My new black skirt

[Cuddlefish]

I just finished this skirt that I've been wanting to make for months. I saw a little green skirt in a window last year, I could see it was crocheted, but I couldn't figure out what the stitch was. Then a few weeks ago, I bought a new crochet/knit book, and there it was.

The yarn is babywool, the hook 2.5 mm, and the stitch a combination of dc's and ch's with increases toward the bottom. :)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4996/blackskirtfront6en.jpg


Here it is flat, that makes the stitch easier to see.
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2171/blackskirtflat2kf.jpg

[Yarn Duck]

Very Nice! :cheer

[Tampa Doll]

Very pretty. That will go with anything.:hook

[cshort]

Very nice work!

Carol

[eyenowhour]

Very pretty. I love black skirts.

[ViciouzKitty]

great job! what book is the pattern in?

[RachelG]

How nice! Very versatile, too.

[Cuddlefish]

Thank you. :hug

The zigzagging I got from a (Danish) book, but the skirt I just made up by increasing stitches as it got longer.

The pattern is basically X dc's, 2 ch, X dc's, skip two, repeat, which forms the zigzagging. I increased the number of dc's by two dc's pr three rows, then pr every two rows. (You can see where it gets wider). There's two dc's in the last stitch of every row, and one in the same as the turning chain in the beginning of every row.

Actually, if you squint, you can kinda see where the increases are made, not directly above each other, but fanning out toward the bottom. :lol

I hope that makes sense.

:)

[wildthing1058]

That is very cute Nice work

Deborah

[Pam Gillette]

Very nice skirt - great job!!

[Grete]

The skirt looks bautiful - great job!! :yes

[christinascrochethaven]

That skirt is so pretty! Great job!

[sparkles]

Thank you. :hug

The pattern is basically X dc's, 2 ch, X dc's, skip two, repeat, which forms the zigzagging. I increased the number of dc's by two dc's pr three rows, then pr every two rows. (You can see where it gets wider). There's two dc's in the last stitch of every row, and one in the same as the turning chain in the beginning of every row.

:)

Do you mean X = so-many-dcs, or do you mean to cross the dcs as you work? It looks like there's just plain dcs and not crossed ones.:yes ???:no???

[aussiecrocheter]

WOW!!, that is very nice, great job you have done.

[Ennovy88]

Oh I definitely like that... great job.

[ViciouzKitty]

Thank you. :hug

The zigzagging I got from a (Danish) book, but the skirt I just made up by increasing stitches as it got longer.

The pattern is basically X dc's, 2 ch, X dc's, skip two, repeat, which forms the zigzagging. I increased the number of dc's by two dc's pr three rows, then pr every two rows. (You can see where it gets wider). There's two dc's in the last stitch of every row, and one in the same as the turning chain in the beginning of every row.

Actually, if you squint, you can kinda see where the increases are made, not directly above each other, but fanning out toward the bottom. :lol

I hope that makes sense.

:)

That makes sense, thanks for sharing!

[Cuddlefish]

Do you mean X = so-many-dcs, or do you mean to cross the dcs as you work? It looks like there's just plain dcs and not crossed ones.:yes ???:no???

I mean X number of stitches. At first I had 3 stitches in the first six 'groups' of dc's, four in the groups over the middle and three again in the last six groups. Then the increases were made until there were four in every group, starting the increases from the center of the skirt and out. The next round of increases was started in the middle of the row, and ended when every 'group' of dc's had 5 stitches. I increased on every two rows until all groups had 6 stitches.

Now I don't blame you if it doesn't make sense any longer, but I hope you can decipher it. :lol

[Hellen]

Really nice! And very practical! I like it! :manyheart
Elena

[Roli]

Beautiful skirt and great design job!

[gingerchai]

very nice, great job as usual!:clap

[msjett]

Love It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yammy]

That is one of those wardrobe 'must haves' and you nailed it! I like that the ripples are super VVVVd but more subtle.

[mimi_mia]

Wow very nice, you make the best crochet clothes....they always fit you perfectly!! :manyheart

[shella85222]

very cute:hook

[laureni526]

What a cute little skirt. I love it!

[jamadian75]

:cheer

Absolutely STUNNING

I must make this!

[Solitaire]

wow .. thats a really great skirt!!

[j_kawano]

that is a super cute skirt...great job on it...:cheer :cheer

[EricaB]

Very cute.

[bree]

very nice job
Good work:manyheart

[sherryzzz]

ripples are so in style this year - really like your skirt!

[wiz3283]

Very Pretty!

[cher49]

very nice.

[Carousel]

Beautiful!

[Cherilynn]

oh how pretty!! Great job

[~Kel~]

I love it, great job

[DebbyinLV]

Great job! It's very pretty!

[CrochetBallet]

WOWSA that took patience! It's really awesome, nice job.

[bree]

WOW!!
good job!

[omaandopa]

very pretty

[cmg123]

Very nice work - especially for your own design.

[yarncat]

Love it!