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Blanket Cardigan Crochet Pattern Featuring Vertical Rows

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What’s better than a comfy blanket cardigan? A VERTICAL row Blanket Cardigan! By popular demand I have created this NEW crochet pattern which works up quickly, is very easy, and requires minimal sewing.

Vertical Blanket Cardigan Crochet Pattern

Vertical Blanket Cardigan Crochet Pattern

As you may know, my mom comes over for early coffee three days a week. (As in – I’m literally stumbling out of bed as she walks in.) This week she watched the progression of this particular blanket cardigan, which she all but claimed on day one. Bahaha!! Happy early birthday, Mom! ♥

Vertical Blanket Cardigan Crochet Pattern

What I love about this pattern is that there are *actual* shoulders built in. This makes it feel as if it isn’t going to fall off your shoulders at any moment. Here’s Mom, modeling from different angles… Don’t you just LOVE IT!?

woman pointing wearing a crocheted sweater

Button on the vertical row blanket cardigan

Spread out blanket cardigan with vertical stripes

GRAB THE PATTERN ON RAVELRY HERE.

PIN IT FOR LATER HERE.

The original pattern (the horizontal row pattern) of the Blanket Cardigan can be found here.

This pattern is MUCH easier than it looks! I believe that this pattern would be a perfect first apparel item, and uses the Half Double Crochet. You could add fringe to one side, both, or none at all!

Find the pattern on Ravelry here and Etsy here. Thank you!

For the vertical blanket cardigan pictured here, I used three strands of Red Heart’s NEW It’s a Wrap yarn held together. I did stagger the colors so that they would transition slowly, which necessitated the use of nearly SIX cakes for the size large. If you would like a similar effect at much less cost, you could use three separate strands/colors of size 30 crochet thread to get the same effect. Make sure you check your gauge if you decide to deviate from the lightweight/size 3/DK yarn suggested in the pattern.

It's a Wrap yarn review

Materials:

Lightweight/Size 3/DK yarn (like this or this)
-approx. 1600 yards for size SMALL
-approx. 1800 yards for size MEDIUM
-approx. 2000 yards for size LARGE
-approx. 2200 yards for size XL
-approx. 2400 yards for size 2XL
-approx. 2600 yards for size 3XL
Crochet hook in size I/5.5mm
(2) ¾” or 1” Buttons
Stitch markers

Gauge:

12 sts and 11 rows = 4” square


Thank you so much for your support! This is one of my “premium” patterns that I do not offer for free, if you would like to get a feel for my pattern style before starting, I recommend giving The Hedonist’s Housecoat a try!

I hope you love this new pattern as much as I do! As always should you have any questions be sure to shoot me an email, message me on my Facebook page, or call out for help in the Heart Hook Home Crochet Community on Facebook! Before you go, I couldn’t resist a good flashing. LOL!

Find the pattern on Ravelry here and Etsy here. Thank you!

When you’re finished, I would LOVE to see a photo, so please share!

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Comments

  3. Linda Lariz says

    Hi Ashley, I love all of your patterns, but this is my first article of clothing to try. I'm using the big Caron Cakes #4. It seems so thick using two strands. Maybe I misunderstood your answer to the person asking about using a #4 yarn. Help,
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    • Heart Hook Home says

      Hi Linda! Yes, there was a misunderstanding there. The person before was asking about a thinner weight yarn that is probably closer to a #2 weight...it consists of 4 strands of fiber that are about the equivalent of thread. I can understand the confusion. The pattern itself calls for a #3 weight (sport, DK, baby) but if you would like to go ahead with the Caron Cakes that you have (single stranded), I would go up a hook size and down a pattern size. Hope this helps!
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    • Heart Hook Home says

      Hi Elizabeth! You could try using a worsted yarn instead of a 3 weight and a larger hook. Hope this helps!
      Reply

  5. Shanna says

    So I got some it's a wrap rainbow. It's 4 strands together. Would I still need to use multiple cakes at the same time? If not how many do you think I would need for a large? Thanks for all the hard work you do, I just love your patterns.
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    • Heart Hook Home says

      Hi Shanna! You will probably want to double up the yarn and do 2 cakes at a time...so I would estimate that you would need 8 cakes for a size large. Hope that helps and happy crocheting!
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