a special technique that makes it look like a coil on the right side and invisible in the other side. There are 5 steps to do this:
1. Line two squares up together, right sides facing you. You will do all your seaming on the right sides of your crochet pieces.
2. Insert your tapestry needle through the front loop of the chain corner stitch of the right square and then proceed through the front loop of the chain corner stitch of the left square. Pull the yarn through, maintaining snug tension, but not pulling it so tight that it puckers.
3. Insert your tapestry needle through the front loop of the next stitch on the right square and proceed through the front loop of the left square’s next stitch.
4. Continue like this, working from the right square to the left square. Repeat until you’ve run out of stitches and have reached the corner chains of your squares.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 for each two squares you add.

Tips

♥ You have to block your crochet pieces before joining them together.
♥ You have to keep your pieces lined up so that the stitches are always being join one for one.
♥ You have to line the pieces up and keep the seam horizontal (for 1st method) and vertical (for 2nd method) in front of you while you are seaming. This is the easiest way for me because it allows me to use my dominant right hand.

Edges

The edge is very simple. It consists of three double crochet stitches in each ch-spaces followed by a chain, the traditional stitch of the granny. We operate two lines at the front edge and the edge of the neck. The edge of the hands and the lower edge are limited to one line.