This skirt was such a pleasure to make, worked up very quickly and fits like a dream. I made a simple tie belt with wooden beads and did a full repeat of the final chart in order to make the skirt long enough for me. I also added sc picot, sc edging to finish it off.
My yarn of choice was KnitPicks Shine Sport, color cream. This yarn is so wonderful to work with. Shine Sport is a 4 ply blend of 60% pima cotton, 40% modal. The yarn is very soft, has a wonderful drape, a little bit of a shine and also comes in worsted weight.
Being allergic to wool, I find it extremely frustrating trying to find really nice light weight yarns that are not made from some type of animal fiber or 100% acrylic. While very time consuming, Shine Sport is easily split from a 4 ply to a 2 ply or even a single ply for a nice fingering/lace weight yarn when anything heavier just won't do.
I decided against lining this skirt and will instead make a few simple pull on A-line cotton slips in various colors to wear under it. For the above picture I placed some black fabric inside the skirt so that the stitching pattern was more visible. I have not blocked this yet and really don't think I will as I like the way it looks as is. If needed I might blast it with a little steam but other than that will leave it alone.
The charted pattern for this skirt was based on a skirt being sold by Victoria's Secret. I originally saw this pattern when it was a CAL at Crochetville however it has since been removed. Per forum guidelines, formal permission must be obtained from the designer in order to have the pattern posted. As the original poster of the pattern has been unable to reach the designer, the pattern is no longer available at the 'ville but it can be found doing a google search.
6 comments:
Your skirt is gorgeous! I started this with some sinfonia yarn, but ripped it out because I didn't like the color I chose and I haven't picked up any new yet to start it, but I love the skirt and yours is a great color!
krystal
Very pretty skirt, I love the skirt and the additions to it you made.
Gorgeous. I have been wanting to make this skirt, but I missed the pattern at the 'ville. Did you find it online by a search? Can you point me in a direction?
Speechless!
This looks tres difficult to me. You go woman! I was reading to see if Beth's request was honored, but it looks as if the pattern is a closely-held secret. I am just returning to crocheting thus do not know about "'ville" for patterns.
But back to topic at hand . . . great job "T".
Thanks 1,000,000 for the reply. Now I am off to try again to find the pattern so I can put all your great suggestions to use. ;-)
Incredible skirt. I've been trying to locate a pattern like this but to no avail. I missed the pattern on the 'Ville and haven't had any luck trying to find it. Any suggestions?
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