Description
This quick-to-knit triangle lace shawlette is simple and elegant to highlight your favorite variegated sockyarn.
Needles
Size US 6/4 mm Knitting Needles, or size needed to get gauge.
Yarn
One 100 gram ball of Holiday Yarns FlockSock Sock Yarn [75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon]. 400 yards/366 meters. Total yardage: 388 yards/356 meters. Color: Romulan Raspberry.
Gauge
16 stitches and 20 rows over 4 inches in Main Body Stitch Finished Pattern Measurements 54 inches wide by 23 inches long after blocking.
Supplies
Removable stitch marker, yarn needle (for weaving in ends), blocking aids (optional)
Abbreviations
yo = yarn over. k = knit. p = purl. k2tog = knit 2 together. ssk = slip, slip knit. k2wrap = [see pg 4] a 1 x 1 Right Cross Cable worked over 2 stitches. Skip over the first stitch and knit into second stitch, wrapping yarn twice around the needle. Then knit the first stitch leaving the second stitch on the needle. Let both stitches fall off of the needle. On the purl side drop half of the k2wrap. RS = right side. WS = wrong side.
Pattern Notes
This shawl is constructed of a main body with a knit-on lace edging. The body is constructed in a traditional triangle method, beginning with Chart A, then moving to Chart B after there are 25 sts. The edging begins with Chart C, Written instructions are provided for all charts, so you may work from the charts or the written instructions. For more information on knitted lace triangle construction,see http://www.fickleknitter.com/archives/2009/12/kn ittedlacetr.htm. Chart A Cast on 5 stitches. Row 1 (RS): Knit. (5 sts) Row 2 and all even-numbered wS rows to Row 12: Purl. Row 3: K1, \*yo, k1; rep from \* to end. (9 sts) Row 5: K1, [yo, k3, yo, k1] twice.(13 sts) Row 7: K1, [yo, k5, yo, k1] twice. (17 sts) Row 9: K1, [yo, k7, yo, k1] twice. (21 sts) Row 11: K1, [yo, k9, yo, k1] twice. (25 sts) Place stitch marker to the right of the center stitch. Slip the center stitch marker every row as you knit the shawl. Begin working Chart B, continuing at Row13.
Chart B
The main body pattern repeat is indicated by the red-bordered sections on Chart B, and is shown in the written instructions below in bold and enclosed in brackets. Repeat bold, bracketed instructions once through Row 22, twice through Row 22 on the second repeat, three times through row 22 on the third repeat, four times through Row 22 on the forth repeat and so on while working Chart B nine times ending with Row 22 and there are 205 sts. Then begin the knit on edging using The Chart C. All wrong side rows are purled. Row 13 (Rs): K1, yo, k1, [k2, (yo, ssk, k1) twice, yo, ssk.], yo, k1, yo, [(ssk, yo, k1) three times, k1], k1, yo, k1 (29 sts). Row 14 and all even-numbered (ws) rows to Row 22: Purl all stitches. Row 15: K1, yo, k3, [k1, (k2tog, yo, k1) three times.], yo, k1, yo, [(k1, yo, k2tog) three times, k1.], k3, yo, k1. (33 sts). Row 17: K1, yo, k5, [(yo, ssk, k1) three times, k1], yo, k1, yo, [k1, (k1, ssk, yo) three times.], k5, yo, k1. (37 sts). Row 19: K1, yo, k7, [(k2tog, yo, k1) three times, k1.], yo, k1, yo, [k1, (k1, yo, k2tog) three times.], k7, yo, k1. (41 sts). Row 21: K1, yo, k9, [(yo, ssk, k1) three times, k1], yo, k1, yo, [k1, (k1, ssk, yo) three times] , k9, yo, k1. (45 sts). Stitch Counts after Chart B Repeats (45,65,85, 105, 125, 145, 165, 185, 205) Stitches.
Chart C
Repeat Rows 23-26 seven times until there are 261 stitches. Bind off very loosely on the purl side. Row 23 (RS): K1, yo, (k2wrap) to one stitch before marker, k1, yo, k center stitch, yo, k1, (k2wrap) to last stitch, yo, k1. (209 sts) Row 24 (Ws): P all stitches, dropping half of the k2wrap. (209 sts) Row 25: K1, yo, k1, (k2wrap) to 2 sts before center marker, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, (k2wrap), k to last 2 stitches, k1, yo, k1. (213 sts) Row 26: P all stitches, dropping half of the k2wrap. (213 sts) Stitch Counts after Chart C Repeats (213, 221, 229, 237, 245, 253, 261).
Note for Chart A: All wrong side rows are purled. Work Chart A increases with a yo on each edge and on each side of the center st until there are 25 sts, then begin Chart B. Place stitch marker to the right of the center stitch. Slip the center stitch marker every row as you knit the shawl.
Chart A
Note for Chart B: The main body pattern repeat is indicated by the red-bordered sections on Chart B. Work the red bordered instructions once through Row 22, twice through Row 22 on the second repeat, three times through row 22 on the third repeat, four times through Row 22 on the fourth repeat and so on while working Chart B nine times ending with Row 22 and there are 205 sts. Begin the edging by knitting Chart C. All wrong siderows arepurled.
Chart B
Note for Chart C: Work the red bordered sections across all stitches. The k2wrap [See pg 4] is a 1 x 1 Right Cross Cable worked over 2 stitches. Skip over the first stitch and knit into second stitch, wrapping yarn twice around the needle. Then knit the first stitch leaving the second stitch on the needle. Let both stitches fall off of the needle. On the purl side drop half of the k2wrap. Repeat Rows 23-26 seven times until there are 261 stitches. Bind off very loosely on the purl side.
Chart C
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K2Wrap
Step One: Knit into second stitch first.
Step Two: Wrap yarn twice around the needle.
Step Three: Knit into first stitch.
Step Four: Drop both stitches off of the needle.
