Pippa: A Playful and Adorable Hand-Knitted Skirt Pattern for Girls with Detailed Instructions and Material Requirements

Pippa

Pippa is a cute, fun and playful skirt. It is perfect for hand dyed variegated yarns and has been designed to show off beautiful buttons. There's also a cute litHle puff pocket to keep precious treasures in. Every girl will love this skirt.

What you need

· 4.5mm 40 or 60cm (for waistband) and 80cm circular needle. 4 mm 80cm circular needle. · 4 stitch markers. Minimum of 5 2/3" (17mm) buttons for up to size 3 length and minimum of 6 buttons for size 4+. · Elastic for the waistband.

Abbreviations

k - knit . p - purl. sm - slip marker. SORM - start of round marker. co - cast on. stst - stocking stitch.

Techniques

kfb - knit into the front and then the back of the same stitch (increasing by 1 stitch) K2tog - Knit two stitches together to make one stitch. M1r - With the left needle, lift up the bar between the two stitches from behind, knit into the front of the Stitch M1l - With the left needle, lift up the bar between the two stitches from the front, knit into the back of the stitch How to pick up stitches in knitting - http://vimeo.com/23092274 Gauge - 20 stitches per 4 inches.

Recommended yarn

Mosaic Moon McN Aran. Colour Adventures Dia worsted. Western Sky Knits willow superwash worsted. Madelinetosh DK twist. Mosaic Moon Kona Superwash Aran Western Sky Knits Rodeo BFL Aran Mosaic Moon Gaia Worsted Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury 10ply Three Irish Girls Springvale Worsted. 100purewool 3ply

Yardage

Yardage numbers are always an estimate. Ihave tried to overestimate to ensure you have enough. If you are going to be knitting the skirt longer than the waist size (ie a 2y/20" waist with size 6y length) look at the yardage requirements for the length you will knit, rather than the waist size.

Main Colour/ Contrast Colour (yards)

Skirt Length Chart

e skirt lengths given are from the bottom of the waistband to just above the kne

Sizes 17(18,19, 20, 21) (22, 23, 24, 25) inches For the waistband please choose a size based on the child's waist measurement rather than their age. Once the waistband has been knitted, then you can choose a length based on the child's age.

Start Knitting!!!

leedle and long tail cast on (leave a tail to sew up waistband at the end), cast or 84(90, 94, 98, 102) (108, 112, 118, 124) stitches

Waistband

Ensure the stitches aren't twisted and join in the round. Place SoRM and knit in stst for 1 inch. Purl a round. Knit in stst for an inch (the same number of rounds you knit before the purl round). Fold the waistband at the purl ridge. With the left needle, pick up a stitch from the first cast on stitch. With the right needle knit together the picked up stitch and the stitch already on the needle (the same way you do a k2tog). Continue knitting together a stitch from the needle with the corresponding cast on stitch until you have 5 stitches before the stitch marker. Cast off these 5 stitches. Place the stitch that is remaining on the right needle back onto the left needle. Stitch count 79(85, 89, 93, 97) (103, 107, 113, 119) is will have formed a fold over waistband with a gap to thread the elastic throug

Skirt

You will now be knitting back and forth for the rest of the skirt. Change to Mc and knit a row

Marker set up row

Purl 16(17,17, 18, 19) (20, 20, 22, 24), pm, purl 6(6, 8, 8, 8) (8, 10, 10, 10), pm, purl 35(39, 39, 41, 43) (47, 47, 49, 51), pm, purl 6(6, 8, 8, 8) (8, 10, 10, 10), pm, purl 16(17,17, 18, 19) (20, 20, 22, 24). Row 1- \*Knit to marker, m1r, slip marker, knit to marker, slip marker, m1l. Repeat from \* one more time, knit to end of row. Row 2- Purl. Row 3- Knit. Row 4- Purl. Repeat rows 1 - 4 until work measures the desired length (A) from the chart above. Choose a length based on the age of the child rather than waist measurement. Measure from the bottom of the waistband. Repeat rows 1 & 2. Change to CC and knit a row, removing markers as you come to them. Sand stitch hem Row 1(wrong side) - knit across. Row 2 (right side)- "p1, k1. Repeat from " to end of row. Repeat rows 1 & 2 two more times. Repeat row 1. Cast off in pattern (right side) leaving the last stitch on the needle.

Button Bands

Change to 4mm needles and starting with the last stitch from the cast off, turn and pick up and knit 3 stitches for every 4 rows up the edge to the waistband. Make sure you have an odd number of stitches. Row 1 (wrong side)- knit Row 2- "p1, k1. Repeat from " to end of row. Repeat rows 1 & 2, 3 more times. Cast off in pattern (wrong side). Opposite edging Start from the bottom of the waistband, with right side facing, pick up and knit 3 stitches for every 4 rows down the edge to the bottom of the skirt. Make sure you have an odd number of stitches (the same number picked up on the opposite edge) Row 1 (wrong side)- knit Row 2- \*p1, k1. Repeat from \* to end of row. Repeat rows 1 & 2, 3 more times. Cast off in pattern (wrong side).

Pocket

Turn your skirt so the front is facing and the waistband is at the top. On the right hand side of the skirt (when worn) measure the distance (B) from the chart down from the bottom of the waistband, count 5 stitches in from the edge. With cc and 4.5mm needles, pick up 13(15, 15, 17, 17)(17, 19, 21, 21) stitches (refer to the techniques section for video on how to do this). Row 1- purl. Row 2- \*k1, kfb. Repeat from " until 1 stitch remains, k1. Row 3- purl. Row 4- knit. vs 3 & 4 until pocket measures (C) from the chart above. Finish with a purl row. Decrease row (lf you are using CC for the top of the pocket, then change to CC on this row) - \*k1, k2tog. Repeat from \*until 1 stitch remains, k1. (You will have the same number of stitches that you originally picked up). Change to 4mm needles. Row 7(ws) - knit. Row 2- "p1, k1. Repeat from " to end of row. Row 3- knit. Row 4- Buttonhole row - Repeat row 2 adding in a buttonhole at the centre of the row, do this by doing yo, k2tog, or yo, p2tog, depending on what is the next stitch in pattern. Row 5- knit. Row 6- repeat row 2. Row 7- knit. Cast off in pattern.

Finishing

Block the skirt. Put elastic through the waistband. Sew the underneath edging (the right edging should be on top) to the waistband edge and sew up the elastic hole. Sew buttons evenly on overlapping the two edges. (It is easier if you tack the two edges together, sew on the buttons then undo the tacking. Or alternatively you could keep the edges sewn together.) Sew pockets down and sew a button on the inside lining up with the buttonhole. I want to say a big thank you to My wonderful testers @ - Ronny, Erica, Jennifer, Laura, Kate, Emily Trisha, Amy, Oksana, Sarah, Aimee, Deidre, Megan, Trish, Anna, Lisa, Lisa, Kely, Stacie, ess, Zaviera, dean and Louise.

The copyright of this pattern remains with the author - Rachel Evans. It is intended for personal use only. Please do not share the pattern with anyone or claim the design as your own. If you have personally hand-knitted the item, feel free to do with it as you wish, including selling the item. If you have any questions, please contact me on Ravelry under the username CraftyWeeWifey or email me at craftyweewifey@yahoo.co.nz