Child Size Blanket Cardigan - Free Crochet Pattern

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Are you ready for the next size of the child’s blanket cardigan? I sure hope so! This size is the 6/8 youth, I’ll continue to publish larger sizes as they are completed.

CHILD SIZE BLANKET CARDIGAN (6/8)

A big thank you to Amanda for testing this pattern, your model is so sweet and sassy! I love it!

OTHER BLANKET CARDIGAN FOR KIDS SIZES:

18 month
2/3T
4/5T
6/8 (this one!)
10/12
12/14
14/16

Materials:

Crochet hook: I/5.5mm
*or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch markers
Lightweight (size 3 or DK) yarn
-approx. 1100 yards for 6/8 pattern
(Mandala pictured)
Hook & Eye fasteners

Gauge: 12 hdc and 11 rows in 4” square

Make sure you check your gauge – especially when making clothing.

Special Stitches used:

Foundation Half Double Crochet (fhdc) – video tutorial
Front Post/Back Post Half Double Crochet (fphdc/bphdc) – video tutorial

Pattern Notes:

Pattern written using US terms.

While you are free to sell items sold from my patterns, please do not use my photos to represent your work. If selling online, please link back to the original pattern(s) here on Heart Hook Home.

SIZE 6/8 BLANKET CARDIGAN PATTERN:

Row 1: Fhdc-112 (or ch-113 and hdc in 2nd st and in each across) (112)
Rows 2 – 42: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end (112)

Use stitch markers and mark 39 sts in from each side to start armholes.

Right side
Row 43: Ch-1, turn, hdc in next 39 sts (39)
Rows 44 – 60: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end (39)
Fasten off and weave in end.

Center/back
Attach yarn in next open st.
Row 43: Ch-1, hdc in next 34 sts (34)
Rows 44 – 60: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end (34)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Left side
Attach yarn in next open st.
Row 43: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end (39)
Rows 44 – 60: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end (39)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

SEW SHOULDERS:
Fold front sides in and line up the edges of the top to sew the shoulder using the Mattress Stitch. Starting at the outside, sew front to back for 8 sts on each side. This will leave 31 unsewn stitches on both fronts and 18 unsewn stitches along the neck for a total of 80 stitches.

COLLAR:
Attach yarn at what would be the right lapel. We will work our way to the shoulder, across the neck and around to the other side, continuing in rows. If you’ve made the Painted Canyon Cardigan for kids, the concept is the same!

Row 1: Ch-1, hdc in next 31 sts, hdc2tog (in the same 2 sts as shoulder seam) hdc in next 18 sts, hdc2tog (in the same 2 sts as shoulder seam) hdc in next 31 sts (82)
Rows 2 – 9: Ch-1, hdc in each st to end. (82)
Row 10: Ch-1, turn, hdc in next 3 sts, ch-2, sk 2 sts, hdc in next 72 sts, ch-2, sk 2 sts. Hdc in last 3 sts. (82)
Rows 11 – 12: Ch-1, turn, hdc in each st to ed. (82)

SLEEVES:
Attach yarn at base of armhole with sl st.
Round 1: Ch-1, hdc in same st and evenly around armhole. Join to top of first hdc with sl st. (36)

Rounds 2 – 3: Ch-1, turn, hdc in same st as join and each st around. (36)

Round 4: Ch-1, turn, sk very first st (where the join was last row as pictured) and hdc in each st around. Join to top of first hdc with sl st. (35)

Round 5: Ch-1, turn, hdc in same st as join and each st around. (35)

Rounds 6 – 7: repeat rounds 4 & 5 (34)

Rounds 8 – 15: Ch-1, turn, hdc in same st as join and each st around. (34)

Rounds 16 – 33: repeat rounds 4 & 5 nine times (ending with 25)

Round 34: Ch-1, turn, hdc in same st as join and each st around. (25)

Round 35: Ch-1, turn, fphdc around first post, bphdc around next. Repeat around, fphdc around last open post. Join to top of first fphdc with sl st. (the chain-1 will look like a bphdc) (25)

Round 36: Ch-1, turn, bphdc around first, fphdc around next. Repeat around, bphdc around last. Join to top of first bphdc with sl st. (25)

Rounds 37 – 38: Repeat rows 35 & 36

Round 39: Ch-1, turn, sc in each st around. Join using Invisible Join.

Weave in all of your ends throughout the cardigan. If you’d like to add fringe, read on!

FRINGE:

Using a hardcover book about 10” tall, wind yarn around and around. When you run out of yarn, or you get a decent amount wrapped, simply cut the yarn at both ends of the book. This will give you a pile of yarn about 9” long that will turn into about 4” long fringe when halved.

Separate the fringe into bundles, using about 4 – 5 strands per bundle. Fasten the bundles every 5 rows up the front of the cardigan; right side, left side, or both!

BUTTONS:

Sew the right shoulder button on the inside, and left shoulder button on the outside (or visa versa). I highly recommend testing button placement by “pinning” up each side using stitch markers. Place buttons at the shoulder seam and on the first row of the collar. Try to weave in a few stitches in each direction so that all of the weight is more evenly distributed instead of just hanging on one stitch.

Remember that more sizes are being added as they are tested and finished! Stay tuned for more!