Description

Elegant and easy care, our knitted linen skirt comes out softerand swingierevery time you toss it in the washer and dryer. We’ve adapted our original “Flouncy Linen Skirt” to two silhouettes:a fluid mid-calf length with a longer flounce and a breezy knee length with a flippier flounce. Why not one of each?

Use your hip measurement to choose size. This skirt is designed to skim your hips with little or no ease. If your actual hip measurement is between sizes, go down a sizethe fluidity of the linen fabric will accommodate the difference.

Finished Sizes:
Details given for 32″/81cm hip, larger sizes in parentheses ( ).

Hips:32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52)”; 81 (86, 91, 97, 102, 107, 112, 117, 122, 127, 132)cm.
Waist: 4″/10cm less than hips; adjust with elastic.
Length: Length is given as worn at natural waist. Short (knee length) approx. 24″/60cm; long (mid-calf) approx. 30″/76cm.

Yarn:
This skirt is designed for the linen yarn specified. A different yarn may give different results.

Short version: 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6) skeins Louet Euroflax #2 Fine/Sport Weight (270 yds/247m each); or 975 (1035, 1075, 1140, 1165, 1230, 1265, 1330, 1350, 1420, 1455) yds / 890 (945, 985, 1045, 1065, 1125, 1155, 1215, 1235, 1300, 1330)m of an equivalent linen yarn.

Long version: 5 (6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8) skeins Louet Euroflax #2 Fine/Sport Weight (270 yds/247m each); or 1325 (1400, 1400, 1530, 1560, 1640, 1690, 1770, 1800, 1875, 1925) yds / 1210 (1280, 1325, 1400, 1425, 1500, 1545, 1620, 1645, 1715, 1760)m of an equivalent linen yarn.

Needles & Notions:

• US 5 (3.75mm) 24″/60cm circular needle plus set of double-points in same material for swatching, or size to obtain gauge; plus 32-40″/80-100cm needle in gauge size to accommodate larger number of stitches in flounce.
• Extra 24″/60cm circular needle, gauge size or smaller, as stitch holder for waistband finishing.
• US G-H (4-5mm) crochet hook for provisional cast-on.
• Stitch markers: 8 ring markers plus 8 locking markers (one of each type should be a different color to denote beginning of round).
• 3/4″/2cm non-rolling elastic: Waist measurement plus 2″/5cm.
• Large safety pin, sewing needle and thread, to insert and join elastic.
• Blunt darning needle to finish.

Notes:

• This is a physical pattern.