Ombre Knitted Skirt

Muted hues of orange and blue and yellow,

                colors of the evening sky at sunset~

I've had this yarn and this crazy idea

for a while~

my stash overflows you know-

and these skeins were calling my name.

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Ombre Knitted Skirt

Pattern details~

Fiesta yarns - La Boheme (2 skeins)

Pattern -- well, I made it up!

(a circle skirt, knitted in the round, gathered into an elastic waist at the top)

Honestly,

I did not enjoy knitting with this yarn.

But - I do love the way the colors blended together

so beautifully. 

After the skirt was finished~

each side was ruched and gathered

(kind of off center)

at the bottom.

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I also ruched one area in the back of the skirt 

on the right side. 

The flower embellishments

were crafted from my never ending supply

 of yarn scraps.

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The ribbons were from my

"catch all" 

ribbon basket.

(and you thought I had a fancy pattern!!)

As knitted,

the skirt has a loose open weave pattern-

(so I wear a beige skirt slip underneath)

(skirt back)
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Mindless knitting~

easy, no pattern,

letting the yarn dictate the direction.

This skirt hangs beautifully~

the weight of the yarns helping to shape the lines

 perfectly.

I'm thinking this skirt screams

"Caribbean cruise"!!

don't you?

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coming up next (in just a few days)-- a short update on the Pink Scarf Project.  If you are involved or want to be involved with this amazing project -- please be sure to watch for this update!

AND-- if you are following my "2 Bags Full" Facebook page - the Breast Cancer Awareness nest preview photo will be posted later today !  For those of you who do not have Facebook -- a little preview for you will be posted here soon:)

I'm crazy busy right now -- totally consumed with finishing those gorgeous nests -- late, LATE nights.  

xoxo,

Vicki 

ps -- you still have until the 15th to enter my "Sweet Summer" giveaway -- go here for the details.