This summer sweater came together really quick. I really like summer sweaters to have fairly big holes and use a lightweight yarn. I like wearing them when there is a light breeze. I used Miss Babs yarn Katahdin in Mystery Land. This is a fingering weight yarn and the skein was 1750 yards. I used most of it, but not all of it. If I had to guess there are a couple of hundred yards left.


This pattern uses a 4 mm hook.
Stitches:

ch - chain
sk - skip
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet

Back panel - cast on 100
Row 1 - hc in the 3rd stitch from the hook, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to your desired length. Mine is 53 rows.

Side panel - make 2
Cast on 45
Row 1 - hc in the 3rd stitch from the hook, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to your desired length. Mine is 53 rows.

Sew on the side panels leaving about 7-8 inches for the arms. I also like to start about 2 inches from the bottom.




For the arms pick up 60 stitches doing the same pattern as you did for the panels.
Row 1 - ch2, hdc, *ch 3, sk 3, hdc, hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Row 2 - ch 2, hdc, *ch3, hdc in the hdc, hdc in the hdc. Repeat from * until the end
Repeat row 2 until you get to the desired arm length minus about 2 inches. Mine is 17 rows.
Sleeve Border
Row 1 - ch 3, *hdc in the chain space, ch 1, hdc in the hdc below. ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 2 - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 - Repeat row 2
Row 4 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join. Row 5 and 6 - repeat row 4




Sweater Border
Make sure the sweater is right side out. Start at the bottom left corner on the inside.
Row 1 - ch 3, *sk st, hdc. Repeat from * up the one side, across the back and down the other side. It doesn't matter how many stitches you pick up as long as it looks ok.
Row 2 - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 through 5 - Repeat row 2
Row 6 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join. Row 7 through 10 - repeat row 4




Pockets - make 2
Cast on 20
Row 1 - ch 3, hdc, * ch, sk st, hdc. Repeat from * across.
Row 2 - - ch 3, * hdc in the chain space, ch 1. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join.
Row 3 through 11 - Repeat row 2
Row 12 - ch 3, * sc in the chain space, ch 3. Repeat from *, slip stitch to join. Row 13 and 14 - repeat row 4
Sew on the pockets where it feels good for the arms. Mine are rows up from the bottom and one row back from the end of the original panel.