Simple Knitted Skirt Pattern + How to Look Fabulous Wearing It!

It’s been a while since I knitted a skirt, but when this free pattern popped up on my Bluesky feed, I couldn’t resist! The pattern is called the “Little Flirt Skirt,” but the finished result looks polished and professional, nothing too flirty at all.

I knitted this skirt just past knee-length using a beautiful warm green heathered yarn. The color and lines give off a classic Banana Republic vibe, but the fact that it’s hand-knitted adds a ton of personality. I could easily see this one hanging on the rack at Anthropologie.

How to Wear a Knitted Skirt

Before I get to the details of how I knitted this skirt, I’ll answer the question everyone asked me as soon as they heard I was knitting a skirt: won’t it be see-through? The answer is no: the gauge is tight enough that you can’t see through the fabric, but I recommend wearing a satiny slip underneath to smooth out the look.

I bought this super simple 20” slip on Amazon because I originally planned to sew it in as a lining, but then I realized that a lining would make laundry day a pain, so I’ll be wearing the slip and the skirt as separate layers.

Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Yarn

Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let me tell you about the yarn. I wanted this skirt to be warm in a New England winter, so I chose a 100% wool yarn. I also needed to keep the project affordable, so I chose Wool of the Andes Worsted by Knit Picks: a beautiful and very wearable wool that’s only $5 a ball and comes in zillions of colors. I had a specific vision for the color of my skirt and the Cilantro Heather colorway nails it.

The best part about my yarn choice is that Knit Picks’s sister store, Crochet.com, was having a sale, so snagged it at 15% off (and I scored free shipping!) I needed 8 balls of yarn for my skirt – plus some elastic for the waistband – so, in total, it cost me $38 to make this! (For reference, Anthropologie is currently selling a knitted skirt for $225… and it’s not even wool!)

A Knitting Needle Recommendation

Idea: With all this money you’re saving by knitting your own skirt, you could treat yourself to a new pair of interchangeable circular needles! You need to switch needle sizes a few times on this skirt, so the interchangeable needles come in very handy. I own several sets of ICNs, but I prefer wood knitting needles for a project like this, so I used my Sunstruck set on this skirt. I love how the wood keeps the stitches from sliding around too much, but the tips on these are really pointy, so you can still knit fast. Observe:

The only modification I made to the pattern was to knit the inside of the waistband in fingering-weight yarn instead of the worsted to reduce bulk. (I didn’t need to do the decreases in this section I subbed the thinner yarn). I used some leftover Stroll that wasn’t quite the same color of green, but you can’t see it while wearing the skirt, so I’m okay with that.