Monday, February 16, 2015

Summer skirt for Tanvi!

My niece, Tanvi, loves short twirly skirts! I had made this earlier for P2.....and decided to gift Tanvi one made specially for her :)

This is the simplest skirt knit pattern I have come across - and thankfully it was free pattern :)

I have used a shaded wool for this pattern - and used needles larger than the one recommended - thereby giving an airy and light look to the skirt.

I have picked this pattern from http://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/girl-twirly-skirt.html

Pasting the design here for reference along with the pictures of what I made....

Materials for Girl Twirly Skirt:

1. 1 ball (total of 500m) of wool
2. 40cm-circular knitting needle 6mm
3. 80cm-circular knitting needle 6mm
4. 4.5mm crochet hook for chain and flower
5. ¾ inch-elastic waistband
6. Tapestry needle
7. a sewing needle and thread

Directions for Girl Twirly Skirt:

Waistband: With 40cm-circular knitting needle Cast on 100 stitches. Form cast on row into a ring by knitting into the first cast on stitch, make sure not to twist the row. Knit 6 rows. Purl 1 row. Knit another 6 rows. Purl 1 row. This part is a skirt's waistband.
Begin skirt body tier 1: Knit 19 rows. P 1 row.
Increasing Row to form tier 2: *K1, yf repeat from * to the end. P1 row. (200 stitches total)
Begin tier 2 body: Knit 22 rows.
Increasing row to form tier 3: With 80cm-circular needle K1p1 into every stitches until the end of row. (400 stitches total) Knit another 21 rows. Then do Garter Stitch edge (p1row, k1row) twice. Bind off all stitches. Cut off yarn if you don't want picot edge. Don't cut off the yarn if you want to have picot edge and do the following;
With a crochet hook, *chain 3, skip 1, sc into the 3 st; repeat from* to the end. Cut off yarn and secure to back of work.
Cut out 22 inches of elastic waistband and sew both ends together to form a ring. Turn the skirt so that the wrong side is show on the outside. Place the elastic band at the 7th row and fold the first 6 rows of the skirt over it. Sew along the closing edge of the band with the same yarn using tapestry needle.
Knit or crochet a long chain and thread it through the eyelet at the beginning of tier 2. Tie a little bow. Make a daisy flower (see instruction below) and attach it on top of the bow.
Instruction on how to crochet daisy.
Chain 6 and join in a ring with slip st.
Round 1: 14 sc in ring, sl st to 1st sc at beginning of round to close.
Round 2: (into front strand of each sc work 1 sc, ch 6, 1 sc) 14 times, sl st to 1st sc to close.
Round 3: (into back strand of each sc work 1 sc, ch 8, 1 sc) 14 times, sl st to 1 st sc, fasten off.


 

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