Recently when my brother and his wife were over with their daughter Eliana who was approaching the age of 2, she made a beeline to our bookshelf containing ~200 or so books to pull out one titled ‘The Art Of Seduction.’

“What?! Why that one??” I asked my sister-in-law while falling over cracking up.

“Eliana loves orange,” she replied laughing, noting the mostly bright orange color of the spine.

For Eliana’s 2nd birthday I designed and made this skirt for her, a simple top-down lace knit in the round with two yarns held together at all times for a gorgeous marled effect. It is easily adjustable to all smaller and larger sizes (adult even!) by simply decreasing or increasing the number of pattern repeats around.

This pattern design in US knit terms may not be distributed or sold as your own, but feel free to sell a finished item made from this pattern.

level: intermediate

size: average 2-year-old, drawstring, adjustable

needles: US #13 9mm circular needles

yarn: two yarns are held together as one
A: 1 skein Lion Brand Ice Cream #202 Orange, or other variegated multi worsted weight to carry throughout
B: 1 skein Berroco Suede #3739 Campfire, or other tonal/semisolid/solid worsted weight in a dark color
C: 1 skein Sugar & Cream #1628 Hot Orange, or other tonal/semisolid/solid worsted weight in a medium color
D: 1 skein Sugar & Cream #24010 Camomile, or other tonal/semisolid/solid worsted weight in a light color

other materials: stitch marker(s)

gauge: 4” x 4” = 12 sts across x 8 rows down in stockinette

skills: know how to co (cast on), k (knit), p (purl), pm (place marker), yo (yarn over increase), k2tog (knit two stitches together decrease), m1open (make 1 open bar increase; insert right needle from front to back under horizontal bar between stitch just knit and next stitch, wrap as usual to knit, and pull loop through), bo (bind off)

YOU are my pattern testers!! Post the first Project Page for this pattern with photos (and let me know that you did since Ravelry doesn’t notify me so) to receive ANY FOUR pay patterns of your choice, post the second Project Page to receive three, the third receives two, and the fourth receives one.

Feel free to contact me at any time with pattern questions (that are not Google-able such as how to do a particular technique), and I’ll typically get back to you within 24 hours.

Enjoy and stay safe, my loves.
Warmly,
Stace a.k.a. Zonal