Viral Patchwork Crochet Halloween Cardigan | Free Pattern

🧶🦣 Welcome! 🦣🧶

I am so excited to share my Patchwork Halloween Cardigan with you!! Ever since I created this, I have received endless questions and so much love for it. This is definitely my most viral creation to date so it is about time that I put the pattern into writing so anyone can create one!

A little back story about this cardigan. I began creating it in July of 2023, while I was 6 months pregnant. I knew that it was going to take some time and I wanted to get it done before Halloween so I started early. I got about halfway done with the squares and developed prenatal carpal tunnel.. ugh!!

I didn’t even know it was a thing. But I had to quit crocheting.

Luckily it went away after I delivered at the end of September. I somehow managed to finish the cardigan before Halloween all while recovering and taking care of my newborn. I got to wear it while passing out candy and I got so many compliments! <3

This sweater is created using a variety of different granny squares all sewn together. I then added the sleeves using the granny stitch, (3 dc clusters), in a striped pattern. To finish, I added ribbing around the edges and the wrists.

I created a total of 45 5×5 inch granny squares. It created a nice oversized cardigan for me and I am usually a size M/L.

Most of the granny squares I used were free patterns that I have linked for you here on this post! Some of them were free-handed, and some are tapestry style. I will do my best to share how I made those with you.

The best part of this pattern is that you can really make any squares you want with any colors you want and it will come out sooo cute. For a smaller cardigan or a cropped style, you can use less squares. For a larger cardigan, or if you wanted to use squares on the sleeves, you can create more squares.

I used 10 colors of “I Love This Yarn” by Hobby Lobby. I limited myself to using 9 of those colors to create all of the squares and sleeves, and 1 for the ribbing. I stuck to that palette since I wanted it to be somewhat cohesive even with the chaos of the different squares.

Since these squares come from several different sources, you might need to play with the pattern to get the squares to be an equal size. Blocking is going to be essential! I got this Blocking Board from Amazon for this project & I have been using it for all of my projects ever since.

If you want to check out my TikTok series where I created this cardigan by making 1 granny square a day, you can find it here!

Now let’s get started!

I will be sharing the patterns I used for my squares, and I am working on updating this post to share the square I created along with each pattern so you can get an idea of what I did for my cardigan! <3

Chart

If you want to copy my exact layout of how I arranged my squares, then this chart will be very helpful. I will go over each square in order that they appear on the chart.

Table of Contents:

Squares

1. Star
2. Owl
3. Pumpkins
4. Eyeball
5. Checkerboard
6. Diamond
7. Jack-O-Lantern
8. Heart
9. Ghost – Halloween Cookie
10. Candy in Wrapper
11. Granny Square – Green
12. Spider
13. Grim Reaper
14. RIP Gravestone
15. Carrots
16. Pumpkin
17. Bat
18. Swirl – Green
19. Moon
20. Small Ghost
21. Vampire
22. Candy Corn
23. Broomstick
24. Frankenstein
25. Sunflower
26. Spooky Eyes
27. Cat Outline
28. Spider Web
29. Pumpkin Spice Drink
30. Haunted House
31. Witch’s Hat
32. Boo
33. Frankenstein Hair
34. Jack Skellington
35. Granny Square – Pink (Classic)
36. Waves
37. Small Cats
38. Sunflower – White
39. Little Ghost
40. Bettlejuice
41. Demon / Skull
42. Charlie Brown
43. Caramel Apple Lollipop
44. Crystal Ball
45. Swirl – Gold
    

Putting Them Together

1. Star

Star Granny Square. Free video tutorial linked here. Pattern by Hopeful Turns.

2. Owl

Owl Granny Square. Free video tutorial by Daily Crochet linked here. I made crochet circles for the eyes instead of googly eyes, but the googly eyes do look so cute!!

3. Pumpkins

Pumpkin Tapestry. Yet another one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

4. Eyeball

Eyeball Square. This is a free pattern, linked here!

5. Checkerboard

Checkerboard Square. This is a pattern I free handed by just doing SC and some color changes. Super cute!!

6. Diamond

Diamond Granny Square. This is a free pattern by Crochet Bits linked here.

7. Jack O Lantern

Jack O Lantern Face Square. Free pattern by PTKRF linked here. I know what you are thinking. “This isn’t a square!”. Well you’re right. I used this pattern to make the face appliques and I sewed them onto a solid orange square. It came out perfect!! This pumpkin would be a fun project to do for another day though too. 🙂

8. Heart

Heart Granny Square. Free Pattern by Golden Lucy Crafts linked here. This square was a little larger than I needed so I adjusted the border DC row to a SC.

9. Ghost – Halloween Cookie

Halloween Cookie Square. I love this one! This is another one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

10. Candy in Wrapper

Crochet Candy Granny Square. Free pattern by sewrella linked here.

11. Classic Granny Square – Green

Granny Square. The classic granny square! Another great way to incorporate a lot of your Halloween colors, and a quick square to add to your cardigan. You can learn how to make one here! I made 2 of these squares for my cardigan.

12. Spider

Spider Square. Free pattern by C.A. Losi linked here.

13. Grim Reaper

Grim Reaper Square. This is by far my favorite square!! This is another one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

14. RIP Gravestone

Gravestone Granny Square. This is a paid pattern by raffamusadesigns linked here. This designer is amazing, but I ended up free-handing this pattern. Her’s is much cuter and I would recommend getting her patterns.

15. Strawberries as Pumpkins

Strawberry Granny Square. This is a free video tutorial linked here. I switched out the red for orange so they looked like pumpkins!! So cute.

16. Pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch square. Free pattern by Sarah of Repeat Crafter Me linked here.

17. Bat

Bat Applique by Golden Lucy Crafts. This free pattern is linked here. I sewed this onto a classic granny square and it came out so cute!

18. Swirl – Green

Spiral Granny Square. Free pattern by Happy Berry Crochet. Video tutorial linked here. I made 2 of these for my cardigan.

19. Moon

Mini Moon Square. Free pattern by Claire Hayes. Ravelry download linked here.

20. Small Ghost (Pacman style)

Ghost Surface Crochet Square. This square is made by doing Sc back and forth, 20 stitches and 20 rows. Then I added surface crochet to outline the ghost, and embroidered his cute little face 🙂

21. Vampire

Vampire Square. Use this circle to square pattern to create the head. Change colors on the last round of the circle for the hair, and then embroider the smile/fangs! Sc 6 into a magic ring for the eyes.

22. Candy Corn

Candy Corn Tapestry Square. This is one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

23. Broomstick

Another freehand! I did a simple granny square. Then for the broom stick I chained 10, and SC back. I sewed it on and embroidered the bottom of the broom on.

24. Frankenstein

Frankenstein Applique Granny Square. Free video tutorial by Maria’s Blue Crayon linked here. I embroidered the eyes on mine with yarn, instead of using safety eyes.

25. Sunflower

Sunflower Square. Free pattern by The Turtle Trunk linked here.

26. Spooky Eyes

Spooky Eyes square. These eyes are made with this free pattern linked here, by raffamusadesigns. I sewed these onto a classic granny square.

27. Cat Outline

Silhouette Granny Square – Black Cat. Free pattern by coastalcrochet linked here. This pattern makes a HUGE square! The cat applique pretty much takes up a whole 5×5 square that I needed for this pattern. I did the cat first, and sewed it onto a 20×20 SC striped square. The moon did not fit onto the square for me.

28. Spider Web

Spider Web Square. Free video tutorial by Yarnutopia.com linked here.

29. Pumpkin Spice Drink

Tea Mug Granny Square: by Sewrella. I omitted the tea bag and added a pumpkin on the mug to make it a PSL! (Pumpkin Spice Latte). Very fall, very Halloween. You can find the pattern here.

30. Haunted House

Haunted House square. Yesss another one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

31. Witch’s Hat

Witch Hat Applique. I made one of these & sewed in on top of a classic granny square. I embroidered a little buckle on my hat too! You can find the pattern to make this applique here.

32. Boo

Boo Tapestry Square. This is another one that I created on StitchFiddle. I love using this site to create my own charts. For 5×5 inch squares I did a 20×20 SC square posted above. I do a SC border around the outside too.

33. Frankenstein Hair

Bride of Frankenstein square. This is another one I free-handed. I did a C2C (corner to corner) square. Then I create this zigzag applique and sewed it on to create the iconic hair. The free video tutorial for the zigzag is linked here. A little abstract but if you know you know!!

34. Jack Skellington

Skellington Square. Free pattern by Marias Blue Crayon linked here.

35. Granny Square – Pink

36. Waves – Green

Granny Stripe Square. This was a fun blank square that I could use to incorporate some Halloween colors. You can get the free pattern here!

37. Small Cats

Cat Stitch Square. This is such a fun stitch! Here is a free tutroial by Beatrice Ryan Designs linked here. You will need to adjust the pattern to make your square fit. I ended up having the bottom row of cat heads, 2 full rows of cats, and then headless cats at the top. My rows had 4 cats across.

38. Sunflower – White

Sunburst Square. I made mine just like this and it was perfect! You can get the free pattern here!

39. Little Ghost

Granny Squares and Motifs: Ghost. Free pattern by Toothless Knitter linked here. This is a chart and not a written pattern but it was so cute so I had to give it a go. This was by far my smallest square. I would recommend adding a border of SC.

40. Bettlejuice

Beetle Juice Square. This was one I free handed. Basically I just did SC stripes of black and white. 20×20 SC and then a SC border around the outside. I LOVE this one!!

41. Demon / Skull

Skull Granny Square. Free video tutorial linked here.

42. Charlie Brown

Charlie Brown square. Super simple granny square with another zigzag sewn on. Here is the link to the free video tutorial for the zigzag.

43. Carmel Apple Lollipop

Candy Corn Granny Square. (With lollipop in the center) This is a paid pattern by raffamusadesigns linked here. This designer is amazing, but I ended up free-handing this pattern with a circle-to-square granny square, surface crochet, and a chain with sl st sewn on for the stick. Her’s is much cuter and I would recommend getting her patterns.

44. Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball Square. I made a circle-to square granny square and attached these appliques onto to create a crystal ball. The free pattern for these appliques are linked here.

45. Swirl – Gold

Spiral Granny Square. Free pattern by Happy Berry Crochet. Video tutorial linked here. I made 2 of these for my cardigan.

Putting Them Together

Thats it! Remember I made 2 spiral squares, and 2 classic granny squares, so that is 45 squares total!

Once you are done with your squares, lay them out how you want and start sewing them together. If you aren’t familiar with granny square cardigans, look up “Granny Square Cardigan Diagram” on google for reference.

I had 2 panels of 2×5 squares for the front and a panel of 5×5 squares on the back. Attach your squares making sure that they are all facing the right way. For the arm holes, I sewed up the sides and left 2 squares length open to attach sleeves. I did a granny stitch down the arm with some decreases to get it tapered off. I did sc blo for ribbing. Watch my TikTok video below to see how I did the decreases. 🙂

@woolymamacrochet

Replying to @Cortney Wente How i did the sleeves!! I used a granny stitch with a few decreases. I did not have it in me to make more squares for the sleeves but i kept the vibe by doing the stripes! Let me know what you think & if you have any other questions!! ❤️ I appreciate all the love i get on this cardigan, it was so fun to make and i learned sooo much about crochet while working on this #crochetpatchworkcardigan #halloweencardigan #patchworkcardigan #grannysquarecardigan #crochet

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If you would like a more in depth tutorial on the ribbing and sleeves, please leave a comment below and let me know!

Weave in your ends and then you are done!!

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Thank you & Happy Crocheting!! <3