The Ebba skirt is knitted seamlessly top-down with a lace pattern that looks like cables. The waistband is folded, and an elastic band is added at the end. The lace pattern is knitted without the eyelets until you reach past the “underwear area” so that your undies won’t show through the holes of the lace.

For the stitch patterns to show best, I recommend choosing unicolor or slightly tonal colorways. The Ebba skirt is worked in DK weight yarn but you can also knit it by holding one strand of fingering weight yarn together with a strand of silk mohair.

The length of the skirt is easily modified to suit your own body measurements. I recommend trying it on every now and then while working on it to make sure you get the perfect length for your style. The length of the skirt is easy to adjust: just make as many pattern repeats as you want. You can do fewer repeats for a mini skirt or add more for a full ankle-length one.

The lace pattern is charted only.

Sizes
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) (6, 7, 8, 9)
Finished hip circumference: 85 (93.5, 102, 110.5, 119) (127.5, 136, 144.5, 153) cm / 33.5 (36.75, 40.25, 43.5, 46.75) (50.25, 53.5, 57, 60.25) inches, intended to be worn with zero or slight negative ease around the hips
Finished waist circumference: 60 (65, 75, 85, 95) (105, 115, 125, 135) cm / 23.5 (25.5, 29.5, 33.5, 37.5) (41.25, 45.25, 49.25, 53.25) inches,
Length from hem to waist (adjustable): 65 (65, 70, 70, 70) (75, 75, 80, 80) cm / 25.5 (25.5, 27.5, 27.5, 27.5) (29.5, 29.5, 31.5, 31.5) inches

Yarn
720 (790, 870, 960, 1050) (1160, 1270, 1400, 1540) m / 780 (860, 950, 1040, 1150) (1260, 1390, 1530, 1680) yards of DK weight yarn.

Sample: 7 (8, 8, 9, 10) (11, 12, 13, 14) skeins of Sandnes Garn Line (53% cotton, 33 % viscose, 14 % linen; 110 meters / 120 yards per 50 g), shown in the colorway 1015.

Needles
For the waistband:
3 mm / US 2.5 DPNs or a circular needles with a cable of at least 60 cm / 24 inches

For the main part:
3.25 mm / US 3 circular needles with a cable of 80 cm / 32 inches for sizes 1-5 or 100 cm / 40 inches for sizes 6-9

Gauge
20 sts and 28 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of lace pattern according to Chart 3 worked on the larger needles in the round, after blocking. Always use the needle size that gets you the right gauge!

Notions
stitch marker
tapestry needle
elastic waistband (approximately 5 cm / 2 inches less than your waist circumference, less than 3 cm wide)