Skirting the Issue by Lily M. Chin

Skirting the Issue

Crochet
January 2007
Lace ?
18 stitches = 4 inches
in single crochet (US) in waistband pattern
3.75 mm (F)
1380 - 2300 yards (1262 - 2103 m)
English

From the description: Light as air and drapey as sin, you’ll find this a wardrobe staple. Pair it with a crisp white shirt, a cropped jacket, even a T-shirt. Boots, strappy sandals, or ballerina flats complete the look. The waist is shaped by reducing the shell-stitch motif from 5 to 3 stitches.

Finished sizes:

  • Full hips: 38.5 (40.5 42 44 46 47.5) / 100.75 (103.75 106.75 111.75 116.75 120.75)cm
  • Waist: 28 (29.5 30.75 32 33.5 34.75) / 71 (75 78 81.25 85 88.25)cm
  • Total length with trim: 27” / 68.5cm

Additional gauges:

  • (sc, 5-dc shell, sc, ch5) 3 times = 5.5” / 14cm and one 4-row repeat = 2” / 5cm in shell mesh patter
  • (sc, 3-dc shell, sc, ch3) 4 times = 5.5” / 14cm in mii-shell mess pattern above hips