Quirky By Siew Clark
The shawl is worked top-down and is a one-piece, symmetrical knit. I alternate the red/black variegated yarn with black yarn. The border is red followed by burgundy yarn. There are 3 cables on the red border and 4 cables on the burgungy border. Gauge is unimportant. Measurement Top edge 41" x 14" top to bottom (excluding the points) Materials 100% hand dyed wool, variegated in red/black; sport weight; 150 yds 100% black wool in cone; 150 yds http://www.mitzis-yarn-weaving-knitting.com/wool yarns.htm 100% red wool; 150 yds 100% burgundy fine merinos; fingering weight; 187 yds Needle size US8 / 5mm 9 stitch markers slip 5 sts to cn and hold in front, k5 from LH needle, then k5 from cn cast on knit purl cable needle left needle slip marker place marker slip markers bind off main colour contrasting colour CO 10 sts with mc.
Row 1 : (k1, yo) x 4, k2, (yo, k1) x 4. Row 2 and all even-numbered rows : k to end. Row 3 (cc) : (k1, yo) x 4, k10, (yo, k1) x 4. Row 5 (mc) : (k1, yo) x4, k18, (yo, k1) x 4. Row 7 (cc) : (k1, yo) x 4, k26, (yo, k1) x 4. Row 9 (mc) : (k1, yo) x4, k34, (yo, k1) x 4. Continue in this manner until you reach row 19 with 82 sts total. Row 19 : (k1, yo) x 4, k74, (yo, k1) x 4. Row 21 : (k1, yo), k38, (k1, yo) twice, pm, k1, pm, (yo, k1) twice, k37, (yo, k1). Row 23 : (k1, yo), k41, (k1, yo) twice, sm, k1, sm, (yo, k1) twice, k40, (yo, k1). Row 25 : (k1, yo), k44, (k1, yo) twice, sm, k1, sm, (yo, k1) twice, k43, (yo, k1). Row 27 : (k1, yo), k47, (k1, yo) twice, sm, k1, sm, (yo, k1) twice, k46, (yo, k1). Row 29 : (k1, yo), k50, (k1, yo) twice, sm, k1, sm, (yo, k1) twice, k49, (yo, k1). Row 31 :k1, yo, (k18, pm, yo) twice, k19, pm, k19, (yo, pm, k18) twice, yo, k1. Row 33 : k1, yo, (k19, sm, yo) twice, k20, sm, k20, (yo, sm, k19) twice, yo, k1. Continue in this manner until you have : cc : k1, yo, (k40, sm, yo) twice, k41, sm, k41, (yo, sm, k40) twice, yo, k1. cc : k1, yo, (k41, sm, yo) twice, k42, sm, k42, (yo, sm, k41) twice, yo, k1. cc : k1, yo, (k42, sm, yo) twice, k43, sm, k43, (yo, sm, k42) twice, yo, k1. (total 262 sts) Red Border Row 1 : k1, yo, k38, pm, C10F, pm, k38, yo, pm, k1, yo, k38, pm, C10F, pm, k38, yo, k1, pm, yo, k38, pm, C10F, pm, k38, yo, k1. Row 2 and all even-numbered rows : k to end, except p the cables. Rows 3, 5, 9, 11 & 13 : k1, yo, kto 3rd m, yo, sm, k1, yo, kto 1 st before next 3rd m, yo, k1, sm, yo, k to 1 st, yo, k1. Rows 7 & 15 : k1, yo, kto m, sm, C10F, sm, kto m, yo, sm, k1, yo, kto m, sm, C10F, sm, kto 1 st, yo, k1, sm, yo, k to m, sm, C10F, sm, k to 1 st, yo, k1. Burgunday Border Row 17 : C10F, pm, k44, yo, pm, k1, yo, k45, pm, C10F, pm, k44, yo, k1, pm, yo, k45, pm, C10F, pm, k45, yo, k1, pm, yo, k44, pm, C10F. Row 18 and all even-numbered rows : k to end, except p the cables. Rows 19,21, 25, 27 &31 : kto 2nd m, yo, sm, k1, yo, kto next 3rd m before 1 st, yo, k1, sm, yo, K to next 3rd m before 1 st, yo, k1, sm, yo, k to end. Rows 23 & 29 : C10F, sm, kto m, yo, sm, k1, yo, kto m, sm, C10F, sm, kto 1 st before m, yo, k1, sm, yo, k to m, sm, C10F, sm, k to 1 st before m, yo, k1, sm, yo, kto m, sm, C10F. After Row 32, BO.
