Knitted Skirts: Petticoat, woman's size

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Knitted Skirts: This pattern can be adapted to create a beautiful woman's size
skirt.
With the exception of the waistband,which is worked in ribbing for the sake
of elasticity, this garment is knitted in Moss Pattern.
Knitted Skirts Materials: -
- 12 ozs. 4-ply Beehive Scotch Fingering.
- Two no.8 Celluloid Knitting Needles.
- A no.8 Celluloid crochet hook
- 2 buttons
- 1.5 yards of tape.
FOR THE FIRST HALF
Cast on 199 stitches.
Work 3 inches in plain knitting, then commence the pattern as follows:-
1st row - *K.1, P.1 repeat from * to the end of the row, ending with K.1.
Repeat this row until the work measures 20 inches. Then commence the shaping
for the waist as follows:-
1st row - Knit together the first 2 stitches, then every following 2nd and
3rd stitch until the last 2 are reached, knit these together.
Work, in rib of K.2, and P.2, for 6 inches.
In the next row make the tape holes at the waist as follows:- *K.2, wool forward,
K.2 together, repeat from * to the end of the row. Work 3 more rows in rib of
K.2 and P.2, then cast off.
Work the second piece like the first.
Sew together the 2 pieces to form a front and back seam, while leaving about
10 inches at the top of the latter for the plaquet hole.
Thread the tape at the waist of this knitted skirts.
Joining the wool at the lower edge of the petticoat, make 1 D.C. in the 1st
stitch, *miss 3 stitches, 5 tr. in the next, miss 3 stitches, 1 D.C. in the
next, repeat from * all round.
2nd row - 1 D.C. between the first 2 tr. stitches, *3 ch., 1 D.C. between the
next 2 tr. stitches, repeat from * all round. Fasten off. Sewing the 2 buttons
on the left side of the plaquet-hole, make the button-hole loops on the other
side to correspond.
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