August 20th: last stitch… It’s almost sad. I’ve never made anything that big before. Now remain the elastic waist band, washing, blocking :-)

August 3rd: Passed the length of the original skirt (50cm). The weight starts giving the fabric a nice shape. 75 rounds

July 25th: new measurements and calculations show everything is as it should be. The skirt will reach intended length and width at the same time! 69 rounds.

July 17th: nice week-end, pleasurable crocheting. 59 rounds.

July 13th: after a few days when it felt tedious to crochet on this project, I got back the pleasure to safely progress on the skirt. 50 rounds.

July 3rd: after a short break for running events I took up the skirt for my daily rounds. A pleasant reunion :-). 37 rounds.

June 27th: adjusted the tapering to fit the vertical gauge. It’s even simpler: increase 2 stitches every other round. Still moving the increases in fifths around the circumference to keep as close to a cone as possible. 29 rounds.

June 25th: the gauge is not as planned. I have the lateral gauge (stiches/10cm) but not the vertical one (rows/10cm). It’s fine, the fabric is nice and everything, but I should change my increases to achieve the right tapering. 25 rounds.

June 24th: I’m at the hip. The steeper increases will switch to the even increase rate for the rest of the skirt. It starts looking like a tiny skirt. 21 rounds.

June 23rd: finally started. I did a fair bit yesterday and this morning. It works nicely with increases at every fifth of the circumference. With a good system of markers, I keep track of everything. 16 rounds.

June 20th: study to make the skirt in the round instead of panels. Increases have to be made two at a time so we keep the succession of Tps and Tss. Be careful of the number of chains at the very start, once in the round, we need an odd number of stitches. Increase along the sides only produces the same skewness as working flat with trapezoids.

June 19th: Betine chose the swatch in shades of turquoise, ultramarine, and sea green. The skirt is to be 75 cm (=30 inches) which is 50% longer than pattern. The texture is beautiful and I love the colours. Looking forward to get started.

I had to go up to a 6mm hook to get the gauge right. With that size, the yarn is very pleasant to work with and honeycomb stitch doesn’t curl up like Tunisian simple or knit stitch.