| Plus-Sized Coccoon or Polish Sweater
*NOTE: This is not my original pattern and I don't take credit for it. I simply enlarged it for plus-size. It is a pattern that has been circulating for years before there ever was such a thing as the internet, and I have never seen a name attached to it to give credit. Worsted Weight Yarn Size K hook Gauge: 3 dc = 1 inch, 2 rows in pattern stitch =1 inch. For sizes 1-2X with changes for 3-4X in parentheses Row 1: Beg chain 115 (135). Sc in 7th chain from hook. *Chain 3, skip 3 chains, sc in next chain. Repeat from * across. Turn Row 2: Chain 3 (counts as first dc now and throughout). Work 3 more dc in first chain 3 loop. Work 3 dc in each chain 3 loop across. In last chain 3 loop, work 4 dc. Turn. Rows 3: Chain 1, sc in top of last dc. *Chain 3, sc in space between 3 dc clusters.Repeat from * across. Chain 3, sc in top of beginning chain 3. Turn. Rows4-40 (44): Repeat Rows 2 and 3 alternatively, ending with Row 2. At end of Row 40 (44) do not turn. Bring up edge of work, (right side out) continue with 4 dcs in first loop of original chain loop, 3 dcs in next loop, across, working 4 dc in last loop. Join with a slip st in first dc row. You will now work in rounds, (do not turn) Rnd 41(45): Work chain 3. Sc in each ch st around, join with sl st in first chain 3 loop. Rnd 42:(46): Chain 3 to count as dc, 3 dcs in each loop around. Slip stitch in top of chain 3. (Remember first ch 3 counts as dc in all dc rows) Rnd 43 (47): Work chain 4 loops, around join with slip stitch in first ch 4 loop. Join. Rnd 44 (48): 4 dc in each chain loop around. Join. Rnd 45-46(49-50): Repeat previous 2 rows. Rnd 47 (51): Work chain 5 loops around, join with slip stitch in first ch 5 loop. Join. Rnd 48 (52): 5 dc in each chain loop around. Join. Rnd 49-50 (53-54): Repeat previous 2 rows. Rnd 51 (55): Work chain 6 loops around, join with slip stitch in first ch 6 loop. Join. Rnd 52 (56): 6 dc in each chain loop around. Join. Rnd 53-54 (57-58): Repeat previous 2 rows. Rnd 55 (59): Work chain 7 loops around, join with slip stitch in first chain 7 loop. Join. Rnd 56 (60): 7 dc in each chain loop around. Join. 57-58 (61-62): Repeat previous 2 rows. Join. Row 59 (63): Repeat Rnd 55 (59) Row 60 (64): In all loops around, work (sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, 1 sc). Join w/ slip stitch to first sc. Sleeves: Rnd 1: At bottom of arm hole attach yarn and work 3 dc around each dc post. Join in first dc. Rnd 2-40: Chain 3, sc after 3 dc group to end. Work in this manner until you have 20 rows of dc. End on dc row. Rnd 41: Sc in each dc around. Join. Rnd 42: Work sc dec around. Join. Fasten off. |
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