LUXURY SHAWL
DIFFICULTY = Easy
Yarn: Luxury Silk by LAINES DU NORD
One size: 7 balls x 50 grams of col. 15
Circular needles: 5.5 mm tips with cable of varying lengths to accommodate the growing number of sts
Crochet hook: 5.5 mm
Others: tapestry needle, scissors, tape measure.
The shawl is worked from the bottom up, starting at the bottom tip and increasing on both sides to create the classic triangular shape.
STITCHES USED – KNITTING NEEDLES
Stockinette stitch (in back-and-forth rows):
R 1 (RS): knit all sts.
R 2 (WS): purl all sts.
Always rep. r 1 and 2.
STITCHES USED – CROCHET-HOOK
Crab stitch: work single crochet from left to right.
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
r = row/s
st/sts = stitch/es
col = color
k = knit
ktbl = knit through the back loop (insert the right needle into the back loop of the next stitch on the left needle and knit)
bind off = bind off the stitches using the skp technique (slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over).
rep = repeat
rep ** = repeat from * to *
p = purl
ptbl = purl through the back loop (insert the right needle into the back loop of the next stitch on the left needle and purl)
k1-long = on the RS: insert the right needle into a st, wrap the yarn twice around the needle and pull through. On the WS: knit the first loop and drop the second loop.
Inc-r k1-long: right-leaning elongated increase (pick up the strand between 2 sts from back to front with the left needle, wrap the yarn twice and knit it).
Inc-l k1-long: left-leaning elongated increase (Pick up the strand between 2 sts from front to back with the left needle, wrap the yarn twice, and ktbl).
Inc-r k: right-leaning knit increase (pick up the strand between 2 sts from back to front with the left needle and knit it).
Inc-l k: left-leaning knit increase (pick up the strand between 2 sts from front to back with the left needle and ktbl).
Inc-r p: right-leaning purl increase (pick up the strand between 2 sts from back to front with the left needle and purl it).
Inc-l p: left-leaning purl increase (pick up the strand between 2 sts from front to back with the left needle and ptbl).
Height (from top edge to bottom tip):approx.80 cm
Width (from tip to tip along the top edge): approx. 175 cm
Procedure
Cast-on 3 sts and work in stockinette st.
R 1 (RS): k3.
R 2 (WS): p3.
R 3: k1, inc-r k, k1, 1 inc-l k, k1. [5 sts]
R 4: p1, inc-r p, p3, inc-l p, p1. [7 sts]
R 5: k1, inc-r k, k5, inc-l k, k1. [9 sts]
R 6: p9
R 7: k1, inc-r k, k7, inc-l k, k1. [11 sts]
R 8: p11
R 9: k1, inc-r k, k9, inc-l k, k1. [13 sts]
R 10: p1, inc-r p, p11, inc-l p, p1. [15 sts]
R 11: k1, inc-r k, k13, inc-l k, k1. [17 sts]
R 12: p17
R 13: k1, inc-r k, k15, inc-l k, k1. [19 sts]
R 14: p19
R 15: k1, inc-r k, k17, inc-l k, k1. [21 sts]
R 15: p1, inc-r p, p19, inc-l p, p1. [23 sts]
R 17: k1, inc-r k, k21, inc-l k, k1. [25 sts]
R 18: p25
Continue working in open-work st and stockinette st, alternating 6 rows of open-work st and 10 rows of stockinette st until the end of the shawl.
Open-work stitch section
R 19 (RS): k1-long, inc-r k1-long, work k1-long in each st to 1 st before the end, inc-l k1-long, k1-long in the last st.
R 20 (WS): (k1 into the 1st loop of the double yo, letting the 2nd loop drop to elongate the st) rep in every group of double yo across the r.
R 21 (RS): k1, inc-r k, knit to 1 st before the end, inc-l k, k1.
R 22 (WS): knit all sts.
R 23 and 24: rep r 19 and 20.
Stockinette stitch section
R 25: k1, inc-r k, knit to 1 st before the end, inc-l k, k1.
R 26: p all sts.
R 27 to 34: rep r 25 and 26. [= 41 sts at the end of r 34]
The section from r 19 to r 34 forms the 16-row rep of the open-work st.
From the next pattern rep, in the open-work st section, maintain 1 increase on each side every 2 rows, while in the stockinette st section, make 1 increase on each side in every row.
Open-work stitch section
R 35 (RS): k1-long, inc-r k1-long, work k1-long in each st to 1 st before the end, inc-l k1-long, k1-long in the last st.
R 36 (WS): (k1 into the 1st loop of the 1st group of double yo, letting the 2nd loop drop), rep across all double yo groups to the end of the row.
R 37 (RS): k1, inc-r k, knit to 1 st before the end, inc-l k, k1.
R 38 (WS): knit all sts.
R 39 and 40: rep r 35 and 36
Stockinette stitch section
R 40 (RS): k1, inc-r k, knit to 1 st before the end, inc-l k, k1.
R 42 (WS): p1, inc-r p, purl to 1 st before the end, inc-l p, p1.
R 43 to 50: rep r 41- 42 [67 sts at the end of r 50]
R 51 to 146.: rep r 35 to 50, 6 more times. [223 sts]
Bind off all sts.
FINISHING
Using the crochet hook, work 1 round of crab st evenly along all 3 edges of the shawl.
Weave in all ends.
Fringes: for each fringe, cut 10 strands of yarn, each 50 cm long. Group them together and fold in half. Insert the crochet hook through 1 st along a slanted edge of the shawl, hook the folded midpoint of the strands and pull through to create a loop. Pull the loose ends through the loop and tighten firmly to secure the knot around the st. Attach 32 fringes evenly along each slanted edge and 1 fringe at the bottom tip of the shawl. Trim the fringes evenly to the desired length using scissors.
Wet and block the shawl.
