The Force Awakens introduces Star Wars fans to a new hero: Rey. Thought to be abandoned by her family as a child, Rey lives on the desert planet Jakku as a scavenger until fate puts her on the path to Luke Skywalker and her ultimate destiny. Rey’s costumes in the films are heavily influenced by her upbringing on an arid world and her work as a scavenger. She wears arm warmers to protect her from extreme weather conditions such as sun and sandstorms, and she wears long, wispy wraps to aid in climbing as she salvages from ship wreckage. In The Last Jedi, Rey still wears arm warmers, but they’re made out of a thicker warmer material, suitable for her destination on an island in the middle of the sea. Her white wraps are replaced with a fitted quilted vest. Together they make a striking costume that adapts perfectly to knitting.

Worked in three separate pieces, the back and two fronts of Rey’s jacket are worked flat from the bottom up starting at the waist. The shoulders are then joined with a three-needle bind off, and the sides are seamed together with mattress stitch. Starting at the waist and worked down, the peplum ends in a feminine picot hem and is then attached to the waist edge. The collar is picked up and knit, then the collar, armhole edges, and front openings are finished off with a tidy single crochet edging. Sleeve caps are worked using short rows and then sewn on.

Worked in two parts, the lower piece of the arm wrap is worked flat from the elbow down. Beginning with a picot hem, the arm wrap tapers at the lace wrist, flares out into a stockinette cuff with another picot hem, and is then seamed. The upper arm piece is worked as a tapered stockinette band, seamed to form a tube. The elbow piece is worked from the bottom up and sewn onto the lower arm piece.

SIZES
VEST
XXS (XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL)
Shown in size XS.
ARM WRAPS
XS (S, M, L, XL)
Shown in size S.
Instructions are written for the smallest size, with larger sizes given in parentheses; when only one number is given, it applies to all sizes.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
VEST
Bust: 32 (36½, 38½, 43, 47½, 50, 54, 58½, 63, 65½) in. / 81.5 (92.5, 98, 109, 120.5, 127, 137, 148.5, 160, 166.5) cm
Length: 21¼ (21¾, 22¾, 23¼, 23¾, 24¼, 24¾, 25¼, 25¾, 26) in. / 54 (55, 58, 59, 60.5, 61.5, 63, 64, 65.5, 66) cm
LOWER ARM WRAP
Forearm: 8¼ (9½, 10½, 11¾, 12¾) in. / 21 (24, 26.5, 30, 32.5) cm
Length: 12 (12½, 12¾, 13, 14) in. / 30.5 (32, 32.5, 33, 35.5) cm

YARN
DK weight (light #3) yarn, shown in Di Gilpin Lalland (100% Scottish lambswool; 191 yd. / 175 m per 1¾ oz. / 50 g ball), in color Beechnut
VEST: 5 (5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11) balls
Arm Wraps: 3 (3, 4, 5, 5) balls

NEEDLES
US 5 / 3.75 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge

NOTIONS
Stitch markers
Stitch holders or waste yarn
Tapestry needle
US E-5 / 3.75 mm crochet hook

GAUGES
25 sts and 36 rows = 4 in. / 10 cm in Herringbone st
24 sts and 35 rows = 4 in. / 10 cm in St st
Make sure to check your gauges.