Pattern: Simple Top-Down skirt using techniques from Barbara Walker's Knitting From the Top Down. I would highly recommend this book for any knitter's library. Basically, using very old leftover yarn from the stash, my gauge swatch and some simple instructions, I was able to improvise a simple round skirt with a cute ruffled edge. It would surprise you how many "designs" available on the web are almost straight from this book.
Yarn & Needles: Three skeins of Classic Elite Flash in the Lapis colorway, US 7
This project qualifies as some super-duper stash busting, as I bought a bag of this yarn over three years ago when I was still living in Richmond. I used some of it to knit a Soleil tank, and have had a few leftover hanks hanging around just waiting for the right project. Having a tiny daughter with an endless enthusiasm for her mother's handknits is my best stashbusting tip!
This yarn is a mercerized marled cotton yarn, with two plies of a sapphire blue and one turquoise ply. I have used it for several projects over the years, all of them before I began blogging (thus there are no pics for linking, sorry), and would recommend it for easy-care projects. The different colored plies creates an interesting effect, and some of the colorways are really unusual. I have managed to pick up vast quantities of this yarn twice on major sale, and nothing against the yarn, but after having knit at least five different projects with it, I am officially done with Classic Elite Flash.
The bad news is that I still have two hanks left. I wonder if Rosebud needs a halter top...
16 comments:
*so* cute! i'll bet it's a twirling skirt too :)
Very very cute.
Oh, she most definitely needs a halter top for that fantastic skirt!
sweet rosebud!
I love that skirt for a little girl!
She seems to be quite happy with it, too.
A matching halter top would be lovely!
I love that! Fantastic pic of her jumping rope. I may have to copy you!
I've been thinking about knitting a skirt (for me, an adult) and had to do a doubletake...she made herself a skirt from 3 skeins of flash??? Oh, wait, its for dd! Very nice! I want one! I like the colors in that yarn too, but have only used it in a small bag. Oh yeah, halter top...or maybe little bag?
Oh my gosh, that is just too adorable! LOVE the jumping rope picture. That is a perfect pattern for an energetic little girl.
Of course she needs a halter top. Very cute skirt Liz! And it looks like she really likes it!
Cute skirt! Even cuter kid! And yay! jump ropes!
Cute! The jump rope photo is priceless! A halter would be great. Or Maybe a little bolero or shrug?
That is SO cute. And I love Pam's idea of a litle shrug she can throw on over a tank top on chilly nights.
Skip to my lou - that's a cute photo of Rosebud in her new flippy skirt. Adorable!
What a cute skirt! She looks adorable in it too. I think a matching shrug would be perfect :)
Really cute skirt! Do you think you'll be able to get her to hold still long enough for a halter measurement? :)
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