The very useful, little skirt by Anne B Hanssen

The very useful, little skirt

Knitting
February 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
27 stitches and 38 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette st
US 4 - 3.5 mm
787 - 1575 yards (720 - 1440 m)
9 sizes, from 36" - 50". Read more under notes below
English
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The very useful, little skirt is a flattering, wearable little skirt.
It is worked top-down, starting from a folded hem, and it is shaped from waist to hips, and also above the knees. I would call it tulip-shaped. I worked it with a zipper, but if your yarn is elastic enough you might work the skirt in-the-round with no side-opening.
The flounce/ruffle at the bottom adds to the feminine style.

Construction
The skirt is worked top-down, starting from a section worked back and forth until the end of the side-opening, thereafter the skirt is worked in-the-round.

Sizes
Finished hip circumference, after washing and blocking, and worked at gauge: 91/95/100/104/109/113/117/122/127 cm = 36/37.5/38,5&41/43/44.5/46.5/48/50”.

Gauge
27 sts and 38 rows/rounds in stockinette sts = 10 x 10 cm/4 x 4”

Materials
Yarn: I used the lovely organic, fingering weight merino “BC Garn Semilla fino”, to work the skirt. This yarn comes in balls of 50 gr/1.76 oz and 240 m/262 yards. You need approximately 3/3/4/4/4/5/5/6/6 balls of this specific yarn to work the skirt. Yardage might vary from one knitter to another, and from one brand of yarn to another. I do recommend that you use a yarn fibre that doesn’t grow after using/washing. Needles: a circular needle 3.5 mm/US4, 80 - 100 cm/32 – 40” long. Notions: removable stitch-markers, a zipper, suitable for skirt, 15 cm/6” long, an elastic band, in the length for wearing comfortably around your waist.

Skill level
Adventurous beginner

The pattern
Written pattern.
All measurements are given in cm’s as well as in inches.
All necessary stitch-counts are given.
There is a schematic.