Feeling romantic? Designed by Margery Winter, this blue bias-knit shawl is pulled right out of a tender dream.
SIZE
Instructions are written for one size.
KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
Approx 23″ x 54″/58.5cm x 137cm
MATERIALS
11 13/4oz/50g balls (each approx 98yds/90m) of Berroco Ultra Silk (silk/ rayon/nylon) in #6106 mint
One pair size 10 (6mm) needles or size to obtain gauge
Cable needle
Size H/8 (5mm) crochet hook
GAUGE
19 sts and 28 rows to 4″/10cm over St st using size 10 (6mm) needles.
Take time to check gauge.
STITCH GLOSSARY
6 RC
S1 3 sts to cn and hold to back, k3, k3 from cn.
LT
Knit into the back of 2nd st on needle, leave on LH needle. k into 1st and 2nd sts together, drop off needle.
SHAWL
Cast on 4 sts.
Beg chart-inc slanted edge
Beg with row 1, work 38 rows of chart-40 sts. Cont in pat as established, inc 1 st each side as established until 124 sts (60 inc’s total each side), working inc sts in pat.
Straight section
Note Read section before beg to knit. When a purl st is the 2nd to last st on a RS row, drop the st and k last st instead of k2tog at end.
Next row (RS) K1, M1, work in pat to last 2 sts, k2tog. Work 1 row even. Work last 2 rows until 14 LT cables have been worked.
Dec slanted edge
Note Read section before beg to knit. When a purl st is the 2nd st on needle on a RS row. k 1 , drop the p st instead of ssk; and when a purl st is the 2nd to the last st on RS row, drop the p st. k1 instead of k2tog.
Next row (RS) Ssk, work in pat to last 2 sts. k2tog. Work 1 row even. Work last 2 rows until 4 sts rem.
Bind off dropping any remaining p sts. Be sure that all p sts are completely unraveled.
FINISHING
Block pieces to measurements. Work 1 row of sc around entire edge of shawl.
