Hera Mountain Ridge Shawl
Materials:
Color A: About 400 yards of Fingering Weight Yarn (Il used Koigu in a purpley colorway) Color B: About 600 yards of Fingering Weight Yarn (l used Koigu in a blue/copper colorway) Color C: About 200 yards of Fingering Weight Yarn (l used Spud and Chloe Fine in bright teal) 10 stitch markers Size 2 circular needles, long ones. Colors A and B will be striped for the body of the scarf, and Colors B and C will be striped for the Feather and Fan portion so plan colors accordingly.
Body of Shawl:
Cast on 7 stitches Rows 1-7 color A Row 1: k row Row 2: k3, yarn over (YO), place marker, k1, YO, k3 Row 3: k row Row 4: k3, YO, kl, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, k1, YO, k3 Row 5: k row Row 6: k3,YO, k3, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, k3, YO, k3 Row 7: k row From here on out striping Color A and Color B until you run out of Color A. Each stripe is 4 knit rows. On all even rows you k3, YO, knit till marker, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, knit till last three stitches, YO, k3. All odd rows are just knit. When you run out of Color A make sure your make one more stripe/4 rows in ColorB.
Border Pattern:
When you have finished the body of the shawl it is time to do a little math. The feather and fan pattern I used is 23 stitches wide and you will want to place it with one full round smack in the middle of each side of the shawl. This is how you will figure out how to do that. I probably could have given you the exact number of stitches to end on but I have a thing about possible running out of yarn during projects and this way it is catered to exactly how much yarn you have, no worrying, just more math! Feather and Fan pattern: K2tog 4 times, (YO, k1) 7 times, YO, ssk 4 times. Count the number of stitches on one side of the shawl not counting the 3 edge stitches or the middle stitch. This should be an odd number\*. Next, take the number of stitches and divide them by 23. \* If it is not an odd number you made a mistake, but that is ok, you can adjust by picking up a stitch somewhere around between the 4th and 5th or 5th and 6th stitches. By pick up I mean picking the ladder between the stitches. Not sureif thathasanamebutthatiswhatI do. Example A: 253/23=11 evenly divided by an odd number. If your total is evenly divided by an even number round down to the odd number and follow example B. Example B: 261/23=11.347 You can do 11 pattern repeats which is 253 stitches. Subtract 253 from 261=6. This means you will have plain stitches on either side of the feather and fan pattern in order to keep in centered. Example C: 281/23=12.217 Round down to the next odd number which would be 11 (253 stitches). Subtract 253 from 281=28. This number is greater than 24 so you will include half the feather and fan pattern at the beginning and end of either side of the shawl. ur first stripe in the Feather and Fan Border Pattern will be in Color C.
Example A:
Border Pattern Row 1:k3, YO, place new marker, \*k2tog 4 times, (YO, k1) 7 times, YO, ssk 4 times\* repeat the pattern as many times as your math indicated, in this case 11 times, place new marker, YO, pass marker, kl, YO, place new marker, repeat the feather and fan pattern 11 times, place new marker,Yo,k3 Border Pattern Row 2: k3, purl till last 3 stitches, k3 Border Pattern Row 3: k3, YO, k till middle marker, YO, slip marker, k1, YO, k till last 3 stitches, YO, k3 Border Pattern Row 4: k entire row You will now follow the directions in Example B, starting with Border Row 1 since you have stitches on either side of the feather and fan pattern. Make sure you chance your yarn every 4 rows to keep up the striping pattern
Example B:
Remember that number that was less than 24? You are going to divide that by 2. In my case that was a 6/2=3 3 is the number of stitches that I will start with on either side of the feather and fan pattern. Border Pattern Row 1: k3, YO, k3, place new marker, \*k2tog 4 times, (YO, k1) 7 times, YO, ssk 4 times\* repeat 11 (or your number from above) times, place new marker, k3, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, k3, place new marker, repeat feather and fan pattern 11 times, place new marker, k3, YO, k3 Border Pattern Row 2: k3, p all stitches till last 3, k3 Border Pattern Row 3: k3, YO, k till middle marker, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, k till final 3, YO, k3 Color C Border Pattern Row 4: k all stitches Repeat the stripe pattern until the number of non feather and fan stitches on either side of the pattern (not including the first or last 3 or the middle stitch) is 12 or higher. Once that is the case go on to Example C.
Example C:
Remember that number that was greater than 24? Divide that number by 2, in my case that would be 28/2=14, now subtract 12=2. That will be the number of plain stitches on either side of the feather and fan +a half pattern. Border Pattern Row 1: k3, YO, \*\*k2, place new marker, (k1, YO) 4 times, ssk 4 times, place new marker, (k2tog 4 times, (YO, k1) 7 times, YO, ssk 4 times\* repeat as many times as your math determined, in this case 11, place new marker, k2tog 4 times, (YO, k1) 4 times, place new marker, k2, YO\*\*, pass marker, k1, YO, repeat from \*\*, k3 Border Pattern Row 2: k3, p all stitches till final 3, k3 Border Pattern Row 3: k3, YO, k till center marker, YO, pass marker, k1, YO, k till final 3 stitches, YO, k3 Border Pattern Row 4: k all stitches Repeat this pattern, making stripes of course, till there are 11 stitches or more on either side of the feather and fan + a half pattern. Then you can add in the rest of the feather and fan pattern on either side of the shawl. Adjust the stitch markers so they indicate the beginning and end of the feather and fan pattern.
In Conclusion:
Was all that a tad confusing? It certainly was to write, so here is the general idea if that is easier for you. Basically you want to center the feather and fan pattern letting new repeats grow off both ends of either side of the shawl changing the color every 4 rows. The concept is super easy, writing it out or describing it, surprisingly difficult. Anyway, once you have almost run out of yarn you will bind off, whichever way you see fit at the end of a stripe. I added a little loopy 3 chain crochet stitch border to mine. As always, if you see any mistakes, or have any questions let me know. wonderfallz [at] gmail [dot] com.
