Bog standard is the UK term for something basic - like vanilla in the US!

A fun, wearable skirt pattern in 13 sizes from 2 years to 60” waist. Make each panel a different colour, or just use a few colours. Make it as short or as long as you like. Worked mainly in stocking stitch, it is perfect mindless knitting in front of the TV!

It is suitable for most yarns, including wool, acrylic, nylon, silk, cotton, bamboo and blends.

MATERIALS
4 ply/fingering in the amounts shown in the table
2.75 and 3 mm (US 2 and 3)
length of elastic about 4” less than your waist measurement
row counter
stitch marker

TENSION
28 sts and 40 rows to 4”/10 cm over stocking stitch

SIZE
to fit age: 2 4/6 8/12
actual waist: 18 21 23”
length: 8 13 17”
4ply/fingering: 200 300g 400 g
number of panels needed:
7 (8, 9)

actual waist; 24 27 31 34 41 45”
length: 24 25 25 26 26 27”
4ply/fingering 500 550 600 650 700 750 g
number of panels needed:
7 (8, 9, 10, 12, 13)

actual waist: 47 51 56 60”
length: 27 28 29 30”
4ply/fingering 800 900 1000 1100 g
number of panels needed:
11 (12, 13, 14)

This basic pattern can be easily adapted to any length. Just keep knitting the panels until they are the length you want, increasing every 14 (20, 22) rows to length required.

If you don’t want such a full skirt, increase after the hips every 18 (30, 34) rows instead of every 14 (20, 22)