Tessellated Triangles Sweater – Part 4: Sleeves

Part 4 of the crochet-a-long for how to crochet the Tessellated Triangles Sweater is on the sleeves.

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This week, we are working on either 3/4 or full length sleeves, and then sadly, this crochet-a-long comes to an end, and you will have an awesome brand new sweater to wear just in time for Fall!

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Abbreviations:

• HDC2tog – Half Double Crochet Two Stitches Together to Decrease
• HDC – Half Double crochet
• RS – Right Side of Work
• WS – Wrong Side of Work
• SC – Single Crochet
• BLO – Back Loop Only
• SC3tog – Single Crochet Three Stitches Together to Decrease

Pattern Notes:

The yarns I have used in this sample is Lion Brand’s Touch of Alpaca (Pink and Purple version). If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have seen a Gray and Red version I am making, that one is in Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn.

Instructions for size XS given with S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X in parenthesis.

To match the top front and back panels, the sleeves are worked in the same half double crochet stitch pattern, and in turned rows.

For the sleeves, when evenly hdc’ing into the sides of the top front and back, you should have 3 hdc per 2 rows.

Slip stitch join to the first half double crochet, not beginning chain.

Beginning chain 1 does not count as a stitch.

Sleeves – Make 2:

From the RS, join yarn under the arm (at bottom center point so the seam is hidden), and chain 1, then…

XS, L, XL, 2X, 3X ONLY: 2 HDC into the 1st HDC, evenly HDC around. Join. [60 (72, 78, 80, 84) HDC]

S ONLY: evenly HDC around. Join.(65 HDC)

M ONLY: 2 HDC into the 1st HDC, HDC next 32, 2 HDC into the next, HDC next 33. Join. (69 HDC)

Round 2 for XS, L: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 15x (18x). Join. [45 (54 HDC)

Round 2 for S, M: Chain 1, turn. HDC 1st, (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 16x (17x). Join. [49 (52) HDC]

Round 2 for XL: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next 4) 13x. Join. (65 HDC)

Round 2 for 2X: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next 8) 8x. Join. (72 HDC)

Round 2 for 3X: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next 10) 7x. Join. (77 HDC)

For ¾ Length Sleeves:

Rounds 3 – 20 (21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 22): Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

Ribbing – Make 2

Chain 8. SC into the 2nd chain, and across. (7 SC)

Rows 2 – 44 (48, 51, 53, 64, 71, 76): Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st SC, in BLO: SC next 5, in both loops: SC last SC. (7 SC)

Rows 45 (49, 52, 54, 65, 72, 77): Chain 1, turn. Fold the strip in half laying the WS together. Slip stitch across through both layers.

Attach ribbing to sleeve bottoms

Turn sweater to the WS, and ribbing to the RS, then place the ribbing inside the sleeve so both RS are facing each other, lining up center seam of ribbing with seam of sleeve. Evenly slip stitch through both layers. Fasten off.

*Take a moment to try on the sweater to make sure this is the sleeve length you like. The ribbing should end just past your elbow, or 7.38″ (7.89”, 7.89”, 7.89”, 7.89”, 8.25”, 8.25”) from the underarm.

If you want the sleeve to be longer or shorter, remove the ribbed edge, and add or subtract rounds to the sleeve, then add the ribbing back, keeping in mind that it adds 0.75” to the length, OR omit the ribbing if you don’t like it.

Now that you’ve adjusted as needed, if you don’t like the ridge seam of the slip stitch join, you may take it out, and use the whipstitch or mattress stitch joining methods, otherwise, leave it as is for weaving.

For Full Length Sleeves – Fasten Off after last round of size:

XS Rounds 3 – 41: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

XS Round 42: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next) 15x. Join. (30 HDC)

S Rounds 3 – 42: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

S Round 43: Chain 1, turn. HDC 1st, (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 12x. Join. (37 HDC)

M Rounds 3 – 42: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

M Round 43: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, hdc next 2) 13x. Join. (39 HDC)

L Rounds 3 – 43: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

L Round 44: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next) 18x. Join. (36 HDC)

XL Rounds 3 – 42: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

XL Round 43: Chain 1, turn. HDC into 1st HDC, (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 16x. Join. (49 HDC)

XL Round 44: Chain 1, turn. HDC into 1st HDC, (HDC2tog, hdc next 2) 12x. Join. (37 HDC)

2X Rounds 3 – 43: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

2X Round 44: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 18x. Join. (54 HDC)

2X Round 45: Chain 1, turn. (HDC2tog, HDC next) 18x. Join. (36 HDC)

3X Rounds 3 – 42: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, and each across. Join.

3X Round 43: Chain 1, turn. HDC into the 1st HDC, (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 19x. Join. (58 HDC)

3X Round 44: Chain 1, turn. 2 HDC, (HDC2tog, HDC next 2) 14x. Join. (44 HDC)

3X Round 45: Chain 1, turn. 5 HDC, (HDC2tog, HDC next) 13x. Join. (31 HDC)

Wrist Sleeve Ribbing – Make 2:

*The average wrist size is 7” in circumference, but wrist sizes vary so I am providing instructions for small 6” (average 7”, and large 8”).

Chain 8. SC into the 2nd chain, and across. (7 SC)

SMALL, Rows 2 – 24: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st SC, in BLO: SC next 5, in both loops: SC last SC. (7 SC)

AVERAGE, Rows 2 – 30: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st SC, in BLO: SC next 5, in both loops: SC last SC. (7 SC)

LARGE, Rows 2 – 32: Chain 1, turn. SC into the 1st SC, in BLO: SC next 5, in both loops: SC last SC. (7 SC)

Next Row: Chain 1, turn. Fold the strip in half laying the WS together. Slip stitch across through both layers.

Turn sweater to the WS, and ribbing to the RS, then place the ribbing inside the sleeve so both RS are facing each other, lining up center seam of ribbing with seam of sleeve. Evenly slip stitch through both layers. Fasten off.

*Take a moment to try on the sweater to make sure this is the sleeve length you like. The ribbing should end at your wrist, or 15.13” (15.5”, 15.5”, 16”, 16”, 16.5”, 16.5”) from the underarm.

If you want the sleeve to be longer or shorter, remove the ribbed edge, and add or subtract rounds to the sleeve, then add the ribbing back, keeping in mind that it adds 0.75” to the length, OR omit the ribbing if you don’t like it.

Now that you’ve adjusted as needed, if you don’t like the ridge seam of the slip stitch join, you may take it out, and use the whipstitch or mattress stitch joining methods, otherwise, leave it as is for weaving.

Neck Edging – Optional, but gives a clean, finished edge, and helps keep shape of neckhole

From the RS, join yarn in a center shoulder seam. Chain 1, HDC in this stitch, loosely SC to corner, SC3tog over stitch before corner + corner + next stitch, loosely SC to next corner and work the same way, loosely SC to next shoulder seam and work a HDC in this one, then loosely SC to next corner and work decrease, loosely SC to next corner and work decrease, loosely SC back to 1st stitch, and slip stitch join together. Fasten off.

Weave in all ends, and sweater is finished!

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