Crochet Delicate Floral Embroidered Cardigan Free Pattern

Materials Needed

• Red Heart Kids medium-weight yarn in blue, white, and green
• Crochet hook size I (5.5mm)
• 5 wooden buttons
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Gauge

16 sts and 20 rows = 4 inches in single crochet (sc).

Instructions

Body of the Cardigan

1. Starting at the waistband, chain (ch) 72.
2. Row 1: Single crochet (sc) in the second chain from hook and in each chain across, turn. (71 sc)
3. Rows 2-24: Ch 1, sc in each stitch (st) across, turn.

Sleeves

1. Attach yarn to armhole, ch 1.
2. Row 1: Sc around the armhole evenly, ensuring you have 30 sts, join with slip stitch (sl st), turn.
3. Rows 2-20: Ch 1, sc in each st around, join with sl st, turn.
4. Fasten off and repeat for other sleeve.

Neckline and Button Band

1. Attach white yarn at the bottom corner of the front opening.
2. Row 1: Sc up one side, around the neckline, and down the other side, turn.
3. Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), *skip next sc, dc in next st, dc in skipped sc* repeat across, ensuring outermost edges form a scallop pattern.
4. Sew on buttons evenly spaced along the right front edge.

Floral Embroidery

1. Using white yarn, embroider 4 or 5 petal daisy shapes scattered across the bottom of the cardigan and the cuffs.
2. With green yarn, add stems and small leaves.
3. Use yellow yarn to embroider small centers on each daisy.

Finishing

1. Weave in all loose ends with the tapestry needle.
2. Block the cardigan to shape, if necessary.