​Light Summer Knit Skirt

You’ll need:

400, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600g of 100% cotton yarn (100m/50g);

Circle knitting needles 3 and 3,5 60-80 cm long;

Elastic ribbon 70-120 cm.

Stitches control: 21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm with relief pattern and knitting needles 3,5.

Size: S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL.

Instructions

Cast on 150, 168, 184, 204, 230, 256 sts with knitting needles 3,5 and circle them in a ring, then – 2 rows of knit sts. After that, make 1 row of purls, turn to the knitting needles 3,5 and make knit sts around to the height 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5cm, increase 8, 6, 10, 6, 4, 4sts along the next row = 158, 174, 194, 210, 234, 260sts. At 6, 6, 8, 8, 10, 10 cm height turn to the knitting needles 3 and make 2 scallops with garter stitch, at the same time, increase 10, 6, 10, 6, 6, 4 sts along the 1^st row of garter stitch = 168, 180, 204, 216, 240, 264sts.

Change to the knitting needles 3,5 again and work due to the scheme 1A, repeat 12 sts of the scheme pattern 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22 times in width. After finishing this scheme, start working due to the scheme 1B, after that you should get 196, 210, 238, 252, 280, 308sts.

Turn to the scheme 1C.

With knitting needles 3: 2 scallops with garter stitch, at the same time, increase 27, 19, 15, 7, 9, 5 sts along the 1^st row = 223, 229, 253, 259, 289, 313 sts.

With knitting needles 3,5: 7 sts due to the scheme 2A, repeat 6 sts of the scheme pattern 2B x 35, 36, 40, 41, 46, 50 times, finish with 6 sts of the scheme 2C. When you make scheme 2 twice vertically, change to the knitting needles 3 and make 2 scallops of garter stitch, at the same time, increase 29, 23, 23, 17, 11, 11 sts along the 1^st row = 252, 252, 276, 276, 300, 324 sts. Change to the knitting needles 3,5: scheme 3, repeat 12 sts of the pattern x 21, 21, 23, 23, 25, 27 times in width = 273, 273, 299, 299, 325, 351 sts. Repeat X part of the scheme 3 to the height 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 cm. Then, work due to the scheme 4 and bind off all the sts.

Assembly

Fold the belt to the wrong side and sew it, insert the elastic ribbon and close the hole.