utumnal
Designed by: Kalliopi Aronis Fall is here and it's my favorite season! The weather gets cooler, the colors tum richer and the knitting gets faster! This shawl was insipred by the color of the changing leaves and I couldn't resist adding some beads for a subtle sparkle.
Width: 50", Depth: 30" Anzula Squishy (80% Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 385 yds [343 m/115 g): Root Beer, 2 skeins (424 yds used for total project) luge 2 repeats across (18 sts)= 4.5" in main paten, 6 row repeats (36 rows) = 4"in main pattm
Size US 3 (3.25 mm) 40" circular needle (to accomadate stitches) Size 11 crochet hook 218 Size 6 beads Markers (m) I used 2 skeins of yam but only 38 yds of skein 2 (for the last 6 rows and BO). Size of shawl is easily adjustable, simply work rows 10-27 as many times as you'd like. So to use one skein work repeat 4 more times instead of 5 more. FYI: I knit very loose, please check your gauge carefully!
bbreviations
Knit and Place Bead:
Step 1: Knit stitch where bead is to be placed, sl st CO: Cast On back to left needle BO: Bind Off Step 2: Place bead on crochet hook sts: stitches Step 3: Sl st from left needle to crochet hook, pinch k: knit yam under hook and pull the bead onto the yarn loop p: purl Step 3: Place the loop (with the bead) ba pm: place marker right needle pulling working yarn slightly to tighten sm: slip marker k2tog: knit 2 together k2togtbl: knit 2 together through the back loop ssk: slip, slip, knit sk2p: Slip one knitwise with yan in back, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over yo: yarn over sl: slip rep: repeat patt: patterm RS: Right Side This is a great tutorial for the Garter Tab ( WS: Wrong Side nttp://kelbourmewoolens.com/blog/2015/3/gartertabcasto CO 2 sts (this is the Garter Tab Cast On) Knit 6 rows Rotate, pick up 3 sts Rotate, pick up 2 sts (7 sts) Setup Row 1 (Ws): k2, pm, p1, pm, p1, pm, p1, pm, k2 (Markers are placed after the 2 edging sts and before and after center st) Setup Row 2 (Rs): k2, sm, yo, k1, yo, sm, k1, sm, yo, k1, yo, sm, k2 (11 sts) Setup Row 3 (ws): k2, sm, p to last m, slipping ms along the way, sm, k2 Setup Row 4 (Rs): begin following chart from row 1. (Chart is read from right to left on RS to center st then repeated from right to left omitting the edge sts which are worked at the end instead) (yos are worked after the right edging sts, before and after center sts, and before left edging sts) (WS is always k2, p to last m, k2) Work repeats in red Work rows 10-27 5 more times (247 sts) Work rows 28-56 once (repeat is in green) BO Ilike using a stretchy BO for shawls: k1, sl st back to left needle, \*k2togtbl, sl st back to left needle rep from \* to end Block shawl. Enjoy!
