Golden Orchids Knitting Pattern: An Elegant Half-Circular Shawl with Beaded Lace Motif

GoIden Ochids DESIGNED BY AINO HAIKALA

Gauge

Notions:

12 stitches and 25 rows = 4" or 10 cm in Leaves pattern. Materials 410 yards (375 meters) of fingering weight yarn. 4 mm (US6) needles Waste yarn for provisional CO Stitch Markers (optional) Tapestry needle

Finished Size

160 cm (70 inches) across by 58 cm (25 inches) down Size 6 beads (optional). The total amount of beads needed is 108.

Sample Shown in

Sandnes Garn Lanett 50 g / 195 m (213 yards) (100 % merino)

GENERAL FORMATDN

"During the Victorian era, orchid symbolism shifted to luxury, and today this sense of magnificence and artful splendor continues, with orchids representing rare and delicate beauty. olden Orchids is an elegant shawl to wrap around your neck. It's shape is half-circular and it's knitted from the center of neck outwards. The beads on the border adds a little hint of luxury and sparkle. The lace motif in the border chart has a blooming ocrhid motif which was specially designed for this project.

Difficulty Level

Intermediate Not for a beginner lace knitter Charted Needed skills: Basic lace stitches Provisional CO Beading (optional) Blocking No lace stitches on WS rows. quote: teleflora.com

Contact info

You can contact me in Ravelry or by emailing to aino.haikala@gmail.com. The pattern is thoroughly test knitted, but if you think you may have found an error, please let me know.

Copyright

This pattern is copyrighted material. You may not distribute or sell electronic or paper copies of this pattern, in whole or in part, in any way. Some of the lace motifs of this pattern have been designed from scratch by me. Please do not use them in your own designs.

ECHNCAL FORMATDN

· The charts do not include three stitch garter stitch border. · There is no center stitch nor are there increases in the sides of the shawl. But there is a center panel in the body of the shawl. · Work the charts in following order: Knit right side once, knit repeat as many times as instructed, knit left side once. · On wrong side rows knit the first three and the last three stitches and purl all other stitches. · The colored squares in the border chart will help you to see the outlines of the petals, but it's not necessary tosee the colors in order toknit the shawl. It's recommended to separate the center panel by using contrasting stitch markers. · Exact gauge is not important. Do note that a looser gauge will result in the use of more yardage.

Adding beads

You can add the beads using your preferred method, like using a crochet hook. Beads are always placed before working the stitch. Insert a bead on the next stitch and knit it.

Adjusting the size

It's easy to change the size by changing the amount of body chart repeats. You can knit the body chart as many times as you wish. After that continue to transition chart 2. A= Set-up chart 1 and 2 B = Transition chart 1 C = Body chart D = Transition chart 2 and 3 E= Border chart F Center panel

IERUCTDNS

CO 3 sts provisionally using scrap yarn. Knit 11 rows with main yarn. Do not turn the work around but rotate 90 degrees clockwise, pick up and knit 5 sts from the garter stitch edge of the piece, undo provisional cast-on and knit the 3 live sts. (11sts) K3, purl to last 3 sts, k3. Work through the charts in following order: set-up chart 1, set-up chart 2, transition chart 1, body chart, transition chart 2 and border chart. Bind off loosely, wash and block

：Appreviations

- k = knit : k2tog = knit 2 together ■ ssk = slip1, slip1, knit the slipped stitches : together through the back loop - k3tog = knit 3 together sssk = slip1, slip 1, slip 1, knit the slipped = stitches together through the back loop : s2kp = slip 2 stitches together knit-wise. Knit 1 and pass the 2 slipped stitches over the kn tted ■ stitch = kfb = Knit a stitch leaving it on the needle and knit the stitch again into the back loop of the stitch _ yo = yarn over : CO = cast on = (s) = stitch(es)

CHART KEY

0 = yo /= k2tog = ssk M= k3tog M= Sssk M= s2kp = kfb = knit = no stitch = beaded stitch L-30 of the set-up chart 1 once. There are five repeats of the motif in a row. (71 sts)

SFUPCHART2

Work rows 1-2 of the set-up chart 2 in the following order: knit normal motif 2 times, knit increasing motif, knit normal motif 2 times (73 sts).

Normal motif

Increasing motif

TRANETDN CHART1

Work rows 1-12 of the transition chart 1 in the following order: knit right side of the shawl working the main pattern 2 times, knit center panel, knit left side of the shawl working the main pattern 2 times (105 sts).

Right side

Center panel

\* frst repeat k center panel


11	1	2	3	4 0	5	6	7	8	9	10 0	11	12	13 11
9		/			0				0				9
7		/		0		0		0	/	0			7
５				0				/		0			５
3			0					/			0		3
1		0	/	0				/		0		0	1
12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Left side

GOLDEN ORCHIDS Work across each row (1-24) of the body chart in the following order: knit right side of the shaw working the main pattern 3 times, knit center panel, knit left side of the shawl working the main pattern 3 times (153 sts). Work across each row (1-24) of the body chart in the following order: knit right side of the shawl working the main pattern 5 times, knit center panel, knit left side of the shawl working the main pattern 5 times (201 sts).

left side

main pattern

4 5

7 8

right side

23 o

1112

/ o

o /

o o

/ /

o 10 9

o 8 7

o 6 5

/ 4

o 3 2

Right side

Center Panel

GOLDEN ORCHIDS

TRANETDN CHART 2

Work across each row (1-8) of the transition chart 2 in the following order: knit right side of the shawl working the main pattern 3 times, knit center panel, knit left side of the shawl working the main pattern 3 times (221 sts). Note, that the stitch count of center panel changes into 11 stitches.