For beginners - Pink Scalloped Skirt
Posted by: Edward in: Projects (Improvs)Finally! The photos and instructions for the pink scalloped skirt that my caregiver finished ages ago are here! 
Below is a photo of the skirt.
Actually, my caregiver placed this on her blog some time ago, but now I’ve taken hold of it and it’s here! I wanted to put this pattern here specially because it is so easy to do - a great project for beginners. So if you’re new to crochet and would like to make a wearable project, then this skirt is for you.
Enjoy!
Pink scalloped skirt
by Fatima Lasay
An improvisation of Easy Scalloped Skirt by Monica Welle Brown
After hundreds of years, I finally finished (I think) the white crocheted skirt that I started working on nearly two months ago. I have been working very slow so as not to stress my hands. Below is a photo of Maria peeking under the white crocheted skirt and a photo of myself (looking awfully nerdy!) wearing the pink and beige skirt which I crocheted 4 months ago. This last photo was taken by my partner few days ago when we visited the rooftop parking again at SM North EDSA. With me in the photo, of course, is Edward.
It has been quite a while since I posted anything on this blog under the “Needleworks” category. Even Edward hasn’t been able to update his Crochet and Computability Blog! Anyway, the pattern for this pink and beige skirt is based on the Easy Scalloped Skirt by Monica Welle Brown at Crochet Today. The pattern is so easy to do, it is most suitable for beginners. All I did was make the skirt shorter and use thicker yarn (so the openwork in the pattern is not too obvious and so one need not use a lining for the skirt).
The waistband part of the skirt consists of rows of double crochet and the top is lined with scallops. The body of the skirt consists of a pattern made up of three rounds of stacked shells joined together with chain stitches in the third round. Each shell consists of “2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc” in the same stitch or space.
The pattern for the stacked shells is:
Rnd 1 Skip beginning ch-3, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next dc, ch 2, skip next 2 dc; repeat from * 26 (28, 30, 33, 36) more times, end (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next dc, sk 1 dc, ch 2, join with sc in first dc – 28 (30, 32, 35, 38) shells.
Rnds 2 and 3 Skip next dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of first shell, *ch 2, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of next shell; repeat from * 26 (28, 30, 33, 36) more times, end ch 2; join with sc in first dc - 28 (30, 32, 35, 38) shells.
Rnd 4 Skip next dc, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of first shell, *ch 3, sc in ch-2 space between 2 shells two rounds below, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of next shell; repeat from * 26 (28, 30, 33, 36) more times, end ch 3, sc in last ch-2 space two rounds below, ch 3; join with sc in first dc.
Rnds 5-7 Repeat Rounds 2-4.
By using a larger hook for the next rounds, the shape of the skirt is created. And the colors are made by dropping the main color (pink) and then picking up the alternate color (beige). Improvising is really quite easy, and one can use more colors if desired. Also, perhaps I can do this pattern again using a thinner thread since this is quite thick and can be uncomfortable in warm climate.
Although I like the pink and beige skirt, I really like more the new crocheted white skirt I finished today - the bottom part is patterned after a corset-cover yoke design and the upper part is my own pattern in filet crochet. I will place the pattern on-line soon.
In the meantime, I am starting a new project - an openwork layer for a very sheer blue dress that my partner and I bought from the ukay-ukay few months ago. If I finish this on time I might even be able to wear it to my auntie’s 75th birthday celebration.
