Hanna Skirt in Adriafil Nature - Downloadable PDF

Hanna Skirt in Adriafil Nature – Free Knitting Pattern (Downloadable PDF)

The Hanna Skirt is a beautifully structured, full-length knitted skirt designed to be worked in Adriafil Nature, a chunky-weight yarn. This free downloadable PDF pattern delivers a striking garment that combines bold colorwork with classic ribbed finishing, making it an excellent project for knitters who want to explore stranded Jacquard techniques at a satisfying, chunky gauge.

What Is Being Made

The finished garment is a full-length knitted skirt worked in two separate pieces — a front and a back — that are seamed at the sides. The skirt features a flared lower body that tapers gradually toward a fitted waist, finished with a wide 2x2 ribbed waistband. A distinctive front and back split at the hem adds elegant movement and a contemporary design detail. The pattern is offered in three sizes, accommodating a range of figures through adjusted stitch counts at cast-on.

Construction and Shaping

Each piece is constructed from the hem upward. The lower edge begins with a short 2x2 ribbing border of three rows worked in red, which anchors the colorwork section above it. The main body of the skirt is then worked in a Jacquard stranded colorwork pattern, following a charted design with stitch placement varying by size — marked as positions A, B, and C on the chart. A stripe sequence dictates when each color is introduced into the Jacquard pattern above the initial red base rows.

At 25 cm from the cast-on edge, a split is formed at the right edge of the front piece by casting on 3 extra stitches, creating the characteristic hem opening. The skirt continues straight in pattern until it reaches 76 cm, at which point waist shaping begins. Stitches are decreased 8 times, one stitch at each edge, every 6 rows, using a neat paired decrease method: a slip-slip-pass-over decrease at the beginning of the row and a knit-two-together at the end, each flanked by a single edge stitch for a clean selvedge.

At 100 cm, the colorwork section ends and the waistband begins. Worked entirely in red, the waistband transitions into 2x2 ribbing with an even decrease across the first ribbing row to reduce the stitch count to the appropriate waistband width for each size. The ribbing continues until the skirt reaches 112 cm total length, or the knitter's desired measurement, and is then bound off loosely in pattern to maintain elasticity.

The back piece is worked identically to the front, with all shaping reversed as appropriate for mirror symmetry.

Techniques Used

• 2x2 Ribbing – used at the hem border, the split borders, and the waistband; creates elasticity and a polished edge
• Jacquard Colorwork – a stranded knitting technique in which two or more colors are carried across the row to create a repeating charted motif; the pattern follows a color chart with size-specific starting positions
• Stripe Sequencing – a structured color rotation that governs when each yarn color is introduced into the Jacquard section
• Paired Decreases – a symmetrical shaping method using slip-1/knit-1/PSSO on the right edge and K2tog on the left edge to shape the waist evenly
• Split Construction – extra stitches are cast on mid-project at the hem edge to create the front and back splits, which are later finished with a picked-up ribbing border
• Seaming – side seams are sewn to join front and back pieces after all knitting and border work is complete
• Picking Up Stitches – approximately 50 stitches are picked up along each split edge to work the ribbed split borders neatly in red

Stitches Used

• 2x2 Ribbing (knit 2, purl 2 alternating) – for borders and waistband
• Stranded Stockinette / Jacquard – the main body fabric, worked following a colorwork chart