Melange Knit Skirt
You’ll need:
350 (400) 450g of mélange beige Glen yarn (40% polyacryl, 30% merino wool, 30% alpaca; 90m/50g);
Knitting needles 5 and 6.
Size: S (M) L.
Used Patterns
1 x 1 rib, knitting needles 5.
Make all the rest patterns with knitting needles 6.
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;
Cable of 16 sts: due to the scheme, on which only RS rows are stated, make WS rows due to the pattern. Make 1st-14th rows x once, then, repeat 3rd-14th rows x 7 times = totally, 98 rows.
Stitches control: 17,5 sts x 19 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Front/Back
Cast on 116 (122) 128 sts and make 2 cm = 5 rows of rib, start with 1 WS row. Then, turn to knitting needles 6 and work in the following way: 1 selvage st, * 2 sts of stockinette stitch,9 (10) 11 sts of wrong-side pattern, 2 sts of stockinette stitch*; repeat from * to * x twice, 1 selvage st. At the same time, decrease 5 x 1 st in every 8th row and 3 x 6 sts in every 18th row in the following way: make purl2tog in every of 6 stripes of WS pattern = 68 (74) 80 sts. In 51,5 cm = 98 rows from rib, make 0,5 cm = 2 rows of stockinette stitch, decrease 20 (22) 24 sts in the 1st row = 48 (52) 56 sts. Then, turn to knitting needles 5 and make belt with rib. At 7 cm height, bind off the sts due to the pattern.