VERDURE By Fluffy Fibers
++\*++\*+++++++++++++++++\* This design was born out of a love story with a yarn. The decadently soft fibre lent itself blissfully to smooth stockinette. The delicate, silvery green whispered the song of the wind in the young spring foliage. That is how this small botanical shawl came to be. Verdure is a softly rounded crescent shawlette knit with one skein of fingering yarn. The crescent shape is knit in stockinette, with 4 stitches increased on each right-side row and 2 stitches increased on each wrong-side row. The lace border is then cast on from the edge of the stockinette body and knit sideways, allowing for a quick, fuss-free bind-off, and a naturally stretchy edging. No seaming or picking-up of stitches is involved. Copyright 2015 Fluffy Fibers. All rights reserved.
NOTIONS
100 grams of fingering weight yarn. I used 92 grams of a 400-yard (366- metre) skein. Please consider you will be using slightly more yardage if you tend to knit loosely. Yarn used was Voolenvine Yarns Lush (2-ply, 80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon) in the Succulent colourway. The Lush base has since been replaced by Voolenvine Wolke (same fibre content, 4- ply,435yards). ·4-mm (US 6) circular needles, or size to obtain gauge. ·Stitch markers will help you spot the edge stitches, but are optional.
Finished dimensions:
170 wide x 30 cm high at the widest and highest points. GAUGE: 18 stitches = 10 cm after blocking.
ABBREVIATIONS AND KNITTING HELP
k: knit p: purl pm: put marker sk: skip [sl1, k2tog, PSSO]: slip one stitch, knit next two stitches together, pass the slipped stitch over the k2tog stitch. sl1: slip one stitch sm: slip marker ssk: slip one stitch onto the right needle, slip another stitch onto the right needle, insert the left needle to the front of the stitches, knit both together. (l prefer to slip the first stitch knitwise and the second stitch purlwise.) YO: yarn over. Judy's Magic Cast on: http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEATmagiccaston.html Provisional Cast on:http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/FEATfall05TT.html Cable Cast on: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/FEATsum05TT.html
DIRECTIONS
1. CAST ON
The long garter tab for the cast-on ensures that the centre of the top edge is flexible.
GARTERTABUSINGJUDY'SMAGICCASTON:
Using Judy's Magic Cast On, CO 6 stitches on 2 needles. Leave 3 stitches on hold on the needle's cable. Knit 28 rows of GS. 3 stitches on the needle YO, sk first purl bump, \*k into next purl bump, YO, sk next purl bump, repeat from \* until you reach the end of the tab, YO, k 3 stitches on hold. 21 stitches. There should be a total of 8 YOs.
ALTERNATIVE CAST ON: PROVISIONAL CAST ON:
Cast on 3 stitches using provisional Cast-on. Knit 28 rows of GS. 3 stitches on the needle. YO, sk first purl bump, \*k into next purl bump, YO, sk next purl bump, repeat from \* until you reach the end of the tab, YO, k the 3 stitches from the provisional CO. 21 stitches. There should be a total of 8 YOs.
2. STOCKINETTE SECTION
SET-UP ROW (RS):
k3, pm, \*[k1, YO, k1] into YO, k1\* to last 2 stitches, k last 2 stitches. 37 stitches. (2 stitches increased per YO). Next row: k3, pm, YO, p1, m1, p to last 3 stitches, YO, sm, k3. 40 stitches.
SHAWL BODY:
Row A (RS): k3, sm [k1, YO, k1] into YO, k to last 4 stitches, [k1, YO, k1] into YO, sm, k3. Row B (Ws): k3, sm, YO, p to last 3 stitches, YO, sm, k3. Continue in this pattern for 64 more rows until you have reached 238 stitches, ending with a WS row. Next row (RS): k3, sm [k1, YO, k1] into YO, kto last 4 stitches, [k1, YO, k1] into YO, sm, k3. 242 stitches. Next row (Ws): k3, p to last 3 stitches, k3 (no increases). 242 stitches.
3. LACE BORDER
CAST ON FOR BORDER:
beginning by inserting needle between the first two stitches of your work, cO 25 stitche: BORDER EDGING (REVERSE STOCKINETTE): Row 1: K2, YO, ssk, p20, P2tog. Turn. Row 2: Sl1, k20, k2, YO, ssk. Turn.
LACE BORDER:
Please note all rows don't have the same number of stitches. Rows 1, 2, 9 and 10 have 25 stitches whilst all other rows have 23 stitches. I have included complete instructions for WS rows, but these can be phrased more simply as: p the purls and k the knits to last 6 stitches, K4, YO, ssk, turn Row 1 (RS): k2, YO, ssk, p2, k1, YO, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, YO, k1, YO, k1, ssk, p1, K2tog, k1, YO, k1, p1, p2tog, turn. Row 2: sl1, k1, p4, k1, p7, k1, p4, k4, YO, ssk, turn. Row 3: k2, YO, ssk, p2, k1, YO, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k1, ssk, p1, k2tog, k1, YO, k1, p1, p2tog, turn. Row 4: sl1, k1, p4, k1, p2, k1, p2, k1, p4, k4, YO, ssk, turn. Row 5: k2, YO, ssk, p2, k1, YO, k1, YO, ssk, p1, k2tog, p1, ssk, p1, k2tog, YO, k1, YO, k1, p1, p2tog, turn. Row 6: sl1, k1, p5, \*k1, p1\* three times, p4, k4, YO, ssk, turn. Row 7: k2, YO, ssk, p2, k1, YO, k3, YO, [sl1, k2tog, PssO], p1, k3tog, YO, k3, YO, k1, p1, p2tog, turn. Row 8: sl1, k1, p7, k1, p7, k4, YO, ssk, turn. Row 9: k2, YO, ssk, p2, k1, YO, k5, YO, [sl1, k2tog, PSO], YO, k5, YO, k1, pl, p2tog, turn. Row 10: sl1, k1, p across to last 6 stitches, k4, YO, ssk, turn. Repeat these 10 rows 47 more times, for a total of 48 repeats. You should be left with ONE live stitch from the stockinette section. LACECHART Chart is read bottom to top. Odd rows are read from right to left, even rows are read from left to right.
FINAL BORDER EDGING (REVERSE STOCKINETTE): K2, YO, ssk, p20, P2tog. Turn. BO the final row knitwise.
FINISHING
ttern and edging to bloom. I threaded blocking wires through the very edge of the shawl
