Striped Crochet Cardigan Patterns: 7 Free Designs
Striped cardigans can be worked as a top-down raglan or as a garment with set-in pockets and a defined amount of ease. These three original patterns identify their size ranges, yarn choices, and stripe-related construction details.
Striped cardigan patterns to explore
Stripe-heavy patterns go easier with a tapestry needle on hand for weaving in a color change every few rows.
1. Everyday Striped Cardigan
Michelle Moore at MJ’s Off the Hook Designs rates this pattern intermediate and offers S through 4XL. It uses herringbone double crochet with set-in pockets. Set-in pockets are a detail none of the other cardigans on this list include.
2. Striped Crochet Cardigan
Vicki Roberts at Off The Hook For You provides XS through 5XL in US and UK terminology. The design is made with 15 cm of positive ease. Being written in both US and UK terminology makes it accessible regardless of which system you learned first.
3. Top-Down Raglan Striped Cardigan
Janne Kleivset at Joy of Motion Crochet uses top-down raglan construction in nine sizes from XS through 5XL. The pattern calls for DK-weight yarn and two colors. Top-down raglan construction lets you try the yoke on as you go before committing to the body length.
4. Easy Striped Crochet Sweater
Megmade with Love works bottom-up with no increasing or decreasing, folding and seaming just the top shoulders after three body panels and in-the-round sleeves are complete. Working the sleeves in the round rather than flat cuts down on the seaming needed compared to a fully flat construction.
5. Riverbed Cardigan
Daniela at CJ Design Blog builds the sideways ribbed edging first, then works the body off it using chain-space and cluster-stitch repeats with a color change every row, across eight sizes from XS to 4XL in worsted weight yarn on a 5.5mm hook, with 14 inches of positive ease. View the pattern.
6. Colorstripe Cardi
Alexandra Tavel at Two of Wands works this one bottom-up as one piece to the armholes before splitting, in bulky yarn on a 10mm body hook (8mm for ribbing), across nine sizes from XS to 5XL, with a shawl collar, shaped shoulders via short-rowing, and deep pockets.
7. Lyndie Summer Cardi
RaeLynn Endicott at Itchin’ for Some Stitchin’ works a moss stitch (alternating single crochet and chain) in fingering-weight linen-cotton blend yarn on a 3.5mm hook, across nine sizes from XS to 5X, using three-color stripes and a minimal-seam shoulder-panel construction lighter than the bulky-yarn cardigans elsewhere on this list.
