As promised, here is a quick guide to adapting the 8 panel skirt we drafted in our monthly free project guide, into a jersey version.

Firstly, if you are using jersey then there is no need to add extra for ease to your panel draft, just use your body measurements, as the knitted fabric will have enough flexibility for you to move. You can then continue as we did for the woven version. If you want to take a look at the instructions for drafting the panel then click here.

If you would like to elasticate the waist then you have 2 options for adapting the basic pattern draft as illustrated below. The pink option gives you gather at the waist line and is best for fabrics that don’t have enough stretch in them for you to be able to pull the skirt over your hips, option 2 in blue is for a more fitted version and relies on your fabric being stretchy enough to pull over the hips and bottom. Both methods require you inserting elastic into the channel at the waist. Make the rectangle above the waist line twice the width of your elastic, plus 1 cm for seam allowance.

Let me know if you have any questions and I would love to see some pictures of your makes!

Nicola

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