Square Shawl

From the Project Gutenberg version of Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière. See also this Ravelry post.

The original shawl instructions suggest casting on 325 stitches, and working “until square.”

Shown with a cast-on count of 25 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): *K2, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
  • Row 3: *Yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k2, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 5: *K1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1.
  • Row 7: K2tog, *yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k3tog, repeat from * to last 7 sts, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog.