Savannah Cardi, a FREE Tunisian crochet lacy sweater pattern

Step into autumn with effortless style when you sport the Savannah Cardi, a Tunisian crochet lacy sweater. Access the full FREE pattern for this cozy cropped open-front cardgian in this blog post.

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Lightweight Tunisian Crochet Lacy Sweater for Fall

The Savannah Cardi is the perfect Tunisian crochet lacy sweater for those in-between days when the weather can’t make up its mind. Lightweight and breezy, it’s ideal for transitional seasons, keeping you cozy without overheating. Beginner-friendly and approachable, this pattern is a fantastic first wearable for anyone ready to try Tunisian crochet beyond washcloths and scarves.

Styling your cardigan is a breeze—you can throw it over a tee and jeans for weekend brunch, pair it with a dress for a crisp autumn stroll, or layer it under a coat for a pumpkin patch adventure. With its versatile design and easy customization, the Savannah Cardi quickly becomes a go-to fall staple you’ll reach for again and again.

The Best Yarn for Your Favorite Crochet Cardigan

Since the moment I started the Bahama Blanket, I was completely smitten with Lion Brand’s Landscapes Breeze. This chainette yarn offers worsted-weight ease with soft, hand-painted variegated tones that create a delicate, painterly look—perfect for the Savannah Cardi. Its smooth, lightweight structure lets your hook glide through every stitch, making it a fantastic pick for first-time wearable projects.

The yarn drapes beautifully for layering in cooler fall or spring days, making this cardigan as versatile as it is stylish. For those sensitive to wool, swap in a cotton blend or anti-pilling acrylic and you’ll get the same gorgeous drape. Lion Brand’s Landscapes Renewed or Mandala Ombre would both make stunning alternatives for your Tunisian crochet lacy sweater.

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Savannah Cardi Details

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

When the summer nights start cooling off, you’ll want a light layer to keep the chill away. Enter the Savannah Cardi, a breezy Tunisian crochet lacy sweater that’s full of personality. Designed with beginners in mind, it’s quick to make and easy to customize for the perfect fit.

MATERIALS

• Lion Brand Landscapes Breeze, worsted weight (#4), 68% Modal, 26% acrylic, 6% wool [157 yards per 90 gram skein]. Sample made in the colorway Willow and uses 655 (715, 795, 865, 935) (990, 1060, 1130, 1200) yards; 5 (5, 6, 6, 6) (7, 7, 8, 8) skeins.
• 8mm Tunisian crochet hook (find it in this set!)
• 6mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• Tape measure
• Locking stitch markers
• Tapestry needle

FINISHED SIZE

XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL). All sizes are intended to have 8-10” of positive ease. Measurements taken after light steam blocking. Find a full chart of dimensions below.

• Length: 17 (17, 18.5, 19, 20.5) (21, 22, 23, 24) inches
• Finished Bust: 38 (42, 46, 50, 54) (58, 62, 66, 70) inches
• Sample shown in size S on a model with 34” bust.

GAUGE

5” = 16 stitches x 11 rows (yo counted as stitch for gauge)

ABBREVIATIONS

BLO = back loop only

Ch = chain

Lts = Last Tunisian Stitch

Rep = repeat

RetP = Return Pass

RS = right side

Sc = single crochet

Sl St(s) = slip stitch(es)

St = stitch

Tfs = Tunisian full stitch

Tks = Tunisian knit stitch

Tss = Tunisian simple stitch

Tss2tog = Tunisian simple stitch 2 together

Yo = yarn over

SPECIAL STITCHES

• Last Tunisian Stitch (Lts): Insert hook under BOTH vertical bars of the last stitch and complete as for Tss.
• Return Pass (RetP): Ch 1, (yarn over, pull through the next 2 loops on hook) until 1 loop remains on hook.

PATTERN NOTES

• Construction Note: The cardigan is made by first making the Back panel and 2 Front panels. Sleeves are then made beginning at the cuff. The pieces are seamed together, and then ribbing is added to the bottom and front edges.  
• Understanding Gauge: In my experience, gauge fluctuates a bit with this yarn +/- 1 inch in width. Look to achieve 8-10” of positive ease, and consider wet blocking your gauge swatch before you start to get a more accurate gauge.
• Practice the stitch: New to the Tunisian Arrowhead stitch? Use this tutorial video to practice the stitch and help make your gauge swatch.
• Right Side vs Wrong Side: Tunisian crochet panels are made with the right side of the work facing at all times. When it’s time for seaming, ensure all panels are seamed with the right side facing.

Need a little help getting started? Stitch the Savannah Cardi with me in this tutorial video!+

Savannah Cardigan Sizing Chart

Use this chart to better understand your cardigan’s dimensions at different stages. All measurements are in inches.

While this cardigan is made to fit oversized, use the measurements below to determine what size best suits your style. For example, if you usually wear a size XL, but want a roomier fit, try making the body panels for 2XL and sleeves for XL.

	XS	S	M	L	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
Finished Bust	38	42	46	50	54	58	62	66	70
To Fit Bust	28-30	32-34	36-38	40-42	44-46	48-50	52-54	56-58	60-62
Front Panel Width	8.75	9.25	10.5	11.75	12.5	13.75	15	15.75	16.75
Back Panel Width	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35
Length	17	17	18.5	19	20.5	21	22	23	24
Sleeve Length	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5
Wrist Circumference	7.5	7.5	7.5	8.25	8.25	8.75	8.75	9.5	9.5
Upper Arm Circumference	15	15	17	17	20	20	20	21	21

Savannah Cardi Pattern

BACK

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, ch 60 (64, 74, 80, 86) (94, 100, 106, 114), pull up a loop in the 2^nd ch from the hook and each ch across the row, RetP.

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

Rep Rows 1-2 to 32 (32, 36, 38, 40) (42, 44, 46, 50) rows, including the Foundation Row.

BIND OFF: Bind off in pattern as follows – (tss the next st, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook, tks the yo, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook) across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off. 

FRONT – Make 2

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, ch 28 (30, 34, 38, 40) (44, 48, 50, 54), pull up a loop in the 2^nd ch from the hook and each ch across the row, RetP.

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

Rep Rows 1-2 to 32 (32, 36, 38, 40) (42, 44, 46, 50) rows, including the Foundation Row.

BIND OFF: Bind off in pattern as follows – (tss the next st, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook, tks the yo, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook) across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

SLEEVES – Make 2

RIBBING (all sizes)

ROW 1: With 6mm hook, ch 7, sc in the 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across row, turn.

ROW 2: Ch 1, sc BLO across row, turn.

Rep Row 2 to 24 (24, 24, 26, 26) (28, 28, 30, 30) rows. Rotate to work along row ends.

Proceed to your size to complete the Sleeve.

XS and S

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (24 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 3-4: Rep Rows 1-2.

ROW 5: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (26 sts)

ROW 6: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (28 sts)

ROW 7: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 8: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 9-28: Rep Rows 5-8 5 more times – 48 stitches in the row.  

ROW 29: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 30: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

M

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (24 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 3: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (26 sts)

ROW 4: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (28 sts)

ROW 5: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 6: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 7-26: Rep Rows 3-6 5 more times – 48 stitches in the row. 

ROW 27: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (50 sts)

ROW 28: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (52 sts)

ROW 29: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (54 sts)

ROW 30: Tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, Lts, RetP. (54 sts)

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

L

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (26 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 3-4: Rep Rows 1-2.

ROW 5: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (28 sts)

ROW 6: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (30 sts)

ROW 7: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 8: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 9-28: Rep Rows 5-8 5 more times – 50 stitches in the row. 

ROW 29: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (52 sts)

ROW 30: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (54 sts)

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

XL

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (26 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 3: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (28 sts)

ROW 4: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (30 sts)

ROW 5: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (32 sts)

ROW 6: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (34 sts)

ROW 7: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 8: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 9-20: Rep Rows 3-8 2 more times – 50 stitches in the row. 

ROWS 21-26: Rep Rows 3-4 3 more times – 62 stitches in the row. 

ROW 27: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (64 sts)

ROW 28: Tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, Lts, RetP.

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

2XL and 3XL

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (28 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 3: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (30 sts)

ROW 4: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (32 sts)

ROW 5: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 6: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 7: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (34 sts)

ROW 8: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (36 sts)

ROW 9: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (38 sts)

ROW 10: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (40 sts)

ROW 11: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 12: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 13-24: Rep Rows 7-12 2 more times – 56 stitches in the row. 

ROWS 25-28: Rep Rows 7-8 2 more times – 64 stitches in the row. 

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

4XL and 5XL

FOUNDATION ROW: With 8mm Tunisian hook, pull up a loop in each sc across row, RetP. (30 sts)

ROW 1: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 2: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 3: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (32 sts)

ROW 4: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (34 sts)

ROW 5: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 6: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROW 7: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (36 sts)

ROW 8: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (38 sts)

ROW 9: Tfs in first sp, (tss 2tog, yo) to last st, tfs the sp before last st, Lts, RetP. (40 sts)

ROW 10: Tfs in first sp, tss 1, (tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last 2 sts, tss 1, tfs the sp before the last st, Lts, RetP. (42 sts)

ROW 11: (Tss2tog, yo) across to last st, Lts, RetP.

ROW 12: (Tss 1, tks the yo) across row to last st, Lts. RetP.

ROWS 13-24: Rep Rows 7-12 2 more times – 58 stitches in the row. 

ROWS 25-28: Rep Rows 7-8 2 more times – 66 stitches in the row. 

BIND OFF: Sl st loosely each st across row to last st, Lts, pull stitch through the remaining loop on hook. Fasten off, leaving a tail twice the width of your panel for seaming. 

ASSEMBLY

• Lay the Back panel flat, RS facing up. Line up the corners of the Front panels with the corners of the Back. Using the available tails, whip stitch (tutorial) or mattress stitch (tutorial) the Front panels to the Back panel.
• Unfold the cardigan at the shoulders to lay flat. Line up the top edge of the Sleeves with the seam of the shoulder (locking stitch markers help!). Seam the Sleeves to the cardigan.
• (OPTIONAL) I strongly recommend wet or steam blocking your cardigan at this point. This will help immensely with the drape and to keep the seams flexible. Block to your desired dimensions. The original yarn for this project is very durable, so I pulled my fabric quite dramatically when blocking.
• Fold cardigan at the shoulders. Using a length of yarn, seam the side of the cardigan, starting at the cuffs and working toward the under arm, then down the body.
• Weave in all ends.

BOTTOM RIBBING

ROW 1: With 6mm hook, join with a sl st in the bottom corner stitch of the left Front panel. Ch 9, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across row, sl st in same st as the join AND the next st on the Front, turn. (8 sc)

ROW 2: Sk 2 sl sts, sc BLO in each st across row. 

ROW 3: Ch 1, sc BLO in each st across row, sl st in the next 2 sts on bottom of cardigan.  

Rep Rows 2-3 around the entire bottom of the cardigan, finishing at the bottom corner stitch of the right Front panel. Ribbing ends with a Row 2 repeat. DO NOT FASTEN OFF after the last row.

FRONT RIBBING

ROW 1: Rotate to work along Front opening. Continuing with 6mm hook, ch 7, sc in 2^nd ch from hook and each ch across row, sl st in same st as the join AND the next st on the Front, turn. (6 sc)

ROW 2: Sk 2 sl sts, sc BLO in each st across row. 

ROW 3: Ch 1, sc BLO in each st across row, sl st in the next 2 sts on Front.  

Rep Rows 2-3 around the entire front opening of cardigan, finishing at the bottom corner stitch of the left Front panel. Fasten off after the last row.

FINISHING

• Weave in all ends.
• Steam block once more, paying close attention to all seams and ribbing (do not over-stretch the ribbing).

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