06-02-2016

Blouse finished

06-12-2016

CO 96
Worked button band and 8 rows of skirt panel

06-19-2016

16 rows of box stitch = 18g
Full panel (16 +short row flare) = 28g

Which means:
button band = 9g
Buttonhole band = 18g
Approx 17 panels = 476g
Total skirt = 503g
Each ball yarn = 113g
503/113 = 4.45 balls needed (have 3, need 2 more)
Extra .55 ball will be used for waistband.

06-19-2016

Ball 1: button band, 3 panels, 14 rows of fourth panel

06-21-2016

Ball 2: rest of 4th panel, panels 5-7, 13 rows of panel 8

06-24-2016

Ball 3: rest of 8th panel, panels 9-11, 11 rows of panel 12

07-05-2016

Ball 4: rest of 12th panel, panels 13-15, 9 rows of panel 16

07-06-2016

Worked to 16 panels, seemed to fit. Worked buttonhole band and bound off.
Waistband: Leaving last BO stitch on needle, turn work, pick up and knit each slipped stitch (140 stitches pu + 1 stitch from BO = 141)
Work in seed stitch for 5 rows, slipping first stitch and knitting last.
Buttonhole row 1: Sl, patt2, BO2, patt to end.
Buttonhole row 2: Sl, patt to BO sts, CO2, patt to end.
Sl, Work in patt 45sts, cdd, patt45, cdd, patt to end.
Work 2 more rows in patt.
BO in pattern.

Welp, that’s too small. Rip back to row before buttonholes on skirt.

07-07-2016

Added 2 more panels (18 total) and reworked buttonhole band.
Picked up stitches for waistband, 157 this time.

07-08-2016

Worked waistband, needed 6th skein for last 20ish stitches in last row and for bind off.
Waist 33.5” unstretched
Hem 73”