edith shawl
GAUGE:
15 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) in Lace Pattern. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your …
GAUGE:
15 sts = 4 in. (10 cm) in Lace Pattern. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
sk2p Slip 1 as if to knit, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over—2 sts decreased.
PATTERN STITCH Lace Pattern (multiple of 17 sts, decreasing to 15 sts on Rows 2–7)
SHAWL Cast on 68 sts. Beginning with Row 1, rep Rows 1-8 of Lace Pattern until piece measures about 72 in. (183 cm) from beginning, end with a Row 8. Bind off.
FINISHING Weave in ends.
Shown with a cast-on count of 34 stitches.
- Row 1 (WS): Purl.
- Row 2: *K1, yo, k1, k2tog tbl, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k2, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 15 sts).
- Row 3: *P4, [k1, p2] twice, k1, p4, repeat from *.
- Row 4: *[K1, yo] twice, k2tog tbl, p1, k2tog, p1, k2tog tbl, p1, k2tog, [yo, k1] twice, repeat from *.
- Row 5: *P5, [k1, p1] twice, k1, p5, repeat from *.
- Row 6: *K1, yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, p1, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k1, repeat from *.
- Row 7: *P7, k1, p7, repeat from *.
- Row 8: *K1, yo, k5, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k5, yo, k1, repeat from * (multiple of 17 sts).
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