Candy Corn Sweater | Free Crochet Pattern

There isn’t anything sweeter than your little one’s dressed in a candy corn themed sweater. Fun times will be had this Fall season watching them toddle around in their Candy Corn Sweater. The free crochet pattern can be foun don this blog, or you can purchase an ad free pdf, you can purchase at Ravelry or Etsy.

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What an adorable way to show off your little one at the pumpkin patch this fall season.

There is also a candy corn shoe crochet pattern for the babies. Wouldn’t they look so cute in the stroller with a little candy corn hat with their little shoes sticking out?

Boys and girls can have a matching set.

Leave the cuff on the sleeve open for the boys and use the placket button closure at the front, or cuff the sleeves and add tons of buttons and ribbon for the girls. Embellishing this sweater was so much fun!

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The Candy Corn Hat is on the blog and the pattern is sized for newborn, 3 month, and 6-9 month. You can easily make it larger by going up a hook size or two and add more rounds. The Sweater sizes are 6-9 month, 12-18 mo., 2t-4t, & 5- 6yr. A wide range of sizes for you to play with.

Candy Corn Sweater Crochet Pattern

6-9 month sweater

Using White Yarn and H/8/5MM hook, Ch 55

Row 1: SC in 2nd CH from hook; [SC in nxt CH] 9x; Corner [SC in nxt CH] 8x; Corner [SC in nxt CH] 13x; Corner [SC in nxt CH] 8x; Corner; SC in last 11 CH, CH 1, Turn (58 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 2: [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st;] 6x; Corner [4 ¼”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 5x; Corner; [4”] DC in nxt st; [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 7x; Corner [6”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 5x; Corner DC in nxt st, [SC in nxt
st, DC in nxt st] 5x; CH 1, Turn (66 st, 4 CH 2 sp) This is the WS or wrong side of your work.

Row 3: [SC in nxt st] 12x; Corner [SC in nxt st] 12x; Corner [SC in nxt st] 17x; Corner [SC in nxt st] 12x; Corner; SC in last 13 st’s, CH 1, Turn (74 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 4: [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 7x; Corner; [5”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 7x; Corner; [6”] DC in nxt st; [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 9x; Corner; [7”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 7x; Corner; [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 6x; SC in last st; CH 1, Turn (82 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 5: [SC in nxt st] 14x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 16x; Corner;[ SC in nxt st] 21x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 16x; Corner; SC in last 15 st’s, CH 1, Turn (90 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 6: [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 8x; Corner; [6”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 9x; Corner; [7”] DC in nxt st; [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 11x; Corner; [9”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 9x; Corner; DC in nxt st [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 7x; CH 1, Turn (98 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 7: [SC in nxt st] 16x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 20x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 25x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 20x; Corner; SC in last 17 st’s, CH 1, Turn (106 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 8: [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 9x; Corner; [6 ¾”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 11x; Corner; [9”] DC in nxt st; [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 13x; Corner; [10”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 11x; Corner; [DC in nxt st, SC in
nxt st] 8x; SC in last st; CH 1, Turn (114 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 9: [SC in nxt st] 18x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 2x; [HDC in nxt st] 20x; [SC in nxt st] 2x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 29x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 2x; [HDC in nxt st] 20x; [SC in nxt st] 2x; Corner; SC in last 19 st’s, CH 1,
Turn (122 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 10: [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 10x; Corner; [7 ½”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 13x; Corner; [10 ½””] DC in nxt st; [SC in nxt st, DC in nxt st] 15x; Corner; [11”] [DC in nxt st, SC in nxt st] 13x; Corner; [DC in nxt st,
SC in nxt st] 9x; SC in last st; Drop White, pull up Orange when completing CH 1, Turn (130 st, 4 CH 2 sp)

Row 11: [SC in nxt st] 20x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 4x; [HDC in nxt st] 20x; [SC in nxt st] 4x; Corner; [SC in nxt st] 33x; Corner; [ SC in nxt st] 4x; [HDC in nxt st] 20x [SC in nxt st] 4x; Corner; SC in last 21 st’s, CH 1, Turn (138 st, 4 CH 1 sp)

Row 12: [SC in nxt st] 22x; SLP ST into CH 2 sp of Corner, Loosely CH6, SLP ST in CH2 sp of 2nd Corner, CH 1; [Arms eye made, 4 ½” top shoulder to underarm; 3” across]; [SC in nxt st] 35x; SLP ST into CH 2 sp of Corner, Loosely CH6, SLP ST in CH2 sp of 4th Corner; CH 1, SC in last 21 st’s, CH 1, Turn (78 st, 2 CH6 sp)

Row 13: UNDERARM ROW SC in first st, CH1; [skip st, SC in nxt st, CH1] 2x Skip st, SC, CH1, SC, CH 1 in nxt st (Increase made); [Skip st, SC in nxt st, CH1] 8x; Under CH 6 sp of Arms Eye [SC, CH 1] 5x;
SC in first st after arms eye, CH1; [skip st, SC in nxt st, CH1] 19x Skip st; Under CH 6 sp of Arms Eye; [SC, CH 1] 5x SC in first st after arms eye, CH1; [skip st, SC in nxt st, CH1]5x; Skip st, INCREASE; [Skip st, SC in nxt st, CH 1] 4x; SC in last st, CH 1, Turn (54 sc)

Row 14: SC, CH 1 in first CH 1 sp; *SC in nxt CH 1 sp, CH 1; *Repeat sequence in each Ch 1 space across; end with SC in beg. CH 1; CH 1 Turn

Row 15-29: Repeat Row 14 (Or until you reach correct length measurement) Dropping Orange at end of
row, and pulling up yellow, [5 ½” length, from center back, base of neck]

Row 29-41: Repeat Row 14, (Or until you reach correct length measurement, making sure to end on an odd, not even row) do not end off, and follow Finishing Instructions[3 ½” length, rows 29-39]

FINISHING EDGE STITCH:

SLP ST, CH1 in each SC & CH1 space around. This stitch has a lot of texture and is one of my favorite edgings. You should have completed a CH 1 and Turn at the end of Row 31, Edge Stitch around the edge of sweater, dropping colors and joining in the color when needed so that the colors match. Or you can edge stitch in one color for a pretty contrasting effect, the choice is yours. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Sleeves for the Candy Corn Sweater

From Right Side, with Orange, join between the 2nd and 3rd sc, at the middle of the underarm area.

Round 1: CH 1, SC, in joining spot; SC, between next 3 st’s; Do not go down into the corner, skipping those stitches to round out the arms eye, SC in first SC of arms eye, Pic 1 & 2.

Continue in each st around the arms eye; Skip st at second corner, SC between remaining st’s at underarm, join w/Slp st in beg. SC.
Do not turn (36 sc)

Round 2: SC , CH1, in joining ST; Skip st; [SC in nxt ST, CH1; Skip St] Complete around, Join w/Slp St to beg. SC; Turn (18 st)

Round 3: *SC in nxt CH 1 sp, CH 1, *Repeat between * * in each Ch 1 space around; SLP ST in beg. CH 1; CH 1 Turn

Round 4-18: Repeat Round 3, (Or until measurement is reached) dropping orange at end of row 23, and joining yellow [sleeve will measure 5” from underarm]

Round 19-27: Repeat Row 3 (Or until measurement is reached) [3 ½” making the sleeve a total of 8 ½”]

If making Straight cuff, do not complete Rows 28-30 and repeat ROW 3: 2 more x; then continue to ROW 31: EDGE STITCH ROW

Round 28: Sc in each CH 1 sp, join with SLP ST in beg. SC, CH 1,Do not Turn (18 sc)

Round 29-30:CH 1, SC in each st around, join w/SLP ST in beg. CH 1 (Do not turn)

Round 31: EDGE STITCH: SLP ST, CH 1 in each st across, join with SLP in beg. CH 1. Fasten off, Weave in all ends.

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