Soft trail skirt by Softknittings

Soft trail skirt

Knitting
September 2026
yarn held together
Light Fingering ?
23 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in k12 x p5
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1 (2) 3 (4) 5 (6) 7 (8)
English Swedish
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DESCRIPTION
Soft Trail Skirt is a straight-fitting skirt with a slit. The fit is close-fitting, with an elastic waistband and extra height at the back. The skirt is worked top-down. First, the waistband casing is knitted. The elastic band is inserted, and the edge is folded down and joined using an i-cord bind-off. From here, stitches are picked up and short rows are worked. The skirt is then worked in the round while increasing at the sides. After increases, the skirt is knitted to the
desired length before the slit. The slit is created and the work continues flat to the final length before finishing with an i-cord bind-off.

SIZES
1 (2) 3 (4) 5 (6) 7 (8)

GARMENT MEASUREMENT
Waist circumference (garment): 73 (78) 84 (90) 95 (101) 104 (110) cm
Hip circumference (garment): 89 (94) 103 (109) 112 (120) 124 (129) cm

SIZE GUIDE
Soft Trail Skirt is designed with a snug fit. Choose a size with approx. 2–4 cm negative ease at the waist. The skirt is intended to sit at the natural waist, but measure where you prefer the waistband to sit.
Measure yourself before starting to ensure the correct size.
Example: If your waist measures 93 cm → minus 2–4 cm = 89–91 cm → choose size 4 (90 cm).
The model (in green skirt) is shown wearing size 1 with a waist of 76 cm and hips of 94 cm, corresponding to approx. -3 cm negative ease at the waist.

GAUGE
In rib pattern (12 knit sts × 5 purl sts) on 3.5 mm needles, holding two strands together: 23 sts × 34 rows = 10 × 10 cm.

SUGGESTED NEEDLES
3.5 mm - circular needles 80-120 cm and 3.0 mm - circular needles 80-120 cm

YOU ALSO NEED
Stitch markers

MATERIAL SUGGESTED
Materials (Long version)
Color A (main color) approx. 420 (440) 470 (500) 530 (550) 580 (600) g babyalpaca from BC garn and Color B (contrast color) approx. 30 g babyalpaca from BC garn
OR
Color A (main color) approx. 420 (440) 470 (500) 530 (550) 580 (600) g cotton merino from Knitting for Olive and Color B (contrast color) approx. 30 g cotton merino from Knitting for Olive

Materials (Short version)
Color A (main color) approx. 220 (230) 250 (280) 290 (310) 330 (350) g babyalpaca from BC garn and Color B (contrast color) approx. 30 g babyalpaca from BC garn
OR
Color A (main color) approx. 220 (230) 250 (280) 290 (310) 330 (350)) g cotton merino from Knitting for Olive and Color B (contrast color) approx. 30 g cotton merino from Knitting for Olive