Wide Ribbed Skirt Pattern

 
Sizes
12
14
16
18
20
MATERIALS—Bear Brand Tricolaine
skeins
15
16
17
19
21
or
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bear Brand Caprice
skeins
15
16
17
19
21
Bucilla Circular Steel Knitting Needle, Size 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bucilla Steel Crochet Hook, Size 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Width around at lower edge.
ins.
54
58
60
62
66
Hipline (7 inches below waistline), including fullness for ribs
ins.
37
39½
41
43
45
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. evenly divided before first and between next 3 dec. rounds.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cast on
sts
432
464
480
496
528
Join with care not to twist sts on needle. Mark end of rounds
 
 
 
 
 
 
Round 1—* K 8, p 8; repeat from * around. Repeat this round for 4 ins.
 
 
 
 
 
 
First dec. round—Dec. 1 st in center of every k rib. 
 
sts
405
435
450
465
495
Work k 7, p 8 ribbing for 5 ins.            
2nd dec. round—Dec. 1 st in center of every p rib
sts
378
406
420
434
462
Ribbing will now be k 7, p 7. Decreasing alternately in k and p ribs as in first 2 dec. rounds, continue to dec.
 
sts
 
27
 
29
 
30
 
31
 
33
every 5 ins. twice more, having 1 st less in alternate ribs after each successive dec. round. Work even until 22 ins. from beg., or 8 ins. less than desired finished length.
            
Hipline dec. round—Dec. as before, having 
 
sts
297
319
330
341
363
Work 2 ins. even. Work a dec. round. Continue to dec. every 1½ ins. twice. Work 1 in. even.            
Final dec. round—Dec. 1 st in center of k ribs spaced evenly around.
times
16
20
16
8
8
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, see pattern book. Block to given measurements, see pattern book.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCE
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