Soy Simple Sweater



Size:          43" Bust
Waist:        40"
Underarm length:          15"

Materials:   Bernat Soy  color: Rice,  10 skeins, G and H crochet hooks
Gauge:       11 Stitches = 4"
                  12  Rows = 4"

Stitches used: Elongated single crochet (esc) Insert hook into st, yo, draw loop through,  yo, draw yarn through 1 loop, yo, draw yarn through both loops)
Esc 2 tog
Double crochet

Back:

Using H hook:
Ch 61. Row 1: Esc in 2nd ch from hook and into ea ch across. Ch 1, turn.
Row 2:  Esc in ea st across, ch 1, turn.
Row 3-4: Repeat Row 2
Row 5: Esc 2 tog ( dec. made), esc in ea st across to last 2 sts. Esc 2 tog, ch 1, turn.
Rows 6-9: Repeat row 2.
Row 10: Rep. row 5
Rows 11-14: Rep. row 2
Row 15: Rep. row 5
Rows 16-19: Rep. row 2
Row 20: Rep. row 5
Rows 21-25: Rep. row 2
Row 25: 2 esc in first st, (inc. made) esc in ea st across to last st. 2 esc in last st, ch 1, turn.
Rows 26-29: Rep row 2
Row 30: rep. row 25
Rows 31-34: Rep row 2
Row 35: rep. row 25
Rows 36-39: Rep row 2
Row 40: rep. row 25
Rows 41-45: Rep row 2

Shape armholes
Row 1: Sl st across 6 sts. Ch 1, esc in ea st across to last 5 sts.. Leave  last 5 sts. unworked.
Row 2: Work in pattern, decreasing 1 st. at the beginning and at the end of this row. Ch 1, turn.
Row 3 and 4: Rep. row 2.
Rows 5-18: Work even in pattern.  Fasten off.



Right Front:

Ch 31.  Row 1: Esc in 2nd ch from hook and into ea ch. Across, ch 1, turn.
Row 2: Esc in ea. st. across, ch 1, turn.
Rows 3-4: Rep. row 2
Row 5: Esc 2 tog,  work in pattern to end of row, Ch 1, turn.
Rows 6-20: Continue to work in pattern as in row 2, decreasing 1 st. at the beginning of every 5th row.
Rows 21-40: Continue to work in pattern as in row 2, increasing 1 st every 5th row.
Rows 41-45:  Rep. row 2.


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