A versatile, wear-anywhere shawl with pretty lace edge details.
This crescent shaped shawl has slip-stitch details and is knit in one piece in worsted yarn.
Size
Sizes are given as wingspan by depth to the point at the center back.
Small (Medium, Large): 61” x 15” (74.5” x 18”, 88” x 21”)
or in metric: Small (Medium, Large):155 x 38 cm (189 x 46 cm, 224 x 53 cm)
Shown in size Large.
Yarn
Knit Picks Preciosa Tonal (100% Merino; 273 yards [250 meters]/100 grams): Boysenberry #26728, 2 (2, 3) hanks.
Needles
Size US 9 32″ [100cm] or longer circular or size to obtain gauge
Notions
Blocking wires.
Gauge
13 sts and 28 rows = 4” [10 cm] in pattern st after wet blocking.
Abbreviations
Please see our standard abbreviations.
IT-8: Unwind and slip the next 4 elongated stitches to the right needle. Keeping these stitches in the same order slip them back to the left needle on top of the unworked stitches and as far to the left as they will go. Unwind and knit the next 4 elongated stitches from the left needle (not the ones that were just slipped). Knit the slipped stitches.
K1e2: Knit 1 elongated twice: k1 wrapping yarn around the needle twice
Ke4: Knit elongated 4: k1 wrapping yarn around needle four times.
M9: Lift yarn between the sts from previous row to left needle, k1, (yo, k1) 4 times into this st (+9 sts).
Pattern Notes
This pattern is worked flat, from the center back neck to the hem. Increases are made on outer edges.
Notation for the stitch count; + <number of stitches added by row>/<total stitch count for row>.
Shawl Instructions
Body
CO 6 sts.
Row 1 (RS): K1e2 2 times, yo, k to last 2 sts, yo, k1e2 2 times; +2 sts/8
Row 2 (WS): K2, (k1, yo, k1) in next st, k to last 3 sts, (k1, yo, k1) in next st, k2; +4 sts/12
Rows 3-18: Rep rows 1 and 2 for 8 more times; +48 sts/60
Row 19 (set up for Indian Cross): K1e2 2 times, yo, ke4 to last 2 sts, yo, k1e2 2 times; +2 sts/62
Row 20 (Indian Cross): K2, (k1, yo, k1) in next st, IT-8 across row to last 3 sts, (k1, yo, k1) in next st, k2; +4 sts/66
Repeat rows 5-20 2 (3, 4) more times; 162 (210, 258) sts.
Repeat rows 5-19 1 time; 206 (254, 302) sts.
Row 68 (84, 100): K3, IT-8 across row to last 3 sts, k3.
Hem
Row 69 (85, 101): K1e2 2 times, k1 *k2, k2tog, yo 3 times, skpsso, k2; rep from * to last 3 sts, k1, k1e2 2 times; 231 (285, 339) sts.
Row 70 (86, 102): K2, M9, p2, p2tog tbl,, *unwind yo’s and M9 in this st, p2, k2tog, p2; rep from * to last 9 sts, unwind yo’s and M9 in this st, p2, k2tog, M9, k2; 378 (462, 546) sts.
BO pwise.
Finishing
Block to measurements. Use a blocking wires to create a straight edge across the top edge of the shawl, and pin out the waves of the hem in the shape of a curve.
About the Designer: Margaret Holzmann
Margaret lives near Los Angeles, CA and has been knitting since she was a child and designing for five years.
She recently retired from Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she was a software engineer.
Look for her other designs on Ravelry, Knotions, and in publications such as Creative Knitting magazine, Knit Picks Collections, and Interweave Knits.
Hi, question about m9 again, to clarify about what I do…the bar between the stitches from the previous row under the RIGHT needle and I lift that up to the left needle and then complete the stitches? Did hat make sense? Trying to find the bar.
Hey!
Technically, the bar will be between the needles. the easiest way for you to find it might be if you pull the needles to be further apart. But, I wouldn’t do that too often because you don’t want to stretch it out too much.
Does that help?
Thank you!
Hi, what is skpsso mean? Thanks!
It’s in our standard abbreviations https://knotions.com/resources/abbreviation/. It means:
slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
Hi, I’m Ashley
I really like this pattern and would love to knit it. I’ve been knitting since 2006 but mostly beginner stuff and would like to try advanced patterns. Is there a video to this pattern? Thanks
we don’t have a video for it, but is there something in particular that you’re not sure about? if so, we can def help with that!
Thank you! I think I figured parts of it out so far.
Great! If you need a hand, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Hi,
Could you explain the M9 stitch a little bit more? I’m wondering if I lift up the middle bar between the stitches and then knit one into it. Then add the yo k1 4 times? Or do I knit one before I lift up the bar in the middle? Thanks!
It’s all done in that bar.
So, it truly adds 9 additional stitches. In your question above, you would work it the first way you described:
Wow. From engineer to knitting designer extraordinaire. What a pretty shawl. Thank you for your generosity.
I’m glad you like it!