Crochet Cardigan "Granny's Cardi" for Spring

Choose yarn by color and thickness, exploring wool, acrylic, and cotton. Use a yarn-hook test and aim for a 5–6 mm hook; the cardigan adapts to yarn, hook, and body.

Begin the granny hexagon cardigan by forming a magic ring, building rows of three double crochets with corner increases to shape six corners, guided by markers.

Advance your granny cardigan project by shaping row 4 with corner increases, clusters, arches, and singles, while planning color changes, yarn amounts, and symmetrical sleeve width.

Create two symmetrical hexagon pieces in three colors, join to form a sleeve, and test fit by trying on and marking arches to decide when to stop increasing rows.

Decide the sleeve size and enlarge the front and back to fit your body. Crochet clusters of three double crochets with corner increases, joining at the marker, until width fits.

join the two sleeve parts by inserting into arches, making chains and double crochet clusters to close the gap at the shoulder, then move on to the next video.

Finish the sleeves by adding length and trying on as you go, proceeding in circular manner until you stop five centimetres before the desired length, then ribbing to complete.

Learn to finish the sleeve with extra stripe rows, then crochet ribbing for the sleeve using alternating front and back double crochets in rounds, creating a medium, comfortable fit.

Join two symmetrical cardigan halves with an extra plank between them to create neck space, then continue the cardigan length, using remaining yarn if available.

Construct the cardigan's back plank by crocheting rows of three double crochets from the back's right side, starting two clusters below the neck, then turning and joining.

Join the back plank by aligning cluster counts on both sides and using slip stitches, then plan for possible length and ribbing with remaining yarn.

Learn to lengthen the cardigan by adding bottom rows, create corners and arches with clusters of three, turn between rows, and finish with ribbing to the desired length.

Complete the cardigan by adding bottom ribbing from the back toward the sides, using alternating front and back double crochets with turning, to match cuff length.

Create the cardigan ribbing with side ribbing using front and back double crochets, incorporating decreases to shape the back and neckline, and finish with color-matched rows.