The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater is a crochet pattern for you to view for for free below. It is made to measure, size inclusive and designed and written specifically for beginners.
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There is a beautiful place called Busselton on the western side of Australia. It’s a beach town! Busselton is absolutely gorgeous in the summer teaming with sun, swim suits and white sand. However it is the less visited winter that captures the beauty of Australia. We have fond memories standing on one of the longest jetties in the world (google it!), wrapped in warm sweaters and jackets as this crazy wind whipped around us.
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater reminds us of Busselton and the winter Aussie beach season.
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater design is super simple and a really good one to start with, if you are new to crochet. We stick to the half double crochet stitch, which is a very simple stitch and a fast one too. Master this design and as a beginner you can crochet this sweater a number of times in different types of yarn for totally different looks. The pattern is written as a made to measure so you don’t need to follow our gauge exactly…however we did design this with a heavier weight chunky yarn in mind. Also by using a thicker yarn, it will work up a lot faster!
We also removed ribbing on the cuffs and at the bottom to make it extra easy. Although crocheted ribbing looks amazing, it’s great to sometimes have that raw deconstructed look on sweaters too.
For this version we used a gorgeous yarn from LionBrand Yarn. It’s a size 5/Bulky and that means it works up fast! This yarn is a beautiful self striping yarn that’s soft and textured. They do have solid colours too and the ripples in the yarn create an amazing feel for your sweater. The great thing is that ripples and texture in yarn can also be forgiving! You can find all the details in the section “Crochet Materials” below.
How do you like to work with self striping yarn? You hear some crocheters who like to control the stripes and break up a self striping skein into different balls of colours before they start. Others like to take it free and easy, allowing the stripes to take direction in any way the skein wants to. For this design we chose the latter. Go with the flow!
If you are looking for some other great self striping yarn projects consider the Coral Bay Crochet Mesh Net Top. It uses another beautiful yarn from Lion Brand yarn made from cotton.
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DESCRIPTION of The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater is a long sleeved warmer sweater that is great for fall to winter. It features a wide V neck design with oversized sleeves and no ribbing. This sweater is designed to hit slightly below the waist, however it can be customized easily as a crop or a longer tunic.
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater is a free and easy crochet pattern available as a size inclusive made to measure pattern. It is beginner friendly and uses weight 5/chunky yarn. The stitch pattern is simple using primarily half double crochets.
CROCHET MEASUREMENTS & SIZES
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater pattern instructions are made to measure, based on your required measurements.
Kiks + Jack Crochet will always try to write patterns that are “made to measure” (versus graded sized patterns) so that crocheters can get the wonderful benefits of making a garment that fits perfectly. However we do appreciate taking measurements can be inconvenient for some and have also provided standard measurements for those who wish to use it.
To use this pattern you will need the following measurements and you should write them down for easy reference:
Finished length: Measure from just below your waistline (or where you would like the top to end) up to the top of your shoulder.
Length to Armpit Measurement: Measure from just below your waistline (or where you would like the top to end) up to your armpit. This will be the start of your V neckline. NOTE: if you would prefer a higher V neckline, or a neckline that is a tighter fit, take this measurement a little higher above the armpit.
Arm Length: Measure from armpit to wrist (or where you would like the sleeve to end)
Armhole Depth: Measure from the top outside edge of the shoulder down to the armpit
Standard Sizing (For Reference)
If you would like to use standard sizing for the chest/bust – then for XS (S, M , L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) use approximately 28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46, 48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62) inches or 71-76 (81-86, 91-96, 102-107, 112-117, 122-127, 132-137, 142-147, 152-158) centimetres.
If you would like to use standard sizing for arm length – then for XS (S, M , L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL) use approximately 16.5 (17, 17, 17.5, 17.5, 18, 18, 18.5, 18.5) inches or 42 (43, 43, 44.5, 44.5, 45.5, 45.5, 47, 47) centimetres
If you would like to use standard sizing for armhole depth – then use approximately 6-6.5 (6.5-7, 7-7.5, 7.5-8, 8-8.5, 8.5-9, 9-9.5, 9.5-10, 10-10.5) inches or 15.5-16.5, 16.5-17.5, 17.5-19, 19-20.5, 20.5-21.5, 21.5-23, 23-24, 24-25.5, 25.5-26.5) centimetres
Note: The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater is designed as a loose fit with significant positive ease.
CROCHET GAUGE
Using an 8mm crochet hook, approximately 9 half double crochets across and 8 rows of half double crochet in 4″ x 4″ (10 cm x 10 cm).
Note the Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater pattern is made to measure and can accommodate for different crochet gauges.
CROCHET MATERIALS for The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
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Yarn brand: Homespun by Lion Brand Yarns. Weight 5/Bulky/Chunky. 170g per skein and 185 yards (or 169m) per skein
You can also purchase Homespun by Lion Brand Yarns here on Amazon and we always check this for great deals. If you are lucky your colour may be available and delivery may be faster.
Approximately 3.8 skeins or 700 yards (or 640m) used for our garment (approximately S) with a finished width of 18 inches and a finished length of 18 inches.
Color used is Tudor.
8 mm crochet hook (US size L-11). The crochet hook set we always recommend for beginners because it is budget friendly and feels great, does not include larger hook sizes in the set. If your gauge allows you to use a crochet hook size up to size 6mm then these ergonomic crochet hooks from Amazon are absolutely amazing and budget friendly. For crochet hooks that are greater than 6mm we have not yet found a set of larger hook sizes that are budget friendly and that we love. We use clover hooks for larger hook sizes that are so fantastic but can be pricey. You can buy a Clover crochet hook size 8 here and when we find a larger hook set that we absolutely love we will recommend it here.
Measuring Tape. We use a super budget friendly measuring tape. Make sure it has cm and inches (not all patterns are written with both). We are always crocheting on the go so we like our tapes small and compact and we put one in our design area, one in our bag and one in our car. Retractable works best! We use these super cheap mini measuring tapes from Amazon.
Stitch Markers. We use these locking crochet stitch markers from Amazon and these stitch markers that do not lock. They are cheap and colourful.
Blocking Pins. You should buy more pins than you think you need. If you are going to take the time to block don’t skimp on the pins. We like T shaped stainless steel pins that don’t rust when they get wet. We love these blocking T pins from Amazon and the tin means the pins don’t fall out on the floor.
Yarn Needle. Buy blunt needles with large eyes for yarn. We use these Yarn Needles because we like the convenient bottle, they are budget friendly and we get lots of them!
Scissors. We love these thread snippers because they are cheap, we get two of them AND they come with a case (some don’t). Don’t carry these without the case! After you use thread snippers you won’t want to snip with scissors.
CROCHET STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS
ch = chain (With one loop on your hook, yarn over and pull through the loop)
sc = single crochet (Insert hook into desired stitch. Yarn over and pull through the stitch. You now have two loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all two loops)
hdc = half double crochet (Yarn over and insert hook into desired stitch. Yarn over and pull through the stitch. You now have three loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all three loops)
hdc2tog = half double crochet 2 stitches together (Yarn over and insert hook into desired stitch. Yarn over and pull through the stitch. You now have three loops on your hook. Yarn over and insert hook into the NEXT stitch. Yarn over and pull through the stitch. You now have five loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops. You have now combined 2 stitches into 1 stitch)
tch = turning chain
st = stitch
sk = skip stitch
* = repeat the instructions following the * as directed
Note unless stated otherwise turning chains do not count as a stitch if there are 1 or 2 chains and the turning chain does count as a stitch if there are 3 or 4 chains.
SUMMARY of CONSTRUCTION for The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
The Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater is made by first crocheting a back panel and a front panel. We will crochet the panels bottom up. On the front panel we will crochet the V neckline. We will then crochet the sleeve panels. Finally will seam the front panel and the back panels at the shoulder and then seam sleeves directly on to the panels.
This pattern is made to measure, size inclusive and the stitch used is beginner friendly primarily using the half double crochet.
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PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS for the Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
Crochet the Back Panel
Calculate the length of your foundation chain as follows:
| Halve your “Chest/Bust Measurement“ | Our chest/bust measurement = 32 inches around Half our chest/bust measurement = 32/2 = 16 inches |
| Add additional 1-2 inches for positive ease and a slightly oversized look (it will also increase in width after a few rows) | 16 + 1 = 17 inches |
Chain a length as calculated above and count your chains as you crochet. Do not pull the chain too tight when you measure it. Keep it loose.
Kiks + Jack Crochet Example: Our chest/bust measurement = 32 inches around and we have to chain 17 inches as per our calculation above.
Row 1: ch 2, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc in every ch to end of row. Turn.
Row 2-4: ch2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc in every st to end of row. Turn
This is a good time to check that you are happy with the width of your sweater. Sometimes the yarn stretches out more or less than you expect. It’s important to check the width again before you go any further. Place it up against you after 4 rows of crochet and see if the width is correct for you (or measure it if you are making it for someone else).
If your yarn is more stretchy than expected and/or you want to reduce the width, we suggest you frog (unravel) and start again reducing the number of chains you originally crocheted. Or if you decide you want it more oversized and you want to increase the width we suggest you frog and start again increasing the number of chains. It’s better to get this width right at the start.
Repeat row 2 until your back panel reaches a length equal to your “Finished Length Measurement“.
This is a great time to double check you are happy with the length by placing the panel up against you. If you would like to make it longer crochet more row 2s. If you would like to make it shorter, remove a few row 2s. If you made changes, then make sure you update the Finished Length Measurement AND the Length to Armpit Measurement as both rely on your final lengths.
Fasten off.
Crochet the Front Panel
Follow the instructions from the Back Panel until your front panel reaches a length equal to your “Length to Armpit Measurement“. At this point we will stop and start to crochet the V neckline.
We made a note up in Crochet Measurements and reference this to you again here: if you would prefer a higher V neckline, or a neckline that is a tighter fit, take the Length to Armpit measurement a little higher above the armpit. In other words feel free to start your V neck a little higher based on your preference.
Do not fasten off.
Crochet the V neckline on the Front Panel
We will now shape for the V neck.
Kiks + Jack Crochet Tip: the design for this sweater is a wide V neck that allows for it to be worn almost off the shoulder (as photographed). If you do not want such a wide V neck and would prefer a tighter V neck, you can remove the decrease on every second row (ie. the hdc2tog) and instead just crochet a standard hdc across the row (see Row without the decrease below).
Using a measuring tape, find the mid centre point of your top (width wise) and place a stitch marker at this point. The stitch marker will represent the tip of the V neck.
Continue with the working yarn.
Row 1: ch2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc in every st towards the stitch marker until you are 2 stitches from the stitch with the stitch marker, hdc2tog the next 2 stitches, hdc in the next st with the stitch marker. Turn
Row 2: ch 2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc2tog the next 2 st, hdc in every st away from the stitch marker towards the edge. Turn
Row 3: ch2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc in every st until you are 3 stitches from the end of the row, hdc2tog the next 2 st, hdc in the next st. Turn
Repeat Row 2 and Row 3 in that order until you are satisfied with the depth of the V-neck. If at this point your sweater has not reached the “Finished Length Measurement” crochet a few more rows without the decrease as follows:
Row without decrease: ch2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc across the row until the end. Turn.
When your front panel reaches the “Finished Length Measurement” and matches the length of your back panel start working on the other side.
Attach a matching yarn on the other side of your front panel.
Repeat all the rows that you crocheted on the first side.
Fasten off.
Your front panel is now completed with a main body and a V neck.
Crochet the Sleeves (Make 2)
We will now crochet the sleeve panel. Note the sleeves are meant to be baggy, oversized and wide sleeved.
Calculate the length of your foundation chain as follows:
| Take your “Armhole Depth Measurement“ and double it. Add 1 inch. | Our armhole depth measurement = 6.5 inches Double it = 6.5 x 2 = 13 inches 13 + 1 inche = 14 inches |
Chain a length as calculated above (we would chain 14 inches). Do not pull the chain too tight when you measure it.
Row 1: ch 2, hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc in every ch to end of row. Turn.
Row 2: ch2, hdc in the 1st st, hdc in every ch to end of row. Turn
Repeat row 2 until your sleeve panel reaches a length equal to your “Arm Length Measurement“.
Note: this design creates oversized baggy sleeves without shaping as per our photographs.
We will show you how to check the sleeve length again under “Assembly” below so that you can ensure you have the perfect fit.
Fasten off.
Remember to crochet 2 identical sleeves.
Assembling the Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
Kiks + Jack Crochet highly recommends blocking all your panels before assembly. We understand you have finished and are eager to seam this all together! However blocking your panels will set your panels to the shape and size you want and give it a polished look.
Kiks + Jack Crochet blocks our panels by pinning all the pieces on to an old yoga mat and manipulating the shape and edges so the front and back panel are similar and the two sleeve panels are similar. We then spray it with water focusing on the edges and ensuring it is well saturated. Do not remove the pins until the panels are completely bone dry.
Step 1: Seam the Front and Back Panel at the shoulder.
Place the front and back panels together with the right sides facing together. With a yarn needle, seam the two panels together across the shoulders starting from the edge and up to the end of the neckline. Fasten off. Make sure you seam on both shoulders.
Step 2: Line up your sleeves at the midway point to the shoulder and seam. Open up the two panels (now seamed at the shoulders) so that the right side is facing the floor and the wrong side is facing upwards. Take one of your crocheted sleeves and fold it in half lengthways. Place a stitch marker at the top of your sleeve at the centre point. With the wrong side of the sleeve facing up, attach this stitch marker to the left edge of the left shoulder seam.
Do the same on the right side with the other sleeve.
Kiks + Jack Crochet Tip: It is a good time to check the length of your sleeve. You can “seam” the sleeve panel with a few stitch markers to the main panel. Try it on.
If you would like the sleeve to be longer (eg. some like the length to be almost at the knuckles vs the wrist), you can add a few more rows on to your sleeve. You do this by unknotting your final knot when you fastened off at the end of the sleeve panel, attaching matching yarn and crocheting a few more rows. Or you can reduce rows if you like your sleeves shorter. You do this by unknotting your final knot when you fastened off and pulling out (frogging) the rows. Make sure you do the same on the second sleeve.
Note: the sleeves are quite oversized and as we are not putting a cuff on this you may want it to stop a little higher up the arm.
When everything is perfect, using a yarn needle and matching yarn, seam the sleeves to the main panels (wrong side facing up).
Step 3: Seam the sides of the sweater and the bottom of the sleeve together. Fold the two panels and sleeve panels at the seamed shoulders so that your sweater is facing wrong side out. With a yarn needle and matching yarn, seam the sides of the two panels together up to the armpit and along the bottom of the sleeve.
Fasten off.
Step 4 (Optional): Edge the neckline. If you want a more finished look, you can attach a matching yarn the top of the V neckline and single crochet around the neckline. Remember to keep the stitches even and do not crochet too close together. Homespun yarn is wavy and textured so it was not necessary for our version.
Finish & Celebrate the Busselton V Neck Crochet Sweater
Weave in all your ends.
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