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Ch 80, sl st tog. Be careful not to twist chain.
Round 1: Ch 2, hdc in every stitch around, sl st tog.
Round 2 – 14: Repeat Round 1.
Now comes the hard part for me to explain…
Bottom edging Round 15: Ch 3, dc 4 times in same st, skip next st, sc in following st. *Skip next st, 5dc in next st. Repeat from * around, sl st tog.
Round 16: Sl st to middle of 5dc, which would be the 3rd dc, sc. *Skip to the sc of the previous row, do 5dc in that sc. Sc in the middle of the 5dc. Repeat from *, sl st tog.
Round 17 – Row 20: Repeat Round 16. You may repeat to make skirt longer if needed.
(Basically you are doing a shell stitch, then doing shells in the sc and sc in the top of the shells.)
Round 21: I did a sc around the whole bottom of skirt.

I use elastic on all my daughter’s clothes. So I take the ¼ inch elastic, measure it to my daughter and cut. Then I sew the one end into a circle. Then I sc the elastic to the first row of hdc of the skirt. Fasten off and weave in ends.
 

© July 26, 2006 Christina Budd

This is my written pattern; please use it for personal use only. You may make the item and sell them, but pattern remains property of Christina Budd. And if you sell the finished product, please link back to and give credit to this the original pattern.