I love the idea of turning reclaimed yarn into a functional beautiful wearable garment. I also really wanted to combine crochet with knitting in my designs. This is my 4th garment combining crochet and knitting.

Worsted weight yarn. Combined 3 strands to make yarn wt when using the pink, purple or teal.

Some of the yarn was gifted to me years ago from a young friend. The purple I had in stash from a thrift store find a year back, and the yellow was reclaimed from a garment I made before covid. It was takingup space in my closet.

My First idea was to crochet Granny Squares for the garment. I didn’t like the look. It did not say “Audrey”. Then I thought about using the same st pattern I used for her mom and little brother. Loved the light and airy feel of the fabric. Audrey’s favorite color is pink but I didn’t have enough of it for a whole garment. Purple and Teal looked great with the yellow too. I love the scrappy result. I just need to figure out the button band.

Drop shoulder design, crocheted flat and knit flat, in pieces, bottom up. Pieces seamed together with 3 needle Bind off at the shoulders and side seams.

Hook I/9, Crocheted back and 2 front panels bottom up.

Crochet pattern:
Row1: sc, ch 1, SC to last st, SC.
Row 2: sc, sc, ch1, sc.. rep from to last 2 sts, 2 sc.
Rep rows 1 and 2 for pat

Back: Yellow 2 rows, purple 2 rows
R front: Yellow 2 rows, pink 2 rows
L front: Yellow 2 rows, Teal 2 rows

Shoulder seam: with US6: 20 sts pup in back loops of back panel at shoulder and front panel at shoulder. 3 needle BO with US9.

Slip st borders with 3 strands purple with hook H for sides and hook I for hem and collar.

Sleeves: worked top down
58 sts picked (29 x 2) with US6, back loops of sl sts.
Changed to US9 to k in St st for 12”. Cuff in broken rib for 2.25”.

Gauge for St st:
Sts= 4.666/1”, 19/4”
Rows= 6.333/1”, 25.25/4”

Decreases: Starting with 1st purple stripe: Dec in last row of ea color change. Purple = Dec 10th row. Yellow = Dec 7th row. 44 sts rem. Last Yellow stripe before cuff no Dec.

Cuff: 3 strand purple held tog
broken rib:
R1 (RS): K1, P1
R2 (WS): P

Mattress st sleeves from cuff to underarm.

Side seams: 39 sts pup in back loops of sl sts, 3 needle BO with US9.

Collar: 78 sts pup in back loops of sl sts
3 strand purple held tog
broken rib:
R1 (RS): K1, P1
R2 (WS): P