The Violet Pie
"Fog: a shawl recipe" was designed with those impulse buy, hand-painted, lace weight, forever in your stash, squishy, gorgeous skeins in mind. Finally, a pattern to justify the the irresistible call of indulgence which regardless of attention span, will yield a beautiful, wearable handknit shawl.
Ingredients and Supplies:
Size 8 US needles, or size to obtain gauge 4 stitch markers Yarn A: 4 skeins Berroco Folio, 219y per skein fingering weight Yarn B: 1 skein Plymouth Yarn Revel, 275y per skein lace weight Gauge: 12 stitches over 4 inches in stockinette with yarns held double fog shawl ?thevioletpie.com Ravelry ID: CandiedGinger
Abbreviations
CO: Cast On K: Knit BO: Bind Off P: Purl PM:PlaceMarker YO: Yarn Over SM: Slip Marker K2tog tbl: Knit Two Together Through Back Loop. This, instead of simply knitting two together, creates the diagonal look in the lattice stitch. My guidelines are simply suggestions. If anything is vital to the end result of the pattern, it will be underlined. Even that is subject to change as you may have an even better solution than what I'm presenting.
Setup:
CO 4 stitches in Yarn A and knit 14 rows in garter stitch, which will create your garter tab. Pick up stitches around garter tab, until total number of stitches on needle equals 11. You may pick up as many stitches as you feel is appropriate, but the number of stitches must be an odd number, in order to accommodate the lattice stitch later in the shawl.
Stockinette:
Pick up and hold together, Yarns A & B, before continuing. Row 1 (right side): K2, PM, YO, K3, YO, PM, K1, PM. YO, K3, YO, PM, K2 Row 2 (wrong side): K2, SM, P4, SM, P1, SM, P4, K2 Continue your increases in this manner keeping up with your stockinette stitch, and making sure to maintain the 2 stitch garter edge, until you find it to be a visually pleasing place to stop. End this section after finishing a Wrong side row.
Lattice Setup:
Drop Yarn B, making sure to leave enough tail to weave in prior to blocking. Knit 2 rows in garter, using Yarn A, being sure to maintain the YO increases and center spine stitch as a stockinette stitch, and then begin lattice lace pattern: Row 1 (right side): K2, SM, \*YO, K2tog tbl\* repeat \*\* until last stitch before center stitch markers. YO, K1, YO, SM, K1, SM, YO, K1, YO \*K2tog tbl, YO\* repeat until last stitch marker, SM, K2. Row 2 (wrong side): K2, SM, P across to last stitch marker, SM, K2. Continue repeating those two rows until you have knit as much lattice as you want, ending with a wrong side row. Knit 2 more rows in garter stitch while maintaining the increase pattern from the stockinette section and the center spine stitch in stockinette. Then, pick up Yarn B, alongside Yarn A, and start a new stockinette section. At this point, you can switch back and forth between lattice and stockinette until: A: you just can't stomach it anymore OR B: you've run out of your lace weight.
Bind-off and Finishing Details: DnaOn ana Tn
While maintaining the same increase and center spine stockinette, drop yarn B and knit 6 rows in garter stitch. Knit the lattice pattern until you have achieved the size you desire, and add another 6 rows garter. BO on the right side of the pattern using Jenny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off or your preferred extremely stretchy bind off method to accommodate the fluidity of the overall shawl. You can choose to use pins or blocking wires but I just smacked mine around a bit after soaking in the bathtub and finger pressed it out on the living room carpet. lace weight yarn and then 3 and a quarter 50 gram skeins of the fingering weigl
