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> Spiderman Themed Sweater

This was my first planned out crochet project that I made without following any online pattern. So, I am incredibly proud of myself for it.

I designed the pattern, selected the yarn and kept it ready days ahead of the beginning, which is unusual behaviour for me.

Pattern:

Terms used: ch: chain, sc: single crochet, hdc: half double crochet, dc: double crochet, slst: slip stitch

I used weight 4 yarn and a 4mm hook. Colors: Red and Black

Front panel (the spider panel) :-

I created a pixel art grid on stitchfiddle.com of the spider that I wanted. There were already available ones on pinterest but they weren't available for the length that I wanted.
Using the pattern, I crocheted (tapestry crochet NOT intersia) a 70x70 sc panel.
For the shoulder/neck parts of the sweater, I stopped crocheting the entire row at row 65 and only did 24 stitches from each side

Backpanel (spiderweb) :-

I did the same steps as the frontpanel except ofcourse, the design was different

Sleeves :-

Ribbing: ch 11, then hdc in every st starting from the 2nd st from the hook. Do this for 14 rounds then slst the ribbing together.
Sleeve: For every hdc row, insert 3 dc. I got 42 dc. Continue crocheting rows till you get the length of the sleeve you want.

Stitching (I messed this up so many times ugh) :-

Stitch/Slst the shoulder parts of the 2 panels together, make sure it's the wrong side.
Then, stitch each sleeve to each side of the sweater.
Finally, fold the sweater and start slst-ing the two panels from the bottom and go up the sleeve.

In hindsight, I could and should have used a tutorial before freehanding the stitching but it worked out well in the hand so its fine (no i didn't break my back and fingers in the process, don't be ridiculous)