Product Description
The perfect pattern for those last few days of summer moving into fall--- you’re sure to master the latest color blending trend with this fast and cute pattern! Work your way through your stash with this cute summer crop top. Try your hand at color blending with a mix of DK and Fingering, or stick with a traditional knitted garment in Worsted. This pattern is all about mastering the art of blending while giving you the chance to make a full garment in just a few knitting sessions! Hit the stash and get knitting!
The Audrey Crop Top by Born & Raised Knits
What Is Being Made
The Audrey Crop Top is a beginner-friendly knitted crop top designed in multiple sizes to fit a range of body types. This downloadable knitting pattern produces a colorwork crop top featuring a fitted silhouette with strategic shaping and a cropped length.
Sizing and Fit
The pattern is available in nine sizes, numbered 1 through 9, allowing knitters to customize the fit for different measurements. Each size includes specific yardage requirements for the various colored yarns used throughout the design.
Knitting Techniques and Stitches
Primary Stitches: The Audrey Crop Top utilizes fundamental knitting stitches suitable for beginner-level knitters:
- Stockinette Stitch: The main fabric construction technique, created by alternating knit and purl rows to produce a smooth, classic knitted surface
- Ribbing: Used for shaping and structure, typically worked with knit and purl combinations for elasticity
- Knit 2 Together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease stitch used for shaping the garment
- Slip, Slip, Knit (ssk): A left-leaning decrease stitch that pairs with k2tog for balanced shaping and fitted construction
The pattern employs colorwork techniques, incorporating multiple yarn colors throughout the design to create visual interest and pattern definition.
Materials and Yarn Requirements
The Audrey Crop Top uses a combination of yarn weights to achieve its finished fabric:
- Color A: 'This Pussy Grabs Back' in Fingering weight from Stitch Together Studio, requiring 340 to 420 yards depending on size
- Color B: 'Soft Pink' in DK weight from We Love Knitting, requiring 110 to 190 yards depending on size
- Color C: 'Dirty Unicorn' in DK weight from Republic of Wool, requiring 110 to 190 yards depending on size
- Color D: 'Toxic Oreo' in DK weight from Lemonade Shop Yarns, requiring 30 to 110 yards depending on size
Needles and Tools
The pattern calls for US 8-9 circular needles in both 24-32 inch and 12-16 inch lengths for the main fabric construction. An optional US 6 circular needle set in 24-32 inches is recommended for working ribbed sections, which creates a tighter gauge for better elasticity and fit.
Additional notions required include a darning needle for weaving in yarn ends and finishing, and stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping increases and decreases.
Gauge and Finishing
The pattern specifies a gauge worked in stockinette stitch using one strand of fingering weight yarn held together with one strand of DK weight yarn. This combination creates a balanced fabric weight and drape. Gauge should be measured after blocking to account for yarn relaxation and final dimensions.
Pattern Notes
This is a personal-use pattern from independent designer Born & Raised Knits. The pattern encourages finished object sharing on Instagram using the hashtag #AudreyCrop.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | DK |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Designer: | Born & Raised Knits |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
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