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Knitted skirt in DROPS Nord. Piece is knitted top down with false English rib. Size: S - XXXL

DROPS 196-37
DROPS design: Pattern no-016
Yarn group A
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Size: S - M - L - XL - XXL - XXXL
Materials:
DROPS NORD from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
250-300-350-350-400-450 g colour no 19, forest green

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ACCESSORIES FOR THE PIECE:

KNITTING TENSION:
Garment will stretch when worn and has 2 knitting tensions.
Knitting tension 1:
When garment is worked and is flat: 24 stitches in width and 24 rows vertically (measured in knit stitch) with false English rib = 10 x 10 cm.
Knitting tension 2:
When garment is worn: 20 stitches in width and 24 rows vertically (measured in knit stitch) with false English rib = 10 x 10 cm.

NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3 mm, length 60 and 80 cm for false English rib.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 2.5 mm, length 60 cm for rib.
Needle size is only a suggestion! If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger needles. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller needles.

ACCESSORIES: approx. 70-120 cm elastic

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EXPLANATION FOR THE PATTERN:

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KNITTING TENSIONS:
Texture in garment will stretch when worn and has 2 knitting tensions.
Knitting tension 1 applies when garment is worked and is flat.
The garment should have this knitting tension when it is worked.
Knitting tension 2 is the knitting tension the skirt will have at the waist when the garment is worn.
Knitting tension vertically is given according to knit stitch, which is knitted over 1 round less than purl stitch, because knit stitch is slipped loosely on to right needle every other round. I.e. 24 rows vertically measured in knit stitch on 10 cm = 48 rows measured in purl stitch on 10 vertically.
Measurements in chart are given in cm when garment is worn.

INCREASE TIP-1 (evenly):
To calculate how to increase evenly, use the total number of stitches on row (e.g. 172 stitches) and divide stitches by number of increases to be done (e.g. 26) = 6.6.
In this example increase by making 1 yarn over after alternately approx. every 6th and 7th stitch. On next round work yarn over twisted to avoid hole.

INCREASE TIP-2:
All increases are done on a round where yarn over and knit stitch are knitted together.
Work 5 stitches in knit stitch and yarn over as follows: Knit yarn over and knit stitch together but wait to slip the yarn over and worked stitch off the needle * make 1 yarn over on right needle and knit knit stitch and yarn over together *, work from *-* 2 times in total = 5 stitches (= 4 stitches increased)

PATTERN:
See diagram A.1.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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SKIRT - SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
Worked in the round on circular needle, top down. First work a hem to thread the elastic through. Then work rib and false English rib. Texture in garment will behave differently when garment is worn - read KNITTING TENSION.

HEM:
Cast on 172-188-202-228-250-292 stitches on circular needle size 2.5 mm with Nord. Purl 1 round. Then work 4 rounds in stocking stitch. Purl 1 round and increase 26-28-32-36-38-44 stitches evenly (= folding edge) - read INCREASE TIP-1 = 198-216-234-264-288-336 stitches. Insert 1 marker thread in the piece. NOW MEASURE PIECE FROM HERE!

SKIRT:
Work rib (purl 2/knit 1) for 8 cm. Switch to circular needle size 3 mm and work A.1 over all stitches (= 66-72-78-88-96-112 times in the round). When first round in A.1 has been worked, there are 132-144-156-176-192-224 stitches on needle. Yarn overs are not counted as stitches. When A.1 has been worked 1 time vertically, repeat A.1a until finished measurements. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
When piece measures 10 cm from marker thread, insert 1 marker in every 11th-12th-13th-11th-12th-14th knit stitch (= 6-6-6-8-8-8 markers). Then increase 4 stitches in every stitch with marker – read INCREASE TIP-2 (= 24-24-24-32-32-32 stitches increased).
Continue in the round with pattern, work the increased stitches in pattern. Increase like this every 4-4-4-4½-4½-4½ cm until piece measures 48-50-52-54-56-58 cm from marker thread. There are approx. 348-384-396-464-512-544 stitches on needle. Adjust so that last round is a round with yarn overs. Then cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl, BUT cast off yarn overs as regular stitches by knitting, this is done to avoid a tight cast-off edge.

ASSEMBLY:
Fold the hem towards wrong side and fasten neatly by sewing, let there be a small opening to thread the elastic through.

Diagram explanations

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