Straight Skirt Pattern

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Hand Knit Fashions

	Sizes	12	14	16	18	20
MATERIALS—Bear Brand Tricolaine	skeins	13	14	15	17	18
or
Bear Brand Caprice	skeins	13	14	15	17	18
Bucilla Circular Steel Knitting Needle, Size 2
Bucilla Steel Crochet Hook, Size 4
BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS
Width around at lower edge	ins.	46	48	48	50	52
Hipline (7 ins. below waistline)	ins.	34	36	38	40	42
Waistline	ins.	25	26½	28	30	32
Length	ins.	30	30	30	30	30
GAUGE: 8 sts = 1 inch. Note: Instructions are for skirt 30 ins. in length. For longer or shorter skirt, add or subtract required number of ins. before working first dec. round.
Cast on	sts	368	384	384	400	416
Join with care not to twist sts on needle. Mark end of rounds. K even for	ins.	11	11	13	13	13
First dec. round—* K 2 tog., k	sts	21	22	22	23	24
Repeat from * around	sts	352	368	368	384	400
K 3 ins. even. When measuring always include last dec. round.
2nd dec. round—* K 2 tog., k	sts	20	21	21	22	23
repeat from * around	sts	336	352	352	368	384
Having 1 st less between decs. in each successive dec. round, continue to dec. 16 sts in a round every 2 ins.	times	3	3	2	2	2
Work even until 22 ins. from beg., or 8 ins. less than desired finished length.
Hipline dec. round—* K 2 tog., k	sts	16	17	18	19	20
repeat from * around	sts	272	288	304	320	336
Continue to dec. 16 sts in a round every 1½ ins. twice; every 1 in.	times	2	2	3	3	3
Work even for	ins.	1	1	—	—	—
On next round dec. (evenly spaced)	sts	8	12	—	—	—
Work even on	sts	200	212	224	240	256
until 29 ins. from beg., or 1 in. less than desired blocked length. Bind off.
FINISHING—Finish and make casing or beading for elastic. Block to given measurements.

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