Hello Everyone!
It’s Friday once again and instead of a pattern today I’m doing a tutorial on how to make a super simple and fun skirt out of any yarn you would like. I used 2 cotton king cakes for mine and made it to be about knee length, you can do yours shorter or longer, or use thicker or thinner yarns.
This tutorial will make a nice lightly ruffled skirt, you can see in the photo above how it flares out when I spin. (Yes I did a spin for this photoshoot and was very dizzy afterwards LOL) You can make it more or less ruffly by adding more or less stitches and obviously you can adjust the length as much as you would like.
Let’s get hooking!
Supplies
At least 200 grams of whatever yarn you would like to use. I used 400 grams for mine but made a midi length skirt so 200 grams would likely be enough for a mini skirt or even maybe a midi length in a smaller size. (Mine was made in a size 2X)
A crochet hook 1 size up from the size recommended by your yarn. If your yarn calls for a 5mm hook use a 5.5mm. It gives it more drape.
Fabric tape measure to measure your waist.
Scissors.
Darning needle
Abbreviations
Ch- Chain
DC- Double crochet
HDC- Half double crochet
Sc- Single crochet
Slst- Slip stitch
Crochet Skirt Tutorial
To start this skirt I begin with a gauge swatch so I know how many stitches will go into an inch with the yarn and hook combination I’m using.
Use your tape measure to measure around where you want the skirt to sit. I like mine to sit at or just under my natural waist so I took the measurement at the thinnest point of my waist. if you want yours to sit on your hips then take your hip measurement.
Take the number you got for your hip measurement multiplied by the number of stitches fit into an inch. For example if 4 stitches fit into an inch and your waist measured 30 inches you would multiply 30 times 4.
Work a number of ch stitches= to the number you just got. Work 1 HDC in each stitch across do not join to beginning. (You will leave the center of your waistband open and tie it shut when you put it on. This way it will fit past your hips)
Continue working HDC rows until your waistband is as thick as you want it to be. I made mine about 3 inches wide because I like my waistbands to be thick.
Once your waistband is as thick as you would like it Ch 2 and work 2 DC in each stitch across. Once you reach the end of the row do not turn work 1 DC into the ch space. Place a marker in this DC and work 1 DC around.
Continue working DC rows in a continuous round until your skirt is as long as you would like it to be. Once it reaches your desired length HDC in the next stitch, sc in the next stitch, slst into the next stitch. Tie off and weave in your ends.
Make a chain of 60, or about a foot and a half long. Use this chain to lace up your opening.
Now you can put your skirt on and use the laced up area to tie it shut and close it with a nice little bow.
If you want it to be more ruffled after your first row where you work 2 DC in each stitch use the next row to work 2 DC in every other stitch. This will cause more ruffling. If you would like it to be less ruffled work 2 DC in every other stitch on your first row.
You can also make this with any stitch you like, you could do all HDC to make a skirt with tighter holes. I used the DC to keep it nice and breezy since I plan on wearing tights under it.
Before we go…
I know this post was pretty different from most of my other posts especially since I entirely ditched the whole pattern format. Let me know in the comments if you like this kind of content, I won’t be switching to it but if you guys like it then I’ll do more projects that can be explained this way.
This skirt was a lot of fun for me to make I’ve kind of had it going for a few month it’s something I’d throw a few rows into when I was between projects or just wanted to work on something simple, it’s a nice carry along project for when I know I’ll have a wait!
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Once again I hope you all liked todays tutorial, and as always happy hooking!