See the finished project
The source page presents the finished cardigan through a series of photographs rather than a written description of the pattern format. Those images show the completed garment and its styling, which is the best way to judge the silhouette, the floral placement and the overall vintage feel before you commit to the project. The written format details are not spelled out in the source text, so treat the photos as a visual preview and rely on the designer’s page for the actual chart and video structure.
Construction Overview
The set includes a cardigan and hairpins. The cardigan is built from a main piece, decorations, a hem, edging and buttons. The main piece itself covers the back piece, front piece, side pieces and two types of sleeve pieces. Work begins with the main part pieces, then the decorations, then joining, then the hem around the bottom of the body, then edging along the hem, front band and neckline, with the cuffs edged separately, and finally the buttons are sewn on.
Supplies listed by the source are Susan’s Family Alpaca and Susan’s Family Impression Misty Feather, plus a 3.00 mm crochet hook and a 3.50 mm crochet hook. The main piece, hem, joining and edging all use the 3.50 mm hook with one strand of Susan’s Family Impression Misty Feather. The decorations may use either the 3.00 mm or the 3.50 mm hook, and for all cardigan decorations, including flowers, leaves, beads and embroidered stems, two strands of Susan’s Family Alpaca are held together and treated as one strand.
A complete supply checklist for the project:
- Susan’s Family Alpaca yarn
- Susan’s Family Impression Misty Feather yarn
- 3.00 mm crochet hook
- 3.50 mm crochet hook
- Buttons for the left front band
- Beads and small pearls for the decorations
- A teardrop-shaped metal hair clip for the hairpin
- Stitch markers, a yarn needle and a tape measure for measuring the piece
Main piece gauge is 22 sts by 20 rows equaling 8.5 cm by 8.9 cm. The designer advises measuring the piece after the first 20 rows, and if it is too far off, adjusting tension and re-crocheting. There are two back pieces worked the same way but with different color schemes. Each back piece starts with a foundation chain and is worked in rows up along the starting braid, split into Section 1, which is worked even, and Section 2, which shapes the neckline on one side.
The front body follows roughly the same approach as the back body, also starting from a foundation chain and worked in rows across Section 1 and Section 2. Section 1 is crocheted evenly but with different row numbers than the back, and Section 2 shapes the neckline with different decrease stitch numbers and row numbers. There are four side pieces, each with Section 1 worked even and Section 2 decreasing on the same side for the first few rows and the last few rows while the middle stays even.
Each sleeve is made of three separate sections: one Section A and two Section B. Section A is crocheted evenly throughout. Section B splits into Section 1, worked evenly, and Section 2, which decreases on one side toward the ending rows. The source points readers to the video demonstration for the row-level detail rather than printing it in text.
Decorations include Flower 1, Flower 2, leaves and beads, plus stems and small pearls, arranged as Cluster 1, Cluster 2 and Cluster 3, with some positions needing individual flowers sewn on. Cluster 1 has two Flower 1 plus stems with leaves in the opposite direction. Cluster 2 has Flower 2, two leaves, two beads and a short stem section. Cluster 3 has stems and leaves, two leaves and three beads, and the separate flower is one Flower 1 with one small pearl.
The designer suggests laying the pieces flat first, treating the upward-facing side as the outside of the garment, and adjusting the arrangement and amount to preference.
All joining is done with slip stitches. The two back pieces join first, then the side pieces on each side, then a front piece on each side, then the shoulders. Each sleeve’s three pieces join into a tube and are attached at the armholes. The hem is crocheted in rows at the bottom of the main piece, then the edging runs continuously along the hem, neckline and front band. Buttonholes go on the right front band, the cuffs are edged, and buttons are sewn on the left front band.
For the hairpin, both the main piece and decorations use the 3.00 mm hook; the main piece is crocheted in rounds directly onto the teardrop clip, secured to the metal clip, then decorated with one flower, one small pearl and one leaf.
格森复古开衫
One community entry is titled as a vintage-style open cardigan, showing a finished version of the project in the gallery. The accompanying text is limited to a short exclamation and a numeric string, so there is no practical construction detail to report from it. Treat this entry as visual inspiration and follow the designer’s page for the actual method and charts.
太好看了
Another gallery entry carries a brief note of praise and a numeric string, with no crochet information beyond that. It is best read as a maker showing off a completed cardigan rather than a source of technique. If you want to compare color choices or decoration placement, this kind of photo is helpful, but the written guidance still comes from the original tutorial.
美美哒，袖子改了一下，方便以后小了加长
This community post mentions a vintage-style open cardigan outer layer, but it does not provide recognizable making details. The heading itself repeats the sleeve-adjustment idea from the previous entry, so there is little new information to add. View it as another finished example and return to the original tutorial for the construction sequence, gauge and decoration layout.
Sunflower Patchwork Dress
A crochet tutorial titled Sunflower Patchwork Dress, attributed to Susan’s Family, appears in the related tutorial listings. It is a distinct project from the cardigan covered here, with its own page and its own instructions. If the floral decoration on the cardigan appeals to you, this dress is a natural next browse, but treat it as a separate pattern and follow its own tutorial for materials and construction.
Gesang Blossom Vest
Another listed tutorial is the Gesang Blossom Vest, also attributed to Susan’s Family. It is a vest rather than a cardigan, so the shaping and the amount of yarn will differ from the project on this page. Use the listing as a pointer to the vest’s own tutorial page, where the materials, gauge and construction details are given by the designer.
Green Branch
The Green Branch tutorial is listed alongside the others and is attributed to Susan’s Family. No construction details are included in the listing itself, so there is nothing to summarize about its method here. Follow the link to the tutorial page if the name appeals to you, and keep in mind that it is an independent project from the Grace Vintage Cardigan.
Square Cardigan
The Square Cardigan tutorial is the last related listing, attributed to Susan’s Family, with the number 118 shown alongside the attribution. As with the other entries, the listing gives no materials or stitch information, so the tutorial page is the place to look. It is a separate cardigan design and should be followed on its own rather than as part of this project.
Original designer’s pattern and instructions
