Straight Skirt Pattern

 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCE
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