Cocoon Knit Sweater Pattern
This easy knit pullover sweater pattern has a unique construction... check out the pattern to see what we mean!
After a while, it can seem like women's sweater patterns all look the same. This is not so with the Cocoon Knit Sweater Pattern. You might have seen cardigans referred to as cocoon sweaters, but this pattern is a pullover; the design of the sweater, while average in length, is extra wide, which creates a warm, cozy, relaxed shape around the arms and a similar drape to cocoon cardigans. This simple sweater knitting pattern can be accomplished even by someone who has never knit a sweater before, and the finished product is just about as "hygge" as you can get.
Knitting Needle Size10 or 6 mm, 8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(5) Bulky/Chunky (12-15 stitches for 4 inches)
Gauge14 sts = 4" [10 cm]; 20 rows = 4" [10 cm] in Stockinette stitch using larger needle. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
Materials List
- RED HEART® Hygge™ yarn: 4 (4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6) balls 8381 Indigo
- Susan Bates® Circular Knitting Needles: 5 mm [US 8] 16" [40 cm] and 32" [91 cm] long and 6 mm [US 10]. 32" [91 cm] long
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
Instructions
Sizes
Directions are for size X-Small; changes for sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large 2X and 3X are in parentheses.
Finished Bust Measurement: 29 (34, 37, 42, 45, 50, 53)" [74 (86, 94, 106.5, 114.5, 127, 134.5) cm]
Finished Length: 29 (29, 30, 31, 31, 32, 32)" [74 (74, 76, 79, 79, 81, 81) cm]
Note
Cocoon sweater is worked back and forth in rows in a large rectangle. Circular needle is used to accommodate large number of stitches. Rectangle is folded and sew closed along edge for sleeves, leaving center unsewn for body. Sleeve edging is worked in rounds on sts picked up along sewn edge.
Sweater
Using smaller needle, cast on 102 (118, 130, 146, 158, 174, 186) sts.
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Ribbed Border
Row 1 (Wrong Side): [P2, k2] to last 2 sts, p2.
Row 2: [K2, p2] to last 2 sts, k2.
Repeat Rows 1-2 until 5 rows total have been worked, end with a wrong side row. -
Body
Change to larger needle.
Row 1 (Right Side): Knit.
Row 2: Purl.
Repeats Rows 1-2 until piece measures 28 (28, 29, 30, 30, 31, 31)" [71 (71, 74, 76, 76, 79, 79) cm] from beginning, ending with a right side row. -
Ribbed Border
Change to smaller needle.
Row 1 (Wrong Side): [P2, k2] to last 2 sts, p2.
Row 2: [K2, p2] to last 2 sts, k2.
Repeat Rows 1-2 until 5 rows total have been worked, end with a wrong side row.
Bind off in pattern.
Finishing
With wrong side together, fold body in half lengthwise lining up sts of cast-on and bind-off rows. Sew edges together for 8" [20 cm] from each side edge for sleeves, leaving center unsewn for body.
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Sleeve Edging
With right side facing and smaller, shorter needle, join yarn at seam and pick up and knit 44 (44, 48, 52, 52, 56, 56) sts evenly spaced around side edge for sleeve. Join to work in rounds. Place marker for beginning of round.
Rounds 1-5 (Right Side): [K2, p2] around.
Bind off in pattern.
Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
- cm
- centimeters
- k
- knit
- mm
- millimeters
- p
- purl
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- [ ]
- work directions in brackets the number of times specified.
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VivienOhnemus 6482 146
Jul 01, 2019
I am just as baffled as Lisa below! It doesn't seem logical. Please show a photo of this sweater from the front.
melainegouws 95435 32
Aug 11, 2019
Hi, you can go onto internet and Google the word Cocoon sweater knitting or crochet. They have wonderful examples of this sweater or wrap. I have made a few and it is a simple rectangle that you fold basically in half and sewing the edges together. what might be confusing is the armholes get a ribbing. easy peasy
Lisa
Nov 05, 2020
I am not baffled by anything, I understand how the sweater is put together, I've made 4 of them. I was explaining to someone else how it works out. I'm not sure where the confusion is coming from, the patterns states rather clearly that you are knitting a long rectangle and sewing the edges towards the center to make both the sleeves and the body opening.
Lisa
Feb 27, 2021
for those that are confused there is a picture of the front on the yarnspirations website here- https//www.yarnspirations.com/red-heart-the-cozies == t-cocoon-sweater/RHK0129-024081M.html
mrsstp2 0738306
May 15, 2019
I have read this pattern over and over. I think that there is instructions missing. Where is the opening for the head/neck? I am totally boggled by the Cocoon Knit Sweater pattern.
Lisa
May 16, 2019
The cocoon is being sewed at the edges, which will make the seam sideways on the garment, the big space between the sewn edges will be the opening. On the diagram the solid line in open, so that is where you will put it on the the seams will be on the side of the wrists facing front. I found a better photo example of the cocoon, in another language but for this example the light color in the middle is open here- https//i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/7f/21/4f7f2135862 == 9b00b42d594f2abb173e1.jpg
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