How to Knit a Knee-Length or Mid-Calf Skirt

Once you master knit and purled stitches by knitting a flat fabric like a scarf, add to your repertoire by making a skirt. Keep it simple by merely knitting a stockinette tube with circular needles. Use variegated or fuzzy yarn to add visual depth to the fabric.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Skirt knitting pattern
• Circular knitting needles
• Yarn

1. Search for knee or mid-calf-length skirt patterns on the Internet.

2. Select a pattern based on your expertise. If you're a beginner, pass up the ones with complicated instructions. The pattern should call for knitting most of the time, with simple increases and decreases in the amount of stitches for a good fit.

3. Choose a pattern that calls for comfortable yarn. Natural blends tend to feel good against your skin. Some synthetic ones feel like scouring pads against the skin.

4. See how many colored yarns the pattern calls for. The more yarn needed, the longer the project takes to make.

5. Use the needle size indicated on yarn label. Try circular needles, especially if you're a Continental knitter. This is the easiest and fastest way to knit stockinette stitches.

6. Make a 4-inch swatch gauge to determine how many stitches you knit per inch. Check the gauge throughout your project, and measure fabric periodically to ensure that your skirt ends up knee or mid-calf-length.

7. Follow the pattern scrupulously, especially if you're a beginner.

Tips & Warnings

• Read the pattern from beginning to end before committing to a project. Make a practice swatch of section that has complicated directions.

Resources

• An Internet site that contains skirt knitting patterns.