emmas summer cardi

i wanted a light summer sweater for emma to wear while it starts to warm up in the day, but is still a little cool out, but i couldnt fine one i liked (or didnt like really. i just couldnt find one!) so yesterday i sat down with a hooded fleece vest of hers andmade up a crochet pattern for a little cap sleeve cardi and I LOVE IT. really. i am so happy with how it turned out, i want to make her another.









so i wrote out the pattern. (this is the first time ive ever written a pattern for anything, so if you try it, please let me know how it goes, and if you have a problem with it, let me know that too.) emmas sweater has a ruffled collar and little window holes at the edges that i didnt write into the pattern. i included a brief explanation of it at the bottom in "alterations" but just wrote the pattern out so the sweater is completed in just hdc and a sc or sl st here or there. and here it is!

Emmas summer cardi
Size 12 mo
hook size H
pieces are worked from the bottom up, turning at the end of each row.

Back
Row 1 ch 44
R2 turn and hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each st after (42 hdc at the end of R2) ch2, turn
R3 hdc in each of 42 st, ch 2, turn
R4- R13 repeat R3
R14 hdc in each of the next 9 st, hdc2tog 12 times, hdc in last 9 st, ch 2, turn
R15 hdc2tog 2 times, hdc in each of next 22 st, hdc2tog 2 times, ch 2, turn
R16 hdc in each st, (26 hdc at end of R16) ch 2, turn
R17 hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 22 st, hdc2tog, ch 2, turn
R18 hdc in each of 24 st, ch 2, turn
R19- R23 repeat R18
Finish off

Front (right and left, make one with alternate rows 15 and 17)
R1 ch 23
R2 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch after (21 hdc a end of R2) ch 2, turn
R3 hdc in each of 21 st, ch 2, turn
R4-R13 repeat R3
R14 hdc in each of next 5 st, hdc2tog 6 times, hdc in each of next 4 st, ch 2, turn
R15 hdc2tog 2 times, hdc in each of next 11 st, ch 2, turn
(for opposite front piece, R15 hdc in first 11 st, hdc2tog 2 times, ch 2, turn)
R16 hdc in each st (13 hdc at end of R16) ch 2, turn
R17 hdc2tog, hdc in each of next 11 st, ch 2, turn
(for opposite front piece, R17 hdc in first 11 st, hdc2tog, ch 2, turn)
R18 hdc in each of 12 st, ch 2, turn
R19-R23 repeat R18
Finish off

Sleeves make 2
R1 ch 29
R2 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and each ch after (27 hdc at end of R2) ch 2, turn
R3 hdc in each of 27 st, ch 2, turn
R4 hdc in each of 27 st, ch 1, turn
R5 sl st in each of next 3 st, sc in next st, hdc in each of next 19 st, sc in next st, ch1, turn
R6 sl st in next st, sc in next st, hdc in each of next 17 st, sc in next st, ch 1, turn
R7 sl st in next st, sc in next st, hdc in each of next 15 st, sc in next st, ch 1, turn
R8 sl st in next st, sc in next st, hdc in each of next 13 st, sc in next st, finish off

Finishing off
Slip stitch front and back together at shoulders, outer shoulder towards neck opening, 6 stitches. Leave remaining stitches open.
Slip stitch side seams from armholes to bottom on each side
Slip stitch bottom sleeve (rows 1-4) together on both sleeves
Set in sleeve by turning sleeve right side out, and placing it inside the wrong side out sweater. Slip stitch together. Do this for both.
Finish off the edges of the sweater by adding a row of hdc around the entire piece, bottom, front and neck, use three hdc in each of the corner stitches so the piece lays flat.
Finished!

Alterations
Add a row of holes by exchanging one row of hdc for a row of 4hdc, ch2, sk 2 and hdc in next st… for one row then add another row of hdc on top.