About the pattern:
With this pattern you can knit 3 different skirts: mini skirt, long skirt with slits on the sides and long skirt without slits. This skirt is knitted top down in the round. The pattern contains detailed instructions with knitting schemes and explanatory videos
Original yarn:
• Lana Grossa COTONE - 2 strands
Yarn options:
• Lana Grossa COTONE + Lana Grossa CAPRI
• Lana Grossa MEILENWEIT 100g - 2 strands
• Lana Grossa MEILENWEIT 100g + Lana Grossa CAPRI
Additional materials: you need a 3 cm wide elastic band. If you google “elastic band for sewing,” you’ll easily find many options for elastic bands in different sizes and colors
Knitting gauge: Stockinette Stitch (3.5-4 mm needles): 19 stitches in 10 cm and 27.5 rows in 10 cm
Needles:
• 3.5-4 mm (US 4-6) circular needles with 80-120 cm needle cord
Yardage (yarn calculation is for a skirt length of 84 cm. If you want a skirt length of half or 1/3, reduce the yarn count in your size proportionally (the pattern explains how to perform this calculation):
• Total: 1375-3125 m (1504-3418 yd) of yarn depending on you size XXS-10XL
• For each strand: 687.5-1562.5 m (751-1708 yd) of yarn depending on you size XXS-10XL
Sizes grid (XXS-10XL):
• Hip circumference: from 80 to 142 cm
• Skirt circumference: from 65 to 131 cm
Measure your hips or around the widest part of your lower body to choose the right size. The pattern has negative ease:
• 15 cm for sizes XXS-M
• 13 cm for sizes L-XL
• 11 cm for sizes 4XL-10XL
For example, if the hip circumference is 95 cm, then knit size M, the width of the skirt on the hips will be 80 cm
Sizes 4XL-10Xl haven’t been tested
Skills needed to knit this skirt: knitting in the round, casting on, binding off, Reverse Stockinette Stitch, Stockinette Stitch, Garter Stitch, M1R, M1L increases
