Color Me Pretty Series

Every year fall brings lots of rain and days of gray. Even now, it has been raining heavily for the last few days. Anticipating all this bleak weather to come, I was working on a colorful series of garments -Color Me Pretty, for this fall/winter.

Please welcome my first garment, a Color Me Pretty Skirt. I had so much fun working on these designs, blending colors, creating patterns, and of course knitting it all up. I hope you will find your project as enjoyable.

My little girl loves skirts and dresses of all kinds, and is very attracted to bright fun colors.  She likes mixing and matching different color yarns I have laying about everywhere, and has been requesting a rainbow colored skirt made from the color combinations she picked.

I have used 8 different contrast colors to create a gradual rainbow effect. You can use more, if you wish! Here is another skirt with just 3 contrast colors for a more somber look.

SIZES:

Child 2T[4T, 6, 8, 10] (shown in size 4T)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Waist: 21[23, 24, 25, 26.5] inches

Length: 9[11, 13, 15, 17] inches

MATERIALS:

[MC] Cascade yarns 220 Superwash [100% wool; 220 yd/201 m per 100 g skein]; color: 815; 1[2, 2, 3, 3] skeins

Note on CC: you will need as little as 4-8 gr of each color.

[CC] Tanis Fiber Arts Yellow Label DK weight [100% merino; 260 yd/238 m per 115 g skein];

Color A: Cobalt; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins;

Color B: Peacock; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins;

Color C: Seabreeze; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Color D: Lemongrass; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Color E: Buttercup; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Color F: Orange Blossom; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Color G: Poppy; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Color H: Jewel; 1[1, 1, 1, 1] skeins

Recommended needle size:

1 24-inch US #6/4 mm circular needle

Smaller sizes will require 1 20-inch US#6/4 mm circular needles for the upper portion of the skirt.

1 24-inch US #7/4.5 mm circular needle.

Larger sizes may wish to use 1 32-inch US #7/4.5 mm circular needles for lower portion of the skirt.

Notions required:

Crochet hook US 4/ 3.5 mm (optional);

Elastic band 0.5-0.75 inches wide (19, 20, 21, 22, 24) inches long;

1 stitch marker color A;

4 stitch markers color B;

Darning needle.

GAUGE

21 sts/27 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch with US #6/4 mm needles knitted in the round;

21-22 sts/28 rows = 4" in Fair Isle pattern stitch with US #7/4.5 mm needles knitted in the round

Purchasing:
Purchases are made via paypal.
Patterns are sent via email.
You will receive a link to a downloadable pdf file.

Individual pattern is $5.00 CAD