Beaded Peacock Capelet June 2009
ABOUT THIS SHAWL: I designed this shawl as I went along, so writing this pattern took almost 3 months. I'd been having a real desire to do something peacock-y in terms of color for about year and did some spinning along those lines, but maybe this was what I was really going for all along? My “feathers" are quite stylized and if you look at a real peacock feather, the colors aren't accurate at all. But I had fun, and you could really get creative with bead color placement, just make sure you buy enough to start with (but hey, beads are cheap). It looks good on almost any body type and accommodates a wide range of body sizes. Colors: You could do it in black yarn with silver beads for evening wear or try a blue or rose color way with complement ing beads and turn the “feathers" into anemones, or skip the beads altogether--a kettle dyed yarn might work well for that. Note that there is no fastening at the neck to hold this shawl closed, you don't need it to wear this comfortably, but you could certainly add a tie threaded through under the collar or a single clasp at the neck. Size: Women's small to medium / medium to large
Materials:
Size 5 straight or circular needle Size 14 (.75mm) crochet hook Tapestry needle 4 / 6 skeins Knitpicks Glossfingering weight yarn (or 9oo yd. equivalent wool or wool blend yarn) Woodland Sage or Kenai Size 6 glass seed beeds as follows (each tube approx. 13 grams) 8 / 10 tubes main color green (green iris or teal or you can do half and half and alternate) (Fusionbeads SKU 13SBo030 Silver Lined Transparent Light Aqua Rainbow and/or SKU 13SBo223Silver LinedGreen Iris) 2 / 3 tubes accent color (sapphire) (Fusionbeads SKU13SBo390 Size 6 Silver Lined Light Sapphire AB) 2 / 3 tubes accent color (cobalt)(Fusionbeads SKU 13SBo222 Silver Lined Cobalt AB) 2 / 3 tubes accent color (yellow) (Fusionbeads SKU13SBo386 Silver Lined Pale Amber AB) \* Seed beads are available from http://www.fusionbeads.com, http://earthfaire.com/, http://www.firemountaingems.com/seedbeads.asp, search the web for size 6 seed beads" or try your local bead shop.
Finished Dimensionss
Length is 21inches from collar to edge (you can make it longer by continuing the last chart to desired length), approx. circumference at neck edge 22 / 25 inches, approx. circumference at bottom edge 80 / 94 inches.
Gauge:
7 stitches to the inch in straight stitch.
Directionss
Cast on 145/ 169 with Cable Cast On (directions follow). Begin following CHART 1 (Checker Edging Pattern) once, CHART 2 (Beaded Feather Pattern) chart 10 / 12 times, CHART 2a once, CHART 1 once. Continue pattern as set, (total of 20 rows). Row 21 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Row 22 (rsr): Work CHART 1, \*K2tog, YO\* repeat \* to \* to to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Thisrow creates a scalloped edge that will be the fold line for the collar you have just made. Row 23 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1 . Row 24 (rsr): Work CHART 1, k to last 6 stst. Work CHART 1. Row 25 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts.Work CHART 1. Row 26 (rsr): Work CHART 1, k to last 6 stst. Work CHART 1. Row 27 (rsr): Work CHART 1, k to last 6 stst. Work CHART 1 -from now on, odd rows wilbe RSR's and even rows will be WSR's. You switch right and wrong sides here so when you fold over at row 22 the collar you've made will be right side facing out in the same directionastherestof theshawl. Row 28 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Row 29 (rsr): Work CHART 1, k to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Row 30 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Row 31 (rsr): Work CHART 1, k to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Row 32 (wsr): Work CHART 1, p to last 6 sts. Work CHART 1. Rows 33-41: Work CHART 1, begin CHART 3 Unbeaded Feather Pattern chart 10 / 12 times, CHART 3a once, CHART 1 once. Rows 42-79: Work CHART 1, begin CHART 4 Increasing Feather Pattern chart 10 / 12 times, CHART 4a once, CHART 1once. Rows 80-117: Work CHART 1, begin CHART 5 2nd Increasing Feather Pattern chart 10 / 12 times, CHART 5a once, CHART 1 once. Rows 18-161: Work CHART 1, begin CHART 6 Feather Eye Pattern chart 10 / 12 times, CHART 6a once,CHART1once. Row 162 (wsr): Bind off loosely using Basic Knit Bind Off across all stitches.
Finishing:
Weave in all ends, block (choose your method, http://knitty.com/IssUEwinter02/ FEATdiyknitter.html, pin blocking would work well for this, esp. if you use pins to pull out the tips of the feathers at the edge) shape into a circle and lay flat to dry (a disused bed or carpeted room that doesn't get a lot of use works well for this).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. (lf you make any interesting versions, I'd love to hear about them/see them.)
Beaded Peacock Capelet June 2009
Key to symbols
Directions in English ...
K2t Knit Two Togethers Knit two stitches together as if they were a single stitch. Ssk slip slip Knit: Slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position (through the back loops). stitches together as if they were a single stitch, pass the slipped stitch over the two knit together. O Yarn Over: To make a yarn over, just wrap the yarn around the right-hand needle from back to front counterclockwise before knitting the next stitch. Then just work the next stitch as normal. When you get to the yarn over on the next row, treat it as a regular stitch.
Cable Cast On
Start by placing a slip knot on the left hand needle. Knit on one stitch leaving 2 stitches now on the left hand needle. Now insert the needle between the two stitches, wrap and bring through. Transfer the newly created stitch onto the left hand needle. The cable cast on will also you leave you set up to start with a knit row. (full instructions with pictures available from http://www.knitty.com/ ISSUEsummero5/FEATsumo5TT.html)
How to knit on a bead:
1) Knit stitch to be beaded (it will be on the right hand needle). 2) Impale the bead onto a crochet hook small enough to fit through the hole of your bead. 3) Slip the stitch to be beaded off the needle and onto the crochet hook, with the hook facing you. 4) Pull the loop through the bead, making sure the stitch is still loose enough to knit for the next row (this will take some getting used to). 5) Replace the stitch loop onto the left needle if necessary.
Basic Knit Bind-Off: keep your work loose
Knit the first stitch. \*Knit the next stitch. Pass the first stitch over the second. Repeat from \*.
41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33
CHART 5a
CHART 5 2nd Increasing Feather Pattern, 12 st. repeat increasing to 24 sts. x 1o / 12
Beaded Peacock Capelet June 2009
CHART 6a Feather Eye Pattern, 14 st. x 1
CHART 6 Feather Eye Pattern, 24 st. (skip stitch after first repeat x 10 / 12
