THIS DELICATE, wide triangular shawl from Sandra Nesbitt is worked back and forth in a lace pattern from the bottom point up. Three bands of feminine mosaic flowers are incorporated to break up the solid areas of colour. The shawl is finished off with a few rows of garter stitch before an i-cord cast-off. Sandra’s design is knitted in Exquisite 4ply, a beautifully silky and luxurious yarn from West Yorkshire Spinners.
SIZE
Wingspan: 167cm (65¾in)
Depth: 57cm (22½in)
YARN
West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite 4ply (4ply weight; 80% Falkland wool; 20% mulberry silk; 400m/437yds per 100g skein)
A Knightsbridge (148); 1 x 100g skein
B Wisteria (402); 1 x 100g skein
YARN STOCKISTS
West Yorkshire Spinners
01535 664500 www.wyspinners.com
NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES
3.25mm (UK 10/US 3) circular needles, 100-120cm long
Cable needle (cn) (optional)
TENSION
28 sts to 36 rows to 10cm over st st using 3.25mm needles.
1 repeat of lace pattern (20 sts and 20 rows) measures 7½cm wide and 6cm high, using 3.25mm needles.
1 repeat of flower band pattern (20 sts and 22 rows) measures 7½cm wide and 3½cm high, using 3.25mm needles.
SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS
T2F: Slip 1 st onto cn and hold at front of work, P1; K1 from cn. If you prefer to work without a cn: purl the second st on LH needle tbl, leaving it on the needle, then knit first st on LH needle as normal, allowing both sts to drop off LH needle.
T2B: Slip 1 st onto cn and hold at back of work, K1; P1 from cn. If you prefer to work without a cn: K2tog the first 2 sts on LH needle but do not drop the original sts from LH needle, then bring yarn to front of work, and purl into the first st on LH needle as normal, allowing both sts to drop off LH needle.
For general abbreviations, see p89
PATTERN NOTES
After the first 6 rows, 4 stitches are increased on each
