Autumn Cornucopia Shawl

The best things about autumn are leaves that change their color, and having a walk through them on a day with clear, blue skies.

The colors of both come together in this shawl to create a cornucopia, shaped with short Rs, from which a bounty of leaves spills.

Picots along the inner edge and eyelets along the outer edge add some visual interest.

The lace pattern is a 12 stitch repeat and suitable for advanced beginners.

Size

54”/137 cm long and 21”/53 cm wide at the widest part

Yarn

Hikoo CoBaSi (55% Cotton, 21% Nylon, 16% Rayon from Bamboo, 8% Silk ; 219 yards [200 meters]/50 grams): Color 68 Curacao (MC), 2 balls (sample used 370 yards [340 meters]; Color 20 Chocolate Milk (CC), 1 ball

Needles

Size US 4 (3.5 mm): 24” circular

Notions

Up to 9 stitch markers if you want to mark each pattern repeat in the lace section, tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge

24 sts and 38 rows = 4” [10 cm] in garter st after wet blocking.

Abbreviations

Please see our standard abbreviations.

picot – CO 2 sts using the knit cast on, then bind off 2 sts

Pattern Notes

Lace pattern by GannetDesigns who generously offers stitch patterns on her blog, for other designers to use.

Chart

Pattern

Starting triangle

With MC CO 3 sts.

Row 1 (WS): K3.

Row 2 (RS): K1, yo, k to end of row; 4 sts.

Row 3: Picot, k to end of row.

Row 4: K all sts.

Row 5: K all sts.

Rows 6- 137: Repeat rows 2-5 for 33 more times, you now have 37 sts on your needles and 34 picots along the left edge.

Rows 138 + 139: Repeat rows 2-3 one more time; 38 sts.

Row 140 + 141: With CC, work rows 4+5 once. (do not cut MC yet)

Rows 142 + 143: With MC, work rows 2+3 once; 39 sts.

Rows 144 + 145: With CC, work rows 4+5 once.

Rows 146 + 147: With MC, work rows 2+3 once, cut MC; 40 sts.

Short rows (worked with CC)

Rows 1+2: K all sts.

Row 3: K1, yo, k to 5 sts rem, w&t.

Row 4: K to end of row.

Row 5: K to 5 sts before the last wrapped st, w&t.

Row 6: K to end of row.

Work rows 3-6 for 3 more times. You should now have a total of 44 sts.

Increase section

Note: DO NOT cut CC until it says to cut it.

Row 1: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row (you do not need to pick up the wraps).

Row 2: Picot, k to end of row.

Rows 3 + 4: With CC, k all sts.

Rows 5-8: Repeat rows 1-4 once more, cut CC; 46 sts.

Row 9: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row; 47 sts.

Row 10: Picot, k to end of row.

Rows 11 + 12: K all sts.

Rows 13-52: Repeat rows 9-12 for 10 more times, you now have 57 sts on your needles.

Rows 53-54: Repeat rows 9-10 one more time (58 sts)

Rows 55 + 56: With CC, work rows 11+12 once. (do not cut MC yet)

Rows 57 + 58: With MC, work rows 9+10 once. (59 sts)

Rows 59 + 60: With CC, work rows 11+12 once.

Rows 61 + 62: With MC, work rows 9+10 once, cut MC. (60 sts)

Short rows (worked with CC)

Rows 1+2: K all sts.

Row 3: K1, yo, k to last five sts, w&t.

Row 4: K to end of row.

Row 5: K to five sts before the last wrapped st, w&t.

Row 6: K to end of row.

Work rows 3-6 for of 5 more times. You should now have a total of 66 sts.

Increase section

Note: DO NOT pick up the wraps as you come to them.

Row 1: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row (67 sts).

Row 2: Picot, k to end of row.

Rows 3 + 4: With CC, k all sts.

Rows 5-8: Repeat rows 1-4 once more, cut CC. (68 sts)

Row 9: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row (69 sts).

Row 10: Picot, k to end of row.

Row 11 + 12: K all sts.

Rows 13-44: Repeat rows 9-12 for 8 more times, you now have 77 sts on your needles.

Rows 45-46: Repeat rows 9-10 one more time. (78 sts)

Rows 47 + 48: With CC, work rows 11+12 once. (do not cut MC yet)

Rows 49 + 50: With MC, work rows 9+10 once. (79 sts)

Rows 51 + 52: With CC, work rows 11+12 once.

Rows 53 + 54: With MC, work rows 9+10 once, cut MC. (80 sts)

Short rows (worked with CC)

Rows 1+2: K all sts.

Row 3: K1, yo, k to last five sts, w&t.

Row 4: K to end of row.

Row 5: K to five sts before the last wrapped st, w&t.

Row 6: K to end of row.

Work rows 3-6 for 7 more times. You should now have a total of 88 sts.

Increase section

Row 1: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row (you do not need to pick up the wraps). (89 sts)

Row 2: Picot, k to end of row.

Rows 3 + 4: With CC, k all sts.

Rows 5-8: Repeat rows 1-4 once more, cut CC. (90 sts)

Row 9: With MC K1, yo, k to end of row. (91 sts)

Row 10: Picot, k to end of row.

Rows 11 + 12: K all sts.

Rows 13-84: Repeat rows 9-12 for 18 more times, you now have 109 sts on your needles.

Rows 85-86: Repeat rows 9-10 one more time. (110 sts)

Rows 87 + 88: With CC, work rows 11+12 once. (do not cut MC yet)

Rows 89 + 90: With MC, work rows 9+10 once. (111 sts)

Rows 91 + 92: With CC, work rows 11+12 once.

Rows 93 + 94: With MC, work rows 9+10 once, cut MC. (112 sts)

Lace section

You can follow the chart above for this, keeping in mind that selvedge stitches are included in the chart.

If you place stitch markers for each pattern repeat, you will have to move the markers after Row 18 by one stitch to the right (see chart)

Work rows 1-8 once, then rows 1-20 twice

Picot Bind-off

Abbreviations for the Bind-off

BOS (Bind off Stretchy) – k2, *insert left needle into the front of both sts, k2tog through back loop from that position, k1, repeat from *

Picot – move remaining st from right needle back to left needle, cable cast on 2 sts, bind off 3 sts as follows: k1, *k1, pass 1^st st over the 2^nd, repeat from *

Instructions: BOS 8, picot, *BOS 11, picot, repeat from * until last 7 sts, BOS 7

Picots should always be over the center of the cable that is placed over the column of double yarnovers, this works by binding off until the 1^st st of the cable, then working a picot. The last BO in the picot is the 2^nd cable stitch.

Finishing

Finish off.

Weave in ends.

Block, pull each picot outwards to form spikes along the edge.