I don't claim to be an expert on architecture, but the vast buildings throughout Italy inspired me to create shawls based on the styles used in their unique structures. Voussoir Shawl is modeled after the wedgeshaped bricks that fill in the gaps in archways left behind by regular, lesser bricks. The smocked cable motif stacks rows of stitches in a simialr fashion, creating miniature archways of cabled stitches. Paired with ribbing, this scarf has no proper top or bottom. Yarnshown Wooly Wonka Fibers Aerten DK (80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon. 230 yards per 100 grams) Color shown: Bittersweet. Approximately 2 skeins used. heedle US 7(4.5mm) Circulars recommended due to item construction. 4 sts per inch, stockinette stitch.
Finished sirze 10 inches at deepest point, 66.5 inch wingspan. Nationt Split ring markers (optional), cable needle & darning needle. Liz Abinante · www.feministy.com · support@feministy.com · Version 1, February 2012 · page 2 This shawl is shaped using short rows without wraps. If you have difficulty working short rows, I recommend using a removable marker to indicate where the short row ends. The gaps created by these short rows are closed using two special stitches: one for the first half of the shawl, and one for the second half. These special stitches are utilized instead of the wrap+turn method of short rows. If you prefer, you can work wrap+turn short rows.
Abbreviations
cgf: see special stitches cgs: see special stitches CO/BO: cast on/bind off eor: end of row k: knit ndl: needle P: purl p2tog: purl two together rs/ws: right side/wrong side sl: slip (always purlwise) st(s): stitch(es) tie6: see special stitches wyib: with yarn in back yo: yarn over
Special Stitches
cgf (closing gaps, first half of shawl): using the right needle, pick up the right leg of the stitch below the next stitch to be worked and place on left needle, k2tog. csg (closing gaps, second half of shawl): using the right needle, pick up the left leg of the stitch 2 stitches below the next stitch to be worked and place on the left needle, k2togb. tie6: sl next 6 sts onto cn, wrap yarn around sts counterclockwise 2x, (k2,p2, k2) from cn
CO 266 sts. (RS) sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. (WS) sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Repeat these two rows 4 times (8 rows total).
Short row section1 6 groups of 4 sts on each side 218 sts in center Short row section 1 Work following rows 6x total (12 rows): (RS) sl1 wyib, k to 4 sts before eor, turn work. (WS) sl1 wyib, p to 4 sts before eor, turn work. Short row section 2 6 groups of 4 sts and 13 groups of 8 sts on each side 10 sts in center Short row section 2 Work following rows 13x total (26 rows): (RS) sl1 wyib, k to 8 sts before eor, turn work. (WS) sl1 wyib, p to 8 sts before eor, turn work. Liz Abinante · www.feministy.com · support@feministy.com · page 3
Break yarn. Work next row (RS) as follows: K all sts, closing gaps as you come to them: Gaps be fore center 10 sts: use cgf (22 gaps closed) Gaps after center 10 sts: use cgs (22 gaps closed). Proceed to Smocking section. Work 1 repeat of Smocking motif. Row 1: sl1, k to end. Row 2: sl1, k to end. Row 3: sl1, k to end. Row 4: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 5: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 6: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 7: \* (tie6, p2), repeat from \* to last 4 sts, p2, k2. Row 8: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 9: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 10: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 11: sl1, k to end. Row 12: sl1, k to end. Row 13: sl1, k to end. Row 14: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 15: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 16: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 17: sl1, k1, p2, \* (tie 6, p2), repeat from \* to last 6 sts, tie6. Row 18: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 19: sl1, k1, \* (p2, k2), repeat from \* to end. Row 20: sl1, p1, \* (k2, p2), repeat from \* to end. Row 21: sl1, k to end. Row 22: sl1, k to end. Row 23: sl1, k to end.
p2tog, \*(sl st from right ndl to left ndl, p2tog), rpt from \* to end.
