How To Crochet a Skirt of Motifs.
It has never been so easy to design your own pattern.

There are many ways to crochet a skirt. Crocheting really provides unlimited possibilities for your creativity. The idea of using crochet motifs is not new. But the way Russian crocheters used it to create unique garments really amazed me by its genial simplicity and brought that "itching" sensation to try it right away.

Here is my first try. If you think that anyone would fed up with all these numerous squares after the first attempt, I can only say :"Just try..." There are at least three good reasons to do so.

• It is really easy to do. A crocheted skirt fabric is formed of very simple motifs - pixels. You can use the one which is presented on this page or create your own.
• If you are knitting/crocheting for years like me, you have tons of yarn leftovers which you have no idea what to do with. This is your chance to get rid of them and, at the same time, to crochet a skirt that you will treasure for years. There is no limit for color combination - 2,4,5..100 colors. Doesn't matter.
• It is simple , but universal technique. You can design your patterns one of the ways you see on this page where the sides of squared pixels are oriented vertically and horizontally. Turn motif 45 degrees and make its diagonals vertical/horizontal - one more way to create a pixel pattern.

To crochet a skirt of motifs you will need:

Step 1. Make a skirt pattern (or a small sketch) for the straight skirt, based on your measurements.

Step 2. Crochet a squared pixel and measure it. It will be your gage swatch.

There are only two rounds to crochet to make a pixel (See the picture):

To Begin: Chain 14, slip stitch in first chain, to join into a ring.

1st round: Chain 1, 24 single crochets into ring. Slip stitch in first single crochet, to join.

2nd round: Chain 3 (considered as 1 double crochet), 2 double crochets, (chain 2, 3 double crochets, chain 5, 3 double crochets,) repeat 3 times. Chain 2, 3 double crochets, chain 5, slip stitch to join.

Step 3. Calculate how many pixels you will need to cover a skirt pattern. Design your pattern or at least the way you are going to place your pixels.

Step 4. Join pixels together in a chosen way. Each pixel has 8 points to be connected to the neighboring pixels: 4 corners (insert hook from top into the 3rd of 5 chains) and the midpoints of each side (insert hook under the chain of 2).

To shape your crocheted skirt at the waist line you have a few choices.

A.To use a smaller size hook for crocheting pixels at the line where the darts are located. This way you will have a skirt which fits pretty tight. Most likely you will need a zipper.

B. Use the same size hook for crocheting pixels. To make the skirt fits your waist, crochet a waistband with button holes in it for a tie. Similar to the one on the picture above.

C. A rubber waistband can help to solve the problem.

Step 5. If you are going to use pixel pattern from this page , you will need lining for your skirt or under-skirt to reduce show-through. On the other side, a beach variant of the crochet skirt , might need one or two side slits instead.

To crochet a skirt using pixels, allows you to create a new fabric the way you want. It doesn't require either some special skills or complex technique. Just relax and have fun. You will be awarded with one-of-a-kind masterpiece!

I liked so much to crochet a skirt of pixels that there are a few more crochet projects already in mind. I will share it with you as soon as they are ready.

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