The garter stitch wings of the Geode Shawl frame the intricate (but easy to work) central diamond lace panel much like the rocky shell of a geode frames the sparkling crystal inside.
Geode is a top-down crescent-shaped shawl which starts with a garter stitch tab and finishes with a simple eyelet edging. The size of the shawl is easily adapted by working more or fewer repeats of the body section. The crescent shape makes the shawl easy to wear in a number of ways: draped over shoulders, bandana-style or somewhere between the two.
Tutorials
Size
One size (easily adjustable).
Sample measures approximately a wingspan of 65”/165cm and a depth of 20”/51cm.
Yarn
Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb (100% Lambswool; 825 yards [754 meters]/60 grams); 1 ball 108 Guava
Thanks to Jade Sapphire for providing the yarn for the sample and Laura for knitting it!
Needles
Size US 4 (3.5 mm): 32” [80cm] circular
Notions
At least two stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Gauge
28 sts and 38 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st after wet blocking.
22 sts and 36 rows = 4” [10 cm] in lace pattern after wet blocking.
Abbreviations
Please see our standard abbreviations.
Pattern Notes
As an alternative to the Garter Stitch Tab, you can cast on 9 stitches and start working the Setup section straightaway. However, the Garter Stitch Tab will give a nicer edge.
Work the Setup and Body sections either from the chart or the written instructions.
If you are working from the charts, place stitch markers at the second and third “no stitch” columns (these separate the garter wings from the central lace panel). If you want to use stitch markers to indicate each repeat of the lace pattern (shown by the red lines in the chart), I suggest you use a different color.
If you are using stitch markers to mark lace repeats, you will have an “extra” stitch after working the stitches before the marker on Rows 7 and 13 of the Body, where there is a “sk2psso” after a marker. Slip that stitch to the right-hand needle, remove the marker, return the stitch to the left-handle needle and place the marker back on the right-hand needle. Continue working from the chart or written instructions.
Charts
Setup Chart
Body Chart
Shawl Instructions
Garter Stitch Tab
CO 3 sts.
Rows 1-6: Knit.
Pick up and knit 3 sts from side of Garter Stitch Tab; 6 sts.
Pick up and knit 3 sts from bottom of cast-on row; 9 sts.
Setup
Work Rows 1-14 of Setup from chart or written instructions once.
Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, k1, pm, yo, k3, yo, pm, k1, yo, k2; 13 sts.
Row 2 (WS) and all even rows: Knit to first marker, sm, purl to next marker, sm, knit to end of row.
Row 3: K2, yo, k2, sm, yo, k5, yo, sm, k2, yo, k2; 17 sts.
Row 5: K2, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, sm, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2; 21 sts.
Row 7: K2, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k3, yo, sk2psso, yo, k3, yo, sm, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2; 25 sts.
Row 9: K2, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, sm, ssk, yo, k3, yo, k2; 29 sts.
Row 11: K2, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k4, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k4, yo, sm, ssk, yo, k4, yo, k2; 33 sts.
Row 13: K2, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, sk2psso, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, sm, ssk, yo, k5, yo, k2; 37 sts.
Row 14: Don’t forget row 14!
Body
Work Rows 1-14 of Body from chart or written instructions 14 times.
Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, *k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, rep from * until 1 st rem before marker, k1, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 2 (WS) and all even rows: Knit to first marker, sm, purl to next marker, sm, knit to end of row.
Row 3: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k1, *k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, rep from * until 2 sts rem before marker, k2, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 5: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k2, *k1, yo, ssk, yo, sk2psso, yo, k2tog, yo, rep from * until 3 sts rem before marker, k3, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 7: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k2, yo, *sk2psso, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, rep from * until 5 sts rem before marker, sk2psso, yo, k2, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 9: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, *k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, rep from * until 5 sts rem before marker, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 11: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k3, yo, ssk, *k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, rep from * until 6 sts rem before marker, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts added.
Row 13: K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, k3, yo, k2, yo, *sk2psso, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, yo, rep from * until 8 sts rem before marker, sk2psso, yo, k2, yo, k3, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 6 sts added.
Row 14: Don’t forget Row 14!
Edging
Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, yo, knit to marker, yo, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 4 sts increased.
Row 2 (WS): K2, yo, knit until 2 sts rem before marker, yo, k2tog, sm, knit to marker, sm, ssk, yo, knit until 2 sts rem, yo, k2; 2 sts increased.
Row 3: K2, *yo, k2tog, rep from * until 3 sts rem, yo, k1, yo, k2; 2 sts increased.
Rows 4 and 5: Knit all.
Bind-off row: K2, *place these two stitches back on left-hand needle, k2tog, k1; repeat from * until no stitches remain on left-hand needle and there are two stitches on the right-hand needle. Place these stitches back on left-hand needle, k2tog. Pull yarn through loop of last stitch.
Finishing
Weave in ends and block.
About the Designer: Susan Hanlon
About the Designer: Susan HanlonA knitter for nearly 30 years, Susan lives in Scotland and tries to fit in a day-job around her knitting and designing. As well as her self-published designs, Susan has been published in the UK magazine, Yarnwise, and the US online magazine, I Like Knitting.
Visit Susan at Yellow Ginger Designs.
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