Sailing in Santorini: A Knitting Pattern Inspired by the Aegean Island’s Beauty

Sailing in Santorini

This shawl is inspired by the island of Santorini in the Aegean. The island half encircles a volcano, so it has both white and black sand beaches. The water is clear and aquamarine. It's a beautiful island and a great, relaxing spot to vacation in.

Materials:

Yarn: 600-800 yards of yarn laceweight or fingering yarn. I used DyeForYarn's mulberry silk lace. It would look lovely in any silk or silk blend. Needles: Size 5 needles or size that gives you the fabric you like. or beads. You can, of course, use one color or no beads. Model uses size 6 seed beac

To begin:

Garter tab cast on of 17 stitches: 3 on each side, 11 for the beginning of the body. To create the garter tab: 1.Cast on 4 stitches. 2.Knit one row. 3. Row three is k2, k2tog, reducing to three stitches. 4. Continue kniting all rows until you have 11 garter ridges. 5. Turn and pick up 11 stiches in between the garter tabs, then pick up the 3 loops from the cast on edge. Turn and knit onerow.

Sailing in Santorini Body

The model uses 10 repeats of the body chart before turning and beginning the border/edging. Fewer repeats will make a smaller shawl, more repeats will make a larger shawl. You will need more yarn if you do more repeats. Once you've decided that you have enough repeats, complete three knit rows, ending on a right side row knit all the way across (you will turn and start the edging at the end of the right side row). Repeat rows 7 through 24 of the chart as many times as you like. I recommend 10-15 times depending on how much yarn you have and how large you want the shawl to be. You will need approximately 45% of a 100g skein of yarn for the edging.

Edging

At the end of a right side garter row, cast on 22 stitches on the same end of the needle holding the stitches. Knit one WS row, attach the last stitch to the next stitch on the body by k2tog through back of loop. Begin working the edging chart.

Repeat rows 1-8 until you have bound off allive body stitches. At the end, feel free to use double joins so that you end by binding off a row 8 row with the last live body stitch. If you used two colors of beads, you can alternate the two colors every repeat of the border pattern. edging row, turn and knit one row, then bind off the last row. I use the following bindoff: k2, insert left needle into front of two stitches on right needle, then ktog.

Hints:

● Working k, p3tog, k, remember to wrap yarn to the front or back first, then do the YO. It feels almost like a double yarnover. ·You can weigh your yarn at the beginning, then when you've ended a body repeat later on, weigh again. When you reach about 45% of your yarn (you've used 55%), begin working on the edging.

Written instructions:

See the cast on instructions, then begin the body as follows: Highlighted stitches indicate adding a bead of color A or color B after knitting the stitch 1. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 2. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 3.k2, yo, k1, yo, k7, yo, p3tog, yo, k7, yo, k1, yo, k2 4. k2, yo, k10, yo, k3tog, yo, k10, yo, k2 5. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 6. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 7. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 8. yo, k9, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k9, yo 9. k2, yo, k9, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k9, yo, k2 10. k2, yo, k10, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k10, yo, k2 11. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 12. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 13. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 14. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 15. k2, yo, k1, yo, k7, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, \*yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo\*, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k7, yo, k1, yo, k2 16. k2, yo, k10, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k10, yo, k2 17. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, \*yo, p3tog, yo,k3, yo, p3tog, yo\*, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo,k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 18. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 19. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, \*yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo\*, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 20. k2, yo, k7, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 21. k2, yo, k1, yo, k7, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, \*yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo\*, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k7, yo, k1, yo, k2 22. k2, yo, k10, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k10, yo, k2 23. k2, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, \*yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo\*, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog, yo, k3, yo, p3tog. yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k2 24. k2, yo,k7, yo, k3tog, yo,k3, yo, k3tog, yo,k3, yo, k3tog, yo,k3, yo, k3tog, yo,k3, yo, k3tog, yo,k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, k3tog, yo, k7, yo, k2 Repeat rows 13-24 to complete the shawl body, repeating the stitches between the asterisks as many times as the row allows (this willincrease as you go). The model used about 10 repeats for the body section. You willneed about 45g of a 100g skein for the border and edging. Border/edging written instructions: After ending the shawl body on a row 24, knit the next row across. Cast on 22 stitches, turn and knit back toward the first live body stitch still on the needle. Join the last stitch of the border with the first live body stitch by knitting them together through the back of the loop. Turn, then begin the border as follows: 1. s, k1, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, k1 2. k4, yo, k2tog, k4, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k2tog tbl 3. s, k1, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k2, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, k2 4. k9, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k2tog tbl 5. s, k1, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k3, yo, k2tog, k1, yo2, k2 6. k3, p1, k2, yo, k5, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k2tog tbl 7. s, k1, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k5, yo, k2tog, k4 8. bind2, k2, yo, k7, \*yo, k2tog\* (5 times), k2tog tbl Repeat rows 1-8 until you have bound off allive body stitches. At the end, feel free to use double joins so that you end by binding off a row 8 row with the last live body stitch. If you used two colors of beads, you can alternate the two colors every repeat of the border pattern. After ending the final edging row, turn and knit one row, then bind off the last row. I use the following bindoff: k2, insert left needle into front of two stitches on right needle, then ktog.