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KnipMode 2012-04 / 17 - Skirt

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Finally a picture of my latest project: the skirt. (And my previous project, the top). I liked the design of the skirt from the very first moment I saw it and knew that I wanted to make it. And so I did. The picture above is not showing the details very well, but here's a linedrawing, a close-up of the topstitching and a close-up of the skirt. I played with the idea of putting in the zipper at the front but in the end chose not to. I wanted to keep everything symmetrical. I used topstitching, to emphasize the nice design but also to flatten the seams. It would be a right mess on the inside otherwise. I don't like a zipper on the side so I put in a seam in the back yoke and placed the zipper there. The fabric I used is a black stretch jeans. It worked great and the corners of the frontpanel gave no hassle at all. Everything was behaving nicely this time. I took these pictures last thursday after wearing this outfit all day, which explains the wrinkles. It was