CHAIN MAIL SKIRT

(For use with Spandex body)

Materials

Size 15 knitting needles or size needed to achieve gauge.
2 lbs. (920 ft.) #36 Twisted Nylon Cord, dyed black

Abbreviations

k: knit
p: purl
psso: pass slipped stitch over
sl: slip
rep: repeat
st(s): stitch(es)
tog: together
inc: increase
dec: decrease
bo: bind off

Gauge (taken in stockinette stitch): 2-1/2 stitches = 1 inch; 3 rows = 1 inch

General Information: Pattern is reverse stockinette st (purl one row, knit one row, with purl as right side of garment). Join new cord at the ends, not in the middle, of a row. Measurements should be taken while garment is laying flat. Pieces will be seamed at the side seams.

Beginning at lower hip, loosely cast on 64 sts.
Row 1: Purl (right side).
Row 2: Purl.
Row 3: Purl.
Row 4: Knit.
Row 5: Purl.
Row 6: K14, k2tog, k15, k2tog, k15, k2tog, k14 (61 sts).
Row 7: Purl.
Row 8: Knit.
Row 9: Purl.
Row 10: Knit.
Row 11: Purl.
Row 12: Knit.
Row 13: Purl.
Row 14: Knit.
Row 15: Purl.
Row 16: K13, k2tog, k14, k2tog, k14, k2tog, k14 (58 sts).
Row 17: Purl.
Row 18: Knit.
Row 19: Purl.
Row 20: Knit.
Row 21: Purl.
Row 22: Knit.
Row 23: Purl.
Row 24: Knit.
Row 25: Purl.
Row 26: K13, k2tog, k13, k2tog, k13, k2tog, k 13 (55 sts).
Row 27: Purl.
Row 28: Knit.
Row 29: Purl.
Row 30: Knit.
Row 31: Purl.
Row 32: Knit.
Row 33: Purl.
Row 34: Knit.
Row 35: Purl.
Row 36: K13, k2tog, k12, k2tog, k12, k2tog, k12 (52 sts).
Row 37: Purl.
Row 38: Knit.
Row 39: Purl.
Row 40: Loosely bind off remaining sts.

Finishing: Knot ends of cord as otherwise it will ravel. Stitch the ends of the cord into the piece after weaving them in place to prevent raveling. After work has been foiled and set, stitch the sleeve seams by butting edges of seams together and overcasting or zigzagging by machine. Stitch to Spandex body.