Blossom Shawl

This is my second knitting design, in which I put much love and most of my knitting science 🙂

Simple and elegant, playing with eyelet lace and garter stripes, this shawl evokes springtime when the flowers pop up in the fields. It has a crescent shape with 3 stockinette sections, which get wider and wider, and go from small close eyelets to more distant dots, like flowers blooming slowly …

SIZE

71 x 16” [180cm width x 40 cm] at the deepest point after blocking

 

Yarn

• MC: Hedgehog fibre sock color Silence, 437 yards (400m)/100g
• CC1: Life In The Long Grass Sock color Beachcomber, 437 yards (400m)/100g
• CC2: Malabrigo Sock color Persia, 440 yards (402m)/100g

Yardage

• MC: One full skein 437 yards (400m)
• CC1: 285 yards (260m)
• CC2: 65 yards (60m)

Needles

US 4 (3,5mm) circular needles on 40” (100cm) cable

Notions

2 stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Gauge

20 sts x 30 rows in dotted stockinette (section 3)

Gauge is not critical for this project, but a different gauge will change yardage requirements.

Abbreviations

Please see our standard abbreviations.

CCx – Contrasting Color x

KYOK – in one single stitch, knit, yo, knit (2 sts increased)

@ – k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 

Directions

Set up

Using MC, CO 5 sts

Row 1: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (these are written as “@” later on)

Row 2: @

Repeat those 2 rows 3 more times. At the end of the last row, do not turn to work to other side, but instead rotate piece 90 degrees clockwise. Pick up and k4 sts along the edge of the short side. Rotate piece another 90 degrees. Pick up and k5 sts along the cast on edge; 14 sts.

Next Row (RS): @, pm, KYOK, yo, k2tog, KYOK, pm, @; 18 sts.

Next Row (WS): @, sm, yo, p to m, yo, sm; @ 20 sts.

Section 1

From now on when I knit my sample I added a YO between the 2nd and 3rd st of the seed stitch border, both on RS and WS rows, which I dropped in the next row, just to give more stretch to the border. I did not write this YO in the instructions.

Using MC:

Row 1: @, sm, KYOK, *k2tog, yo* to 1 st before m, KYOK, sm, @

Row 2: @, sm, yo, p to m, yo, sm, @

Row 3: @, sm, KYOK, *yo, k2tog* to 1 st before m, KYOK, sm, @

Row 4: same as row 2.

Repeat rows 1 to 4 another 5 times. Total 92 sts after row 24.

Stripe 1

Using MC:

Row 25: @, sm, kfb, kfb, k to 2 sts before m, kfb, kfb, sm, @

Row 26: @, sm, kfb, k to 1 sts before m, kfb, sm, @

Do not break MC, bring it along the edge; 98 sts.

 

Using CC1:

Repeat rows 25 and 26 another 5 times; 128 sts. Break CC1.

 

Using MC:

Repeat rows 25 and 26 another time; 134 sts.

 

Section 2 

Using MC:

Row 39: @, sm, KYOK, k1, (yo twice, k4) to 2 sts before m, yo twice, k1, KYOK, sm, @

Row 40: @, sm, yo, p2, (p2tog, p1 k1 into double yo, p2tog) to 2 sts before m, p2, yo, sm, @

Row 41: @, sm, KYOK, k2, (yo twice, k4) to 3 sts before m, yo twice, k2, KYOK, sm, @

Row 42: @, sm, yo, p3, (p2tog, p1 k1 into double yo, p2tog) to 3 sts before m, p3, yo, sm, @

Row 43: @, sm, KYOK, k3, (yo twice, k4) to 4 sts before m, yo twice, k3, KYOK, sm, @

Row 44: @, sm, yo, p4, (p2tog, p1 k1 into double yo, p2tog) to 4 sts before m, p4, yo, sm, @

Row 45: @, sm, KYOK, (yo twice, k4) to 1 st before m, yo twice, KYOK, sm, @

Row 46: @, sm, yo, p1, (p2tog, p1 k1 into double yo, p2tog) to 1 st before m, p1, yo, sm, @

 

Repeat rows 39 to 46 another 3 times. After row 70 you will have 230 sts.

Stripe 2

Using MC:

Row 71: @, sm, kfb, kfb, k to 2 sts before m, kfb, kfb, sm, @

Row 72: @, sm, kfb, k to 1 sts before m, kfb, sm, @

Do not break MC, bring it along the edge; 236 sts.

 

Using CC1:

Repeat rows 71 and 72 another 5 times; 266 sts. Break CC1.

 

Using MC:

Repeat rows 71 and 72 another time. After row 84 you have 272 sts

 

Section 3 

With MC:

Row 85: @, sm, yo, k1, yo, (ssk, yo twice, k2tog, k4) to 5 sts before m, ssk, yo twice, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sm, @

Row 86: @, sm, yo, p4, (p1 k1 into double yo, p6) to 6 sts before m, p1 k1 into double yo, p4, yo, sm, @

Row 87: @, sm, yo, k1, yo, k to 1 st before m, yo, k1, yo, sm, @

Row 88: @, sm, yo, p to m, yo, sm, @

Row 89: @, sm, yo, k1, yo, (k2, ssk, yo twice, k2tog, k2) to 1 st before m, yo, k1, yo, sm, @

Row 90: @, sm, yo, p6, (p1 k1 into double yo, p6) to marker, yo, sm, @

Rows 91 and 92: Repeat rows 87 and 88

Row 93: @, sm, yo, k1, yo, k4, (ssk, yo twice, k2tog, k4) to 1 st before m, yo, k1, yo, sm, @

Row 94: @, sm, yo, p8, (p1 k1 into double yo, p6) to 2 sts before m, p2, yo, sm, @

Rows 95 and 96: Repeat rows 87 and 88

Row 97: @, sm, yo, k1, yo, k6, (ssk, yo twice, k2tog, k4) to 3 sts before m, k2, yo, k1, yo, sm, @

Row 98: @, sm, yo, p10, (p1 k1 into double yo, p6) to 4 sts before m, p4, yo, sm, @

Rows 99 and 100: Repeat rows 87 and 88

 

Repeat rows 85-100 one more time and then rows 85-88. After row 120 you have 380 sts. Break MC.

 

Stripe 3

With CC1:

Row 121: @, sm, kfb, kfb, k to 2 sts before m, kfb, kfb, sm, @

Row 122: @, sm, kfb, k to 1 sts before m, kfb, sm, @

Repeat rows 121 and 122 another 5 times. After row 132 you have 416 sts.

 

Row 133: @, sm, kfb, k to 1 sts before m, kfb, sm, @

Row 134: @, rm, kfb, k to 1 sts before m, kfb, rm, @

Row 135 and 136: k1, p1, k1, p1, kfb, k to 5 sts before end, kfb, p1, k1, p1, k1

Row 137 and 138: k1, p1, k1, kfb, k to 4 sts before end, kfb, k1, p1, k1

Row 139 and 140: k1, p1, kfb, k to 3 sts before end, kfb, p1, k1

Row 141 and 142: k1, kfb, k to 2 sts before end, kfb, k1

Row 143 and 144: kfb, k to last st, kfb

Row 145 and 146: k all sts. Break CC1. You have 440 sts

 

Finishing

With CC2:

Row 147 and 148: k all sts.

Row 149: (k2tog, 3 yo, ssk) to end.

Row 150: k1, ( (k1, p1) into first YO,  (k1, p1) into second YO), k1, k2tog) to 4 sts before end, (k1, p1) into first YO, (k1, p1) into second YO), k2 (2 sts increased in each triple YO)

Row 151: k all sts.

Bind Off

BO with decrease BO method, until 1 st remains (see decrease bind-off)

Break yarn, and pass it through the last st.

 

Weave all ends in. Block your shawl