#33 Tube Dress/Skirt by Wilma Peers

#33 Tube Dress/Skirt

Knitting
August 2007
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch using size 8 (5mm) needles
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1089 - 1331 yards (996 - 1217 m)
Small, Medium, Large
English
This pattern is available from store.vogueknitting.com for $5.00.

Knit.1 Fall 2007 #33
Design by Wilma Peers
SKU: K1F07_33 (1194)

Pattern description from Knit.1, Fall 2007: “A two-for-one business proposition, this shell by Wilma Peers can be worn either as a tube dress (shown here over a turtleneck) or a skirt. It’s worked in the round up from the knitted-in hem with inside shaping using Kolláge Yarns’ 100 percent soybean ‘Delicious.’”

Stuff:

  • 9 (10, 11) hanks in Seaside of Delicious by Kolláge Yarns, 1.6oz/45g hanks, each approx 121yd/111m (soybean)
  • Size 8 (5mm) circular needles, 32”/80cm or size to get the guage
  • Stitch markers, ten 3/8”/10mm buttons, 2 sets of snaps & 1yd/1m of 1”/25mm wide elastic

The Measurements:

  • Small (Medium, Large)
  • Lower edge 30 (31¼, 32½)“/76 (79.5, 82.5)cm
  • Hip 34½ (35½, 36¾)“/87.5 (90, 93)cm
  • Top edge 32 (33, 34)“/81 (84, 86)cm
  • Length 29½“/75cm

Notes:

  1. To work St st in rnds, k every rnd.
  2. Style can be worn as a tube dress or a high-waisted skirt.