Wide Ribbed Skirt Pattern

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	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.

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