Little Chaos
This shawl is inspired from the movie Little chaos",i believe that Mme Sabine De Barra can wear this shawl while she's designing gardens of Versailles for King Louis XIV. Sabine De Barra was a woman with a non-traditional sense of gardening, she tried to combine the Traditional with the Extraordinary! it's the same with this shawl, worked with Handspun/hand dyed and LYS yarn in two differentcolours. Designed to be simple yet attractive with lovely tassels at the ends J
Materials:
-448 yds of DK weight Yarn 2 different colours (i used 170 yds for color A , 278 yds for color B) -Circular needle 6 US (4 mm) -Stitch marker -Crochet hook / Tapestry needle -2Tassels
gauge:
finished garment measures: Length (45"=112.5 cm) Width (23.5"= 58.5 cm) 4 inches =22 Rows x 20 Stitches in garter stitch using 6 US (4 mm) needle.
abbrewiationa:
CO:CastOn PM:placeMarker M1: make one stitch (when you increase one stitch at the end of each row put your right needle and left the purl bump of the last stitch put it on your left needle, knit the stitch from theback loop)
Pattern:
1- with color(A) CO 2 sts 2- k αall sts 3- k 1, m1,k1 4- knit to last st, m1, k1 (4 sts in total) continue working all the sts in garter stitch while increasing 1 st at the end of every row Until piece measures 7l shaping the shawl: - knit all sts until there is 4" (around 24 sts ) left to the end of the row. Turn the work. -slip the first stitch (the last one knitted in the previous row) while your knitting yarn is at the back ,PM, knit all sts until 1 stitch is left,M1, k1 (you'll be increasing 1 stitch in one side only) -knit all sts until marker take it off , turn your work, slip one stitch, PM, knit all sts until 1 st is left M1, k1 repeat the last row while slipping one stitch at a time and increasing one at the end of each row until there are 16 slipped stitches on your needle (fig1).
-using color (B) start knitting in the opposite side of your rows (from the 4" that we left previously). Knit through all sts ,knit one slipped stitch,turn your work, knit all the sts back to the end, increase one stitch see (fig2).
-continue knitting back and forth knitting one slipped stitch at a time and increasing one stitch at the end of each row until you work all the slipped stitches and your work is even. You will have small holes where the slipped sts were knitted from the opposite side When your piece measures ll" from the Beg of your work ,you are going to knit all sts leaving 4" from the last of the row place your stitch marker,turn the work. repeat the shaping part with the color (B) until there are 16 slipped sts. -from the opposite side, using the color (A) knit all sts including the first slipped stitch turn theworkback. -knit back to the end of the row, increasing one stitch at the end of it. repeat the last 2 rows until you knit all the slipped stitches. continue working and increasing one stitch at the end of every row with color (A) until piece measures 15" from the beginning of the work. -follow the diagram for the arrangement of the colours. -you can add more length to your to your shawl it is not necessary to follow the exact measurements. -when your piece reach the perfect size for you bind off, weave in all the ends using. a crochet hook or tapestry needle and sew the tassels on, block it and wear it proudly.
