How to Crochet a Long Sleeve

Crochet is an elegant method for adding sleeves, trim or other embellishments to clothing.

Adding a crocheted long sleeve onto a tank top or sleeveless shirt can be an ideal way to turn your favorite summer top into a warm fall shirt. Crocheting sleeves requires only a minimal amount of yarn -- an excellent opportunity to use up any leftover skeins in your yarn stash, or splurge on a couple skeins of luxury wool without breaking your budget. This sleeve pattern can easily be made longer or shorter as desired and requires only basic crochet stitches such as chain, double crochet and half double crochet.

Things You'll Need

• Size I crochet hook
• 2 skeins, medium weight wool
• Yarn needle

Instructions

1. Chain 30 stitches.

2. Single crochet in the second chain from the hook. Single crochet each chain stitch across. Chain one. Single crochet in each stitch across. Chain one. Single crochet the first two stitches. Wrap the yarn over the hook, then insert the hook from front to back, then front again. Wrap the yarn over and pull up the loop, finishing the stitch as a double crochet. This is called a front post double crochet stitch. Repeat this stitch across.

3. Chain one. Single crochet across. Chain one. Single crochet the fist two stitches. Front post double crochet stitch, then single crochet for two stitches and repeat across. Repeat the last two rows.

4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until your piece measures 2 inches from the beginning.

5. Chain two. Double crochet the first three stitches. Work two double crochet stitches in each of the next nine stitches. Double crochet each remaining stitch across. Chain two. Half double crochet the first stitch. Front post double crochet across and half double crochet the last stitch. Repeat this row.

6. Chain two. Work two half double crochet stitches in the next stitch. Work front post double crochet stitch across. Make two half double crochet stitches in the last stitch. Front post double crochet across for the next two rows. Repeat the last three rows until your sleeve measures 21 1/2 inches long. Fasten off. This completes one sleeve. Repeat Steps 1 through 6 for the second sleeve.

7. Attach your sleeve to a shirt using a yarn needle and yarn.

References

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