A Little Old Fashioned
Materials:
Fingering weight yarn in the following colors/quantities: Color A: 50g of blue Color B: 100g of red Color C: 100g of silver (or white, if you prefer a more classic look) (shawl in picture knit in Nerd Girl Yarns Heart You in TARDIS blue and Amelia, and Nerd Girl Yarns Swanky in Hello Boys) US Size 8 (5.0mm) circular needles knitting needles (36" works if you want to begin in magic loop, and then as the amount of stitches increase, switch to working in a standard round) US Size 8 dpns (if not using magic loop method) 1,200 size 6/0 seed beads in preferred color (or more if you tend to drop/spill them all the time like I do) Size .75mm crochet hook (for applying beads) Stitch markers (note: It's easier if you use one type of stitch marker to note the beginning of the round, the section markers, and the bead chart markers.)
Pattern Key:
k:knit kfb: knit into front and back of stitch k3tog: knit 3 stitches together (2 stitches decreased) yo: yarn over b: place bead (a full tutorial on how to place beads with a crochet hook can be found at: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATseducedbybeads.html) sts: stitches co: cast on bo: bind off pm: place marker sm: slip marker
INCREASE PATTERN (worked over shawl rounds 9-126)
Odd rounds: \*kfb, knit to section marker, sm repeat from \* to end of round (increases 8 sts evenly across round) Even rounds: knit (no increases)
BEAD CHART:
NOTE: each row is worked from right to left, beginning at the bottom right corner
| b | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| b | b | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | b | b | b | 13 | |||||||||||||
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| b | b | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| b | b | b | b | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| b | b | 1 |
SHAWL:
CO 8 in color A, join to knit in the round Round 1: kfb each st Round 2: knit Round 3: kfb, k1 around Round 4: knit Round 5: kfb, k2 around Round 6: knit Round 7: kfb, k3, pm for section marker, repeat 6 times Round 8: Knit Round 9: Begin working in increase pattern Rounds 10-40: Continue in increase pattern (168 sts at end
Switch to Color B
Rounds 41-45: work in increase pattern Round 46: marker set up row for bead chart: \*k1, pm for bead chart, k 19, pm for end of bead chart, knit to section marker, sm. Repeat from \* to end of round Rounds 47-64: \*continuing to knit in the increase pattern, knit to bead chart marker, sm, work bead chart, knit to section marker, sm. Repeat from \* to end of round Rounds 65-69: knit in increase pattern, having finished bead chart Round 70: knit in increase pattern, removing bead chart markers (288 sts at end of round 70)
Switch to Color C
Rounds 71-75: continue knitting in increase pattern Round 76: \*k1, pm for bead chart, k 19, pm for end of bead chart, knit to section marker, sm. Repeat from \* to end of round Rounds 77-94: continuing to knit in the increase pattern, knit to bead chart marker, sm, work bead chart, sm, knit to section marker, sm. Repeat from \* to end of round Rounds 95-100: Continue working in increase pattern (408 sts at end of round 100)
Switch to Color B
Rounds 101-104: work in increase pattern Round 105: continuing in increase pattern, remove bead chart markers Round 106: \*k1, pm for bead chart, knit 19 sts, pm for end of bead chart, knit to next section marker, sm repeat from \* to end of round Rounds 107-124: continuing in increase pattern, working bead chart between bead placement markers Rounds 125-126: knit Fluffle Shawl Border: Round 127: yo, k1 across round Round 128: knit
Switch to Color A
Round 129: k2, yo around to last 3 sts, k3, yo Round 130:knit BO row: k1, \*yo, kl, pass yo & k1 over 2nd stitch, repeat from \* to last stitch, fasten off.
CENTER STAR:
CO 5 sts in Color C, join in a round Round 1: kfb all sts (10 sts) Round 2: kfb all sts 20 sts Round 3: knit Round 4: k1, kfb around (30 sts) Round 5: knit Round 6: k2, \*kfb twice, k4, repeat from \* to last 2 sts, k2 (40 sts) Round 7: knit Round 8: k3, \*kfb twice, k6, repeat from \* to last 3 sts, k3 (50 sts) Round 9: knit Round 10: k4, \*kfb twice, k8, repeat from \* to last 4 sts, k4 (60 sts) Round 11: knit Round 12: k5, \*kfb twice, k10, repeat from \* to last 5 sts, k5 (70 sts) Round 13: knit Round 14: k6, \*kfb twice, k12, repeat from \* to last 6 sts, k6 (80 sts) Round 15: knit Round 16: k7, \*kfb twice, k14, repeat from \* to last 7 sts, k7 (90 sts) Round 17: knit
You will now begin working back and forth on a small number of stitches to create the 5 points. NOTE: you can either leave enough yarn on your tails to sew the star to the center of the shawl, or cut normal tails and use another yarn/thread to sew the star to the shawl. Row 1: k18 (turn) Row 2 and all even rows: purl Row 3: k8, k2tog, k8 Row 5: k7, k3tog, k7 Row 7: k6, k3tog, k6 Row 9: k5, k3tog, k5 Row 11: k4, k3tog, k4 Row 13: k3, k3tog, k3 Row 15: k2, k3tog, k2 Row 17: k1, k3tog, k1 cut yarn, draw tightly through stitches
Finishing
Block shawl to desired circular shape/measurements. It's easier if you pin the shawl out, then pin the start in the right shape to fit in the center, so that it'll dry in a shape that will fit in the center. Once dry, seam start to center of shawl. Weave in ends.
