Trinity Prayer Shawl
@2015 Lori Frejek, Matlock, Manitoba, Canada Now these three remain Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
I designed this shawl in memory of a woman of simple beauty. She taught me by her example how to live a life of Faith, how to trust in the Lord for Hope, and how to give unconditional Love to every person I meet. I LoveYou Mom. This pattern is not to be sold. As compensation for the use of this design, make a prayer shawl and donate it to your local cancer centre, palliative care facility, or a friend who is in need of comforting. If you want to duplicate the pattern and pass it on, PLEASE DO SO! With the stipulation that each successive recipient
(Garter Stitch shawl) of the pattern also makes a shawl to pass on the love. (Trinity Rosebud shawl) The pattern for this shawl is based on three, like the Trinity, adding three stitches representing Faith, Hope and Love to every row, which creates a beautiful organic curve, perfect for hand spun, hand painted or gradient dyed yarns. You have 3 options; a Garter Stitch shawl, or if you want a challenge you can make an Oyster stitch shawl, or a Trinity Rosebud Shawl. The last row and cast-off for all three shawls is the same and requires about 50 metres of yarn, so if you weigh your yarn and calculate how much one metre weighs you can adjust the yardage to the amount of yarn in one skein. Making this pattern perfect for show casing that one skien of beautiful yarn you spun yourself, or you just had to have. You will need: - a circular needle at least 24"long, and about 500 metres of fingering weight yarn. The Garter Stitch and Oyster stitch shawls can be made with any weight yarn and at any gauge (just be sure your gauge is loose so the shawl has a nice drape to it and you will need fewer metres of the thicker yarns) For the Trinity Rosebud Shawl you will need 500 meters of fingering weight yarn as the lace pattern does not drape well in a thicker yarn.
Read all directions before you begin to knit!
Abbreviations: K = knit, P = Purl, YO = wrap yarn over the right needle, sts = stitches, Slp = slip stitch (knit wise), K2tog = knit 2 stitches together, Kfb = knit into the front and back of of the same stitch, pyop = purl, yarn over, & purl into 1 stitch, RB = rosebud stitch (slip2 stitches together as if to knit them together, knit1, pass slipped stitches over as if one stitch), (...) = Repeat the directions in the brackets as indicated. Directions: for all 3 shawls. Cast on 6 stitches Row 1- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K3, Kfb. Row 2- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K6, Kfb. Row 3- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K9, Kfb. Row 4- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K12, Kfb. Row 5- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K15, Kfb. Row 6- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K18, Kfb. Go to the directions for the style of shawl you would like to make. Garter Stitch Shawl: continue adding 3sts to each row until the shawl measures 15 inches from the cast on edge. Follow the directions for the last row and cast off. (For an easy eyelet detail add this row randomly throughout the work.) Slp1, YO, Kfb, (K2tog, YO) to the last 2 or 3 sts, knit to the last stitch Kfb. Oyster Stitch pattern: starting at row 7 work the following 6 rows. Row 1- Slp1, YO, Kfb, (insert needle into next st, and wrap yarn 3 times around needle, then bring the 3 loops through the stitch) repeat in all sts across to the last 4sts, K3, Kfb. Row 2- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K3, \*slip 6 sts dropping extra wraps, forming 6 long sts on right needle. move all 6 long sts back to the left needle being careful to keep them in order. Insert the right needle into 5 of the long loops bringing the 6th stitch through to the right, knit this stitch. Again insert the right needle through 4 of the loops and bring the 5th stitch through and knit it. Bring the 4th stitch through and knit it, bring the 3rd stitch through and knit it, bring the 2nd stitch trough and knit it, knit the 1st stitch, repeat from \* across to the last 4sts, K3, Kfb. Row 3- Slp1, YO, Kfb, knit across to the last st, Kfb. Row 4- Slp1, YO, Kfb, purl across to the last 4sts, K3, Kfb. Rows 5 and 6- same as row 3. Repeat these 6 rows until work measures 15 inches from the cast on edge. (For a colour accent, work rows six and one in a contrasting colour on the last time through the stitch pattern.) Follow the directions for the last row and cast off. Trinity Rosebud lace pattern: starting at row 7. Row 1-Slp1, YO, Kfb, K9, pyop, K11, Kfb. \* Row 2- Slp1, YO, Kfb, knit to last stitch, Kfb. Row 3- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K11, pyop, (RB, pyop,)to last 10sts, K9, Kfb. Row 4- Slp1, YO, Kfb, knit to last stitch, Kfb. Row 5- Slp1, YO, Kfb, K9, pyop, (RB, pyop,)to last 12sts, K11, Kfb. Repeat rows 2 trough 5 a total of 20 times. (Or if you are running low on yarn you can work the pattern rows fewer times) Knit 6 rows in garter stitch including the 3 stitch increases in each row. Work the last row and cast off. Last Row and Cast Off: These are the cast off directions for all 3 shawls. You will need around 50 meters of yarn for the cast off Slp1, (YO, Kfb) in all sts on the needle, tripling the number of sts. Turn and cast off all sts. Weave in the ends, dampen and block lightly. \~LORI FREJEK\~
(Oyster Stitch shawl)
(Garter Stitch shawl)
(Trinity Rosebud shawl)
