I created this pattern based on verbal instructions I received from a business associate with whom I attended a conference over 20 years ago. It is a perennial favorite, can be made in a variety of lengths, and easily fits most body types.
My Version of Knit for Kids Crochet Sweater Pattern
I enjoy knitting sweaters for the World Vision (formerly Guidpost) Knit for Kids charity and I also wanted to crochet a sweater but didn’t like the pattern they provided. So I designed one that mimics the knitted sweater. I think I did a pretty good job.
I designed this “lapghan” in the mid-2000s when I was a member of the Ebeneezer Crochet Guild in Washington, DC. The members decided to make lapghans for a deserving charity one year, and this is my contribution.
This easy-to-make sweater, designed by Brazilian crocheter, Elaine Tripiano, is made from two hexagons. Elaine describes how to make the sweater in four videos in YouTube (referenced in the pattern). But because they’re in Portuguese, I decided to create a pattern in English for those of you who don’t speak Portuguese to use. I made some changes to the pattern, adding a ribbed bottom edge to match the ribbed cuffs.
Thanks so much to Rhelena of Crochet ‘N Crafts for kindly testing this pattern for me!
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17 comments On Free Crochet Patterns
Your Told Me Too Sweater pattern looks terrific! Thank you very much! 🙂 🙂
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Lee Ann
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Hi Lee Ann! I’m so glad you like the Told to Me Sweater pattern. Let me know if you make one. I’d love to include a link to a photo if you decide to take one. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
The lapghan is so cute, I can see also making up little X’s and O’s too to make it a blanket to bring along on a picnic for a bit of tic tac toe fun!
Great idea! Glad you like the afghan. It’s pretty easy to make. Hope you give it a try.
Hi love your site your patterns are all so lovely. I was wondering if you might know of the name of this stitch shown on these two sites. I am deperately trying to find a patten for this but need to know the name of the stitch in order to do it. Any help you can give me would be deeply appreciated.
http://clubmasteric.ru/shemi-vasanie-kruchkom/uzori-kruchkom/246-uzor-iz-pishnih-stolbikov.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S4LbynOkcY&feature=player_embedded
Hi Brenda, I’m so glad you’re enjoying my blog. I’m trying to post more regularly but life seems to continually interfere :-).
That IS a lovely stitch! I don’t know the name of it either and I don’t see it in any of my stitch dictionaries, but it looks like a combination of filet crochet and the spike stitch, except that the spike is formed as a bobble or puff stitch.
The filet crochet is made by double crocheting and then a chain one, skip the next stitch, then more double crocheting. The ch 1 and skipped stitch form the “holes.” The spike stitch is a single crochet stitch but you insert the hook in a row below the one you’re working on and then pull the yarn up.
If you carefully analyze the photos at the Russian site, you can figure out the pattern for the filet portion of the stitch – it looks like a 3 row repeat. Then for the puffy spike stitch, watch the Brazillian video. She seems to be crocheting on the same filet background as at the Russian site. So it looks like you crochet three filet rows and then add the spike stitch, then crochet 3 more filet rows, and so on.
There is some incredible crochet coming out of these two countries. I just wish I could understand the languages. Use Google Translate on the Russian site and you’ll get a so-so translation of the instructions into English. The translations aren’t very good, but you can usually figure out what they’re saying, especially with the great photos and the video to help you. The translation of the Brazilian video title is Wonderful Point Crochet, so that sounds kinda like a spike stitch, but I think it’s a bad translation.
Okay, I just went through my “I Heart Crochet” Pinterest board and found this stitch call the “feather stitch” which looks a bit like the stitch on the filet background – http://pinterest.com/pin/104638391312117413/.
Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. Let me know if you have other questions and also if you find the name of the stitch in your research. I’d definitely like to know.
Hi Patrice~ Thank you so much for your free patterns! I’m anxious to try the baby sweater for my daughter’s photography business. It will make a good “prop” for the coming cool weather :). I sure do enjoy your blog! It’s almost as if we are chatting over a cup of coffee or tea. Thanks for your great work!
Cathy, you are quite welcome! I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog. I try to write in a conversational tone, so your comment lets me know I’m succeeding :-). If you haven’t already, please subscribe so you get posts as soon as they’re published. I don’t post as regularly as I’d like, but I’m hoping to pick up the pace in the months to come. And if you do make the sweater, come back and let me know. I’d love to see a photo of it.
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Thank you for posting this and the nice finished product pictures. I’ve visited Knit for Kids and seen the crochet pattern, but I like yours much better. I do a lot of crocheting for charity, and I think your pattern will encourage me to try the crocheted sweater project for KFK WorldVision. Please keep up the great work!!
Hey Hook Dude! I’m so glad you like my KFK crochet sweater. I tried their version and found it to be too bulky, so I worked up a crochet version of the knitted sweater. I’m glad you like it. Let me know if you have any questions about the pattern, and good luck with your charity projects.
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