felina skirt
I’ve been wanting to crochet myself a skirt for some time. And now I’ve done it!
This is the Felina skirt, from Doris Chan‘s book Crochet Lace Innovations. I crocheted it in size Medium with a 5.00mm hook. The yarn is Moda Vera Linen Mode, which is 60% cotton and 40% linen. It was a slightly heavier weight yarn than that specified in the pattern, but seemed to work out okay. This skirt is made for twirling!
It’s basically a giant doily with a hole in the centre for my waist. I love, love, love it! I do plan to make some brightly coloured slips to wear underneath, but leggings are also okay.
This really is a fun item to make and wear. It swishes around my knees beautifully as I waslk. Each row was a little different to the previous one, and I enjoyed watching the pattern develop. My Ravelry queue has a number of skirts in it now (mostly also designed by Doris Chan) and I’m wondering just how many crocheted skirts a woman in her early forties can wear…
Ravelled here.
Lara it’s fantastic! Imagine all the fun you’re going to have making the underneath bits 🙂
What an amazing skirt. It was lovely to meet you, your Mum and your gorgeous girls yesterday at the Bendigo Woollen Mills. I hope you didn’t mind a complete stranger coming up and introducing herself. It’s not something I do normally. I’m in awe of your crocheting and sewing talent and I get so much inspiration from your blog – I forgot to tell you that yesterday… :-). Hope you had a fabulous day in Bendigo with your family.
Cool! Wants me to crochet one as well.
It is amazing! I think the leggings are perfect for it, but you are so good at sewing that I bet you can whip up several slips and change the feel of it. Happy Sunday,
Meredith
Wow! It’s gorgeous Lara! You’re gorgeous. What a fantastic reason to twirl.
Lovely!
It’s really nice. The sweetest thing though is seeing where your daughters get *their* twirling from 🙂
That is so cute!!!