Easy Crochet Crop Cardigan - Beginner-Friendly

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The Lakeside Cardigan is worked in one piece with a simple stitch pattern. The cardigan can easily be modified to any length, and the pattern works up quickly with limited seaming. Additional options include buttons, a belt and pockets. This warm and cozy cardigan design is made in Knit Picks/WeCrochet Brava Tweed worsted weight yarn. Tutorial for Crop cardigan in the medium size.
DIFFICULTY: EASY
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Yarn Requirements:
The yarn for this video was provided by WeCrochet
Brava Tweed worsted weight #4 97% Premium Acrylic, 3% Viscose (218 yds/100g) Shown in Heron
XS (S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X)
Crop 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8)
Long 7 (8, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Crochet Hook Requirements:
US 8/H (5mm)
US 9/I (5.5mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
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Gauge:
12 sts and 12 rows equal to 4" in esc with 5.5mm hook
7.5 sts and 8 rows equal to 2" in ribbed pattern with 5mm hook
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[@nelaanna5879]

Beautiful project. I'm going to start it soon, please pray for me. This will be my first crocheting experience. I've learnt about stitches from KZbin.

[@kapra1783]

I'm working on it right now with this video and everytime I open it your comment ist the first one and the "pray for me" always takes me out! 😂 How did it go for you, have you finished it yet? :)

[@nelaanna5879]

@@kapra1783 hi. Yes, i finished it last year, and it took me almost 15 days to complete it. I made it for my sister and she wore it during winters last year. I loved it. 🙂 How's your going?

[@kapra1783]

@@nelaanna5879 I'm making one for my sister too!! What a coincidence 😅 its going great, it's a very nice tutorial! I'm almost finished, just need to get the boarders done and sew it together but I ran out of yarn so I'm waiting for my yarn order at the momen 🙂 I couldn't wait so I started one for me too in another color 😄

[@tammyjohnson7401]

You will do great .😎

[@barbiec4312]

How did it turn out? I’m just starting it now.

[@aidom4203]

This cardigan took me 5 days to get it done but it was worth it! I love it. Thank you for the patern ❤

[@mjsoffthehook]

Great job!

[@mishti0305]

How much yarn is needed?

[@kimwallace6981]

Loved the pattern, easy to follow made two for my granddaughters

[@aidom4203]

@@mishti0305 it depends on the yarn you chose, i didn't use the brand in the tutotial as i live in europe not the US. I would say for a 4 to 5mm hook yarn type i used approximately 1050m of yarn. Hope this helps ☺️

[@tammyjohnson7401]

Awesome it will take me longer but what an awesome feeling

[@Glemily]

I finished this project yesterday. My very first time making a cardigan (was making ponchos, scarves and hats before) and it turned out beautifully! Loving it!

[@karencorradi1670]

My first ever crochet cardigan and I’m delighted with the result. A fantastic tutorial, thank you!

[@michelledandrade8202]

I finally decided to make this sweater and I’m not disappointed. The video is super helpful as I’m a visual learner. It’s so much easier to watch the video and compare it to the written pattern. Your patterns are beautiful. Thank you!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@krazymammaw3040]

I cant read patterns it never works for me I am a hands on learner that's why I depend on you tube .

[@marymuniz2376]

You are truly gifted! Your patterns are beautiful, unique and so easy to follow. Your clear video, along with your clearly written directions, make this a pleasure to crochet. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.

[@mjsoffthehook]

Thank you so much❤️

[@normatrewhella9003]

I’m finished except for the band . I got confused a few times, but figured it out. Love it.

[@mercifulmermaidtarot2630]

Thank you so much for generously sharing this pattern and tutorial with us. 😊❤

[@marielaivanova1604]

I'm in love with my new cardigan 😍😍😍 Thank you so much for easy tutorial 👏

[@christinahaskell5059]

Another beautiful project. I just absolutely love all of the versatility for this one and cannot wait to get started on it. And-THANK YOU for the child sizes!! I purchased the collection and am so happy to have something so cute to make for my young daughters! ❤

[@Lesleylouise345]

I’ve just made this and it’s beautiful. On to another colour, THANK YOU MJ

[@krissmith3102]

I haven't ventured into wearables, but I love this and am going to give it a go. Thank you for your awesome tutorials!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Glad you like them!

[@MariaJose-pl8qv]

Hola acabo de terminar el chaleco, me quedo super bien gracias a ti, muy buenos tus tutoriales muchas gracias por subir estos vídeos. Es primera vez que hago un chaleco así que me emociona mucha haberlo terminado. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@chloeruth937]

I'm only ten minutes into the video, and this is the first video of yours I've watched! I already LOVE the way you are explaining everything so in depth!!! Thank you so much, I really hope I can make this cardigan soon!

[@cmyocum]

Wow! Awesome. You explain/demonstrate in a way that makes me think I might be able to do it. Thanks so much for the work you put into making this video, I sure appreciate it.

[@michelehicks3454]

They are all beautiful but my favorite is the first sweater your making.

[@helenc.7615]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I made one cardigan(long version) for my teenage daughter. It fits her perfectly and she loves it. 😊

[@leerobs1118]

Hi from South Africa 🇿🇦 this is a marvellous tutorial... Thanks so much. I love the way this looks. Planning on making this for my 16 year old 🎉

[@normatrewhella9003]

All I have too do now is the seam and find buttons I like. Thank you for this pattern. Everyone will be asking me to make one for them.

[@normatrewhella9003]

I love it and it fits perfectly. I’m a bit old for this style, 81; but I don’t care. Love it.

[@godisincontrol7407]

You, ma’am, are brilliant! This method is SO EASY and so pretty!

[@tammyjohnson7401]

This is awesome it will probably take me awhile but I believe I could manage by watching you. Thank you 😊 🎉

[@debbiecobb5757]

You are amazing how you design and crochet! I love watching your tutorials but you are so much more advanced than I can be! 💕

[@traciperdue]

So pretty!!! Thanks so much for sharing this. Have a good night!!!

[@Ellie.J.R.4628]

I loved this pattern so much I’m working on a second cardigan ❤

[@ivybaby66]

Halfway done and loving this cardigan and this video....also the pattern is easy to follow!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Wonderful!

[@wendydurante1752]

Thanks so much for an awesome video.. I just completed my cardigan with your help👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

[@mjsoffthehook]

Wonderful!

[@zoridahall4732]

Awesome tutorial, thank you for showing your artistry, the best, Zoe

[@yolandareeder3473]

Oh My..... I search everywhere for this type of cardigan could never find one. Watching your video has tempt me to make one for myself , I'm afraid once I get started I tend to stop from distractions and give up. I must give this a go, as they are so beautiful. Its time for me to do something for me! and this will make me Happy! TY for sharing such a beauty tutorial! 😍

[@mjsoffthehook]

This pattern works up really quick! I'm confident you could crochet it in a few days!

[@yolandareeder3473]

@@mjsoffthehook I’m gonna give it a try. 🌹

[@Ellie.J.R.4628]

Wow I just finished mine size medium fits size L/XL I think cuz yarn I used is a bit thicker I used the mainstays sparkle worsted weight in taupe splash and it’s beautiful I used 4 whole skeins a started a 5th one to finish I might add pockets with the left over yarn but I’m not sure yet. Thank you so much for sharing this pattern.

[@fritula6200]

Your creations are one of the best on KZbin...especially how you finish yr garments. You use pretty wool.

[@michelef.8484]

Thank You MJ for this lovely pattern. I've just completed it to the blocking stage and I've used a corresponding colour for the cuff, band and button band. Your instruction is clear and your video is super easy to follow as I'm a visual learner. Have subscribed to follow more of your lovely work. 🦄

[@mjsoffthehook]

Wonderful great job! Thank you!

[@JulieHealey-cl7xn]

Loved making this cardigan , thank you for the brilliant tutorial xxx

[@tiva615]

You always make beautiful wearables!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Thank you so much!

[@simonalpop9047]

Thank you, thank you,I’ve just finished mine, you’re explanation is fantastic and I appreciate everything you do on this channel. Hugs from England ❤

[@avantikamisra]

Woww!! How much time did it take you? And please share if you're expert like her. I'm trying to figure out how long it would take me... I'm barely an intermediate crocheter .:)

[@simonalpop9047]

@@avantikamisra Hello, I am not an expert and I mostly knit, but MJ made the tutorial easy to follow and it took me 5 days to finish the project , just a few hours spread through the day.❤️

[@avantikamisra]

@@simonalpop9047 Thanks for replying. That gives me a framework for how long it might take me. I am thinking of using Mandala yarn with one of their brighter colors. 🤗

[@alisongomes684]

Oh my another beautiful sweater

[@Ellie.J.R.4628]

Wow thank you for sharing this tutorial love the amazing work you do.❤

[@grannyarkue9199]

Thanks for sharing beautiful cardigan I love ❤️ it again beautiful cardigan thanks 🙏 thanks 🙏 I am making it as u speak

[@tamaravalentini1481]

Bellissimo lavoro ,grazie,ieri per il tutorial e per i sottotitoli in italiano,un bacione da Roma 😘

[@mjsoffthehook]

There are subtitles in Italian :)

[@yvetteminor8142]

Love this! Can't wait to try it. Thank for sharing.

[@AG-ji4xl]

Love this beautiful cardigan..looks fab on..great pattern and tutorial ❤

[@martinataylor5272]

Thank you this beautiful I'm going to try this for my granddaughter

[@Lesleylouise345]

I just made this. It’s so beautiful. Thank you. I love all your makes!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Thank you!

[@jessicakent3100]

This is amazing just to say what a joy to watch and explained so clearly love and thanks for sharing your video would love to see funky fur wool cardigan video my favourite yarn.

[@newgrowth74]

Just bought the pattern for the long version. I’m super excited to start this. My yarn will be here tomorrow. I wonder if I can figure out how to add a good 🤔 Great pattern! ❤

[@astridrojas7332]

I love it! I'm gonna try to do it, so cut

[@LMPM0909]

Love this!!! Can’t wait to try this project.

[@mjsoffthehook]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@mabeljacob9250]

Hola, esta hermoso. Spy principiante lo estoy tratando de hacer pero uso lana finita y otra aguja así que me lleva más puntos. Espero poder terminarlo

[@aisacrochetfashion]

Looks so pretty 😍, I am working now with my sweatshirt using my scrap 🧶 yarn

[@estelajimenez337]

😍😍Beautiful love love project Thanks for sharing 🌻🌻🙏👌

[@lettysommer8497]

You do beautiful work. Thank you for your videos.

[@mjsoffthehook]

Thank you!

[@bushraameshall]

Thank you beautiful project

[@guzutoni5346]

❤ vous expliquez très bien je m’abonne👏🏽

[@bahkey1111]

Ohhh that's beautiful 😍

[@SaffronJ7R]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful work

[@Janski06]

Another great design ❤

[@dielmabatista8595]

Obrigada por ensinar a fazer esse lindo trabalho 🥰🥰🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@leticiacastillo6550]

MJ this beautiful!

[@margaretjohnston2858]

I am new to this craft, if you wanted longer would you just do extra rows. Thanks for your time.

[@mjsoffthehook]

Yes!

[@sreykhmert3039]

very nice thank you for sharing.

[@maryrubert5127]

I wish you would show the whole sweater instead of close I pictures. I do love it

[@sylviecote8378]

Love love love 😍😍😍

[@1daySomeday]

omw yessss i need this one now! ty ty ty ty!!!!

[@mariocolin11129]

i made this sweater for my granddaughter, she turned twenty in February, she absolutely loves it!!! Thank you for making it so easy for. Was wondering, my other granddaughter has a birthday in March, doe you have a video for a V neck sweater vest? thanks again

[@neelamanand7533]

@ mariocolin11129 what type of yarn did you use

[@user-bu3pz6iq8w]

I am using the wecrochet Mighty stitch yarn in the color canary

[@katrinagreely5399]

I’ve decided to do this cardigan for the CAL. Silly question: what is the benefit of extended single crochet rather than half doubles? Curiosity and the Kat….😸

[@mjsoffthehook]

It’s a different look. Half double gives more a ridged row look.

[@kerrydodson1451]

I just finished the cropped version of this and it’s awesome!It took a little more effort because I did all the ribbing in a different color. I really want to make another one with short sleeves, but I’m not great at adjusting patterns for changes like that😢 Do you have any suggestions on how to modify to short sleeves? Or another similar pattern available with short sleeves? Thank you for all your great patterns and wonderful videos!

[@mjsoffthehook]

Do you have the PDF pattern? It includes instructions on how to leave off the sleeve on the 4th page. I also have the Bora Bora sleeveless cardigan www.mjsoffthehookdesigns.com/crochet-sleeveless-cardigan-pattern/

[@lauraelenatorresibarra7007]

Me encantan esos ganchos 😍

[@Zeynep-ls8ck]

Merhaba Türkçe altyazı için teşekkür ederim ❤🌺

[@cayde4270]

Question for you all about the sleeves! Do you think it might be possible instead of attaching yarn and chaining, to just turn and do a foundation half-double crochet for 45 stitches instead when you reach the left corner? TIA! Looking forward to taking on this cardigan!

[@HooksUp-ir8to]

Hi, I really like your videos. It seems like you do a single crochet different? Can you explain?

[@crissesoto1891]

Hi MJ, another amazing cardigan! Thank your for sharing the tutorial. I wonder if the PDF version of this pattern includes measurements? I would like to purchase it to make this cardigan but with a thicker yarn that I already bought.

[@orangelemon7902]

Thank you for sharing your amazing creation! It's my first attempt to a proper wearable and I'm finally making a project for myself 😆. I'm new to crochet and gets confused with finding the right or wrong side. Your marking helps a lot. Got questions though: I'm at the point where I'm doing the ribbing at the bottom and I noticed that the marked right side ends up being the inside. Is that supposed to be like that? Should the peaks be going towards the center or outwards? And the right panel that you started working on at 43:40 came out to be the left side of the actual garment?

[@macarenajanninck3036]

This is a GREAT tutorial. MJ mentioned that she was going to give the link for the buttons. I love those buttons. Where can I find them?

[@mjsoffthehook]

Here's the link www.amazon.com/dp/B015C5IRJI?tag=onamzmich0145-20&linkCode=ssc&creativeASIN=B015C5IRJI&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.3OUYZPQPAQDZL&th=1

[@mariasilvestre428]

Jadore ce que vous faites c'est domage que c'est en Iglais

[@lisainfl210]

Never made a wearable, except for a hat...would this be that kind of beginner appropriate? Also, how important is gauge in this pattern? Finished product is beautiful, love the yarn.

[@mariepeterson2611]

Mj I love all the cardigans you do! I’m a lefty anyway you can do a tutorial for left handed people?

[@mjsoffthehook]

I'm sorry I don't 🥲

[@victoria_blu_blu]

Holaaa por favor 🙏 me podrían ayudar con cuantas cadenas podría empezar para la talla L y para los brazos también. Por favor. Antemano muchísimas gracias 🙏 💓 💕 💖 ❤ 💗

[@Debbie2004]

Very pretty I really want to try this one thank you

[@mjsoffthehook]

Thank you! 😊

[@mafiola7]

Beautiful work! I have just started making it and I’m wondering how long is your initial strip of single crochets in the back loops for the size M? I have done the same amount of chains as you did and I’m thinking that it might be too wide actually …

[@mjsoffthehook]

I do not have that measurement. Is your gauge correct? If your gauge is correct your sizing will be accurate.

[@charleygravitt8831]

What do you think about square nots for joining new yarns?

[@libbylandscape3560]

No please don’t, they turn into slip knots very easily with a slight tug on one end. You could try a fisherman’s knot, it takes a bit longer but is more secure, a quick search here on KZbin will pull up plenty of video’s.

[@heididares1687]

Hi MJ, I absolutely love this crop cardigan and love your work! The video is great !😍. I am so close to finishing this piece and I had a question about the ribbing on the sleeves. When I work the sc in 2 rows and skip a row, the video says it will be 26 stitches, however I end up with 2 extra stitches on the end. The sleeve is 40 rows so the 2 sc and skip one pattern is only 38? Do I skip one more row and then do only one sc to complete the sleeve ( 27 stitches)? Can you please help!! Thanks so much 😊

[@jaballahhabib6453]

Bonjour tout les vedeo magnifique très beaux mais j'espère a vous que tout l'explication on français un grand Mercie bon contuniation

[@MegaJlebron]

Hi. This is my fist time trying to make a sweater... the tutorial part of adding the other arm and then including it, it skipped.

[@marthamarin6316]

Me encanta

[@charleygravitt8831]

Do you crochet over any of your tail?

[@strayviolets]

thanks!!

[@nidiacarey21]

Hermoso🌻

[@leticiacastillo6550]

MJ, when you started the extended single row, I could not tell but it looked like you skipped a stitch! It’s hard to see bc the video is not up close. Is there skipping? Or placing in each stitch?

[@jamytolliver]

So when you join the yard to add the 45 stitches should you do that with the wrong side or right side (with stitch marker) facing you?

[@hildedijkstra190]

Hi! I am going to start this project next week! I think I am size M, and I would like to make it hip length. How much yarn do you think I would need?

[@thaoletl80]

Thank you pour le modèle but vous parlez en pouces qui correspondent à combien se rangs exactement????

[@kimbobalou28]

I purchased the pattern and will be referring to the video as needed, thank you. I’m using a different weight yarn, 4 weight, and my sizing is off, should I just add rows to match the sizing shown in the schematic on the pattern?

[@mjsoffthehook]

Yes, that will work. As long as the width is good. If the width is not good you will have to likely start again and make sure your gauge is correct, you may need to change your hook size.

[@charleygravitt8831]

When do you weave in your ends?

[@meyou3901]

Hi!!!....a question. When you block your pieces, you do that on the right side? Thanks!!!!!!

[@emmagibson105]

I have some spare chunky wool, as I need a larger size, do you think this would be okay. Thank you. Love your tutorials. 💕

[@mjsoffthehook]

This cardigan uses bulky weight yarn kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4LPhWeMpZV1g5I

[@marlenegreenhouse28]

I'd love to make this for my granddaughter but I can't seem to find the pattern for the cropped version in a child's size (12). I only see the long version. Thanks

[@hannahw2697]

Do you have any advice for me? My gauge matches in width/stitches, but my gauge in rows is too big. I had to use a K hook to match the stitches.

[@vivianavargas4795]

Hermoso ❤

[@1danevang]

When you count the back ribs that we start with you say to crochet 62 rows. Do you mean actually to crochet 124 rows total ribs? Sorry to ask but just wants to be sure. Thank you. I have figured it out as I got to do the straight back. Should be 62 stitches. Thanks.

[@widadshekri9757]

Love it