​Classic Office-Style Suit

You’ll need:

500g of mélange Bodrum yarn (48% linen, 52% polyester; 280m/100g);

300g of the same yarn, but in violet color;

Crochet hooks 2,5 and 3.

Size: S-M.

Instructions

Skirt

Make 100 chain sts with violet yarn and crochet hook 3. Work with back post single crochets with straight and reversed rows for 40 cm. After that, make lower edge of skirt due to the scheme 1. Make seam. Join the yarn to the upper edge of skirt and make 10 circle rows of single crochets. Fasten the edges of work with “shrimp stitch”.

Jacket

Front and Back

Make 160 chain sts with mélange yarn and crochet hook 3 and divide sts in the following way: 20 sts for right front, 40 sts for right sleeve, 40 sts for back, 40 sts for left sleeve, 20 sts for left front. Make back post single crochets with straight and reversed rows, make increases due to the scheme 2. After making 30 rows, add 30 chain sts from both sides for arm-holes. Then, make sts of back and front with straight and reversed rows to 25 cm. After that, make fringe due to the scheme 1.

Sleeves

Make back post single crochets with crochet hook 2,5, turn your work. For sleeve widening, make increases of sts due to your measurements. Make 60 rows, then, make fringe in the same way, as the main detail of jacket.

Assembly

For neck-hole placket, make 6 rows of single crochets along neck-hole. Fasten front with 6 rows of single crochets. Make 7 button-loops on left front. Fasten edges of jacket with “shrimp stitch”. Sew buttons.