skirtability!

just a real quick skirt update—i am getting ready to work the final 5 or 6 inches in the laciest pattern, and i am changing to an even larger needle to do so. that means it is a good chance to take a few photos!

i like it!! so far, so good. the striping is totally random; i just do it by eye—as in, “oh time to add a little black” or “maybe two rows of green now!”

that seems to work out alright. as you can see, i gradually opened up the zig-zag pattern by adding more yarnovers and it flares out as a function of two things: i changed needle size partway down (and now i am doing it again), AND i increased within each chevron a couple of times on the way down the skirt.

the last tier, which i am about to begin, will be the most lacy—i will continue in the same vertical lines, but add even more YOs so that the zig-zag pattern becomes more like a Crest o’ the Wave pattern. i will change the striping, but i’m not exactly sure how yet. so far, letting my instinct guide me has made for a good pattern, so i’ll probably stick with that.

i really like it—i’m already halfway through the next skirt in my head!