Intermediate
What the pattern's own author called it. Nothing here is graded again.
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Waffle stitch baby sweater with V stitch corners
Textured waffle baby sweater, top-down yoke, 3.5mm/4mm hooks, 58-row collar into 21-row body.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 4-6 hours
- Yarn weight
- Worsted
- Hook
- 3.5 mm
- Rounds
- 14
Worsted
What the sample was worked in. Any weight works; the size moves with it.
14
Each one is typed out whole and gets its own line.
This sweater starts flat, as a strip of 58 single crochet rows worked in back loop only, then joins into a circle to form the collar. From there the yoke builds outward with V stitches marking four corners, alternating rounds of front post and back post stitches to create the waffle texture that carries through the body. Before picking up the hook, have both the 3.5 mm and 4 mm sizes on hand, since ribbing and body call for different gauges, and set aside a quiet stretch to work the 58-row collar without losing count.
Common mistakes and their fixes
- Miscounting the 58 collar rows
- Use a row counter or tally mark every ten rows across the chain-one turns, since the collar's fit depends on hitting 58 rows before joining.
- Losing a V stitch corner in the yoke
- Mark all four corners before Round 1 and check that each still holds a chain-one space after every alternating round of post stitches.
- Working the wrong loop in the collar
- Check that only the back loop is picked up across Rows 2-58; working both loops will flatten the ribbed edge the collar needs.
The materials list
- 3.5 mm crochet hook
Listed by the pattern's own author, in their words.
Key to this pattern, 6 short forms
Collar
Start with a slip knot before chaining 12.
Round 1
Chain 12; single crochet into the second chain from the hook and continue to the end for 11 single crochets.
Round 2
58 Chain one, turn, and single crochet in the back loop only across.Join: Slip stitch the last row to the edge of the foundation chain; single crochet both sides of the collar together, forming a circle. (58 sc)
Yoke
Continue the yoke for a total of 9 rows.
Round 1
Begin with a V stitch (double crochet, chain one, double crochet) in the first stitch; work double crochets and V stitches to form four corners; slip stitch to join.
Rounds 2–9
Alternate between rounds of back post and front post stitches with V stitches at each corner.
Bottom Ribbing
Round 1
Work a round of single crochet, decreasing by single crocheting two stitches together every three stitches.
Round 2
Chain six; single crochet back down the chain; slip stitch the ribbing piece to the body; repeat twice; continue with back loop only single crochet for the ribbing all the way around.
Round 3
(Join): Join the ends of the ribbing to complete the bottom.
Sleeves
Round 1
(Start): Slip stitch into the second chain of the chain-4 space under the arm.
Round 2
onward: Continue the alternating waffle pattern used for the body; work for a total of 20 rows from the beginning of the sleeve.
Sleeve Ribbing
Round 1
Work a round of single crochet, decreasing by single crocheting two together every two stitches.
Round 2
Chain six; single crochet back down the chain; join the ribbing to the sleeve; continue the back loop only single crochet ribbing all the way around.
Round 3
(Join): Join the ends of the ribbing to finish the sleeve.
Body
Round 1
Armholes Close the armholes by slip stitching the V stitches together.
Round 2
onward: Continue the alternating waffle pattern used in the yoke for the body; repeat the pattern for a total of 21 rows from the start of the yoke.
Check these before you start
- Keep four markers moving with the V stitch corners through all nine yoke rounds; losing track of a corner is the fastest way to distort the square shape.
- Maintain even tension across the 58 single crochet rows of the collar, since back loop only work can drift looser than the front loop rows on either side of it.
- Watch stitch count.
- PLACEHOLDER
On one line
| Rounds | 14 |
|---|---|
| Parts | 6 |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Time | 4-6 hours |
| Hook | 3.5 mm |
| Yarn | Worsted |
Set-up
- Confirm yarn amounts against both the smaller ribbing sections and the larger yoke and body sections, since they draw differently on the skein.
- Place a stitch marker at each of the four yoke corners before Round 1 so the V stitch corners stay visible through nine rounds of post-stitch texture.
- Work a small swatch in the front post/back post waffle pattern to check that the fabric relaxes to the size expected before committing to 21 rows of body.
- Read through the Collar join instructions once in full before starting the 58 rows, since the final row seams to the foundation chain to close the circle.
Finishing
- Weave in the tail left from the collar join first, since it sits at the visible seam where the strip closes into a circle.
- Weave in all remaining ends from hook changes at the ribbing and yoke transitions before blocking.
- Block the finished sweater flat to even out the front post and back post texture across the yoke and body before it is worn.
Construction
The four V stitch corners placed in Round 1 of the yoke act as the increase points; repeating them through all nine yoke rounds is what lets the fabric expand from neckline to armhole width.
The collar is worked flat in rows and only joined into a circle at the end, so the 58 back-loop-only rows can be counted and checked on a flat strip before the shape is closed.
Time per section
| Collar | about 1.5 to 2 hours, because 58 short rows in back loop only add up even though each row is quick |
|---|---|
| Yoke | about 1.5 hours, because tracking four V stitch corners across 9 rounds of alternating post stitches slows the pace |
| Body, Bottom Ribbing, and Sleeves | about 2 hours, because the body continues the waffle pattern to 21 total rows and both sleeves repeat their own ribbing and shaping |
Photographs of this one
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Common questions
These answers came from whoever first published the pattern, kept word for word.