“The simplistic elegance of the AKI skirt makes it easy to incorporate into your hand-knitted wardrobe.
With a slight A-line shape and designed to fit around the hips the skirt is finished off with a broad ribbed hem, that can be either blocked out to accentuate the A-line shape or left unblocked for a slight balloon-shaped design. Style this skirt with oversize shirts and jumpers, and you will feel fabulous.

Skills level: Knitting ** /Finishing – none required
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SIZES: S (M) L (XL) 2XL
FINISHED HIP MEASUREMENTS: 95(103)111(123)135 cm / 37½(40½)43¾(48½)53”
WAIST MEASUREMENTS BEFORE INSERTING THE ELASTIC: 78(86)93(106)118 cm / 30¾(33¾)36½(41¾)46½”
LENGTH CENTRE BACK: 83(83)83(83)83 cm / 32½(32½)32½(32½)32½”

CHOOSING THE RIGHT SIZE: The skirt is designed to fit around the hips, so choose a size with finished hip measurements 2-5 cm / 1-2” bigger than your body hip measurement. The length of the skirt is the same for all sizes and is based on a 168-170 cm / 5.51-5.58 feet tall person. However, as the skirt is worked top down the final length can easily be adjusted. Check the size chart (downloadable as an appendix to this pattern) for details.

YARN/YARDAGE
250(300)350(350)400 g Tides from Holst Garn, 70 % lammeuld/30 % silke (287m / 314 yards per50 g).

YARN ALTERNATIVES
-Isager Tvinni (255 m / 279 yards per 50 g).
-Isager Merilin (208 m / 228 yards per 50 g).
-Supersoft from Holst Garn (287 m / 314 yards per 50 g).

OTHER MATERIALS
25 mm wide flat elastic: 75(85)95(105)115 cm / 29½(33½)37½(41¼)45¼”.

RECOMMENDED NEEDLES & NOTIONS
2.5 mm / US 1.5 circular needle 80 cm / 32” long
3 mm / US 2.5 circular needle 80 cm / 32” long
Stitch markers.

GAUGE
26 sts and 36 rows with one strand of yarn in stockinette on 3 mm / US 2.5 needle = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4”.
Adjust needle size if necessary to get gauge.

VIDEOLINK (videos are in Danish)
Video 5) - German Short Row / på www.sannefjalland.dk – search in ‘Videoer’ in the main menu.

ABOUT THE DESIGN
The skirt is worked top down, starting with the waistband in stockinette, and folded down. The back is raised with short row shaping and increases are made throughout the length of the skirt which finishes with a broad rib edge.