Construction

Heather is a maxi skirt, intended to go to mid-calf (~halfway between knees and ankles – see green line in the picture on the previous page) for an average female height of 168 cm/5’6”, but you can easily adjust the length to knee or floor!
It has a gentle A-line silhouette built into the lace. The skirt is worked top-down in the round, in one piece, with a double waistband, 3 lace sections in the main part of the skirt and finished with a pointed lace border.
Given the lace patterning starts close to the waist, it is recommended to wear the skirt over an underskirt/ slip.

Yarn

350-600 g/12-21 oz of sport-weight linen yarn (see the size table below for detailed yarn amount)

• The sample was knit in size S out of 7 skeins of Lacy by Rodina Yarns (100% Linen /Flax; 160 m/175 yds per 50 g/1.8 oz skein)

• Test-knitters have successfully substituted with Quince & Co ‘Sparrow’ (100% Linen /Flax, 155 m/ 168 yds per 50 g/1.8 oz skein)

Needles: size US 3 / 3.25 mm circular needles with cable 25’’-30’’ / 60-80 cm

Additional: stitch markers, row counter, wide elastic ribbon, down skirt is recommended.

Sizes

The pattern includes 11 ADULT SIZES for own hip circumference of 80-190cm/31.5-75” intended to be worn with 0- 8cm/ 0- 3” positive ease, or even a bit of negative ease (in larger sizes you can even ‘get away with’ up to 8cm/3” negative ease in the hips quite comfortably, though then the skirt will get a bit shorter).
The pattern assumes standard waist measurement 24cm/9.5” narrower than the hips, intended to have ~2.5-10cm/1-4” of positive ease in the fabric (cinched with elastic).

Gauge

24 stitches and 22 rows in 4’’ / 10 cm in stockinette stitch measured after blocking.

Vertical row gauge is critical for linen yarn. When using cotton yarns you’ll probably get much shorter skirt, as soon as row count in 10 cm is higher.

Translated into English and tech edited by Olga Barshai (gingerhandcrafts)