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Spring/Summer Lacy Shawl
designed by Barbara Lundy Stone MATERIALS: 3 skeins Beaded Wool in Marshgrass EQUIPMENT: Size 9 & 11 knitting needles Size N crochet hook large tapestry needle GAUGE: 3.5st/in -length 40” -width 80” CAST ON: This is a triangular shawl. It is knit in garter stitch and a lacey pattern stitch. Cast on 3stitches with the Beaded Wool and knit one row. Turn and cast on one stitch by inserting the needle between the first two stitches and pulling the yarn through. Put the new stitch on the needle. Keep this stitch loose so that the shawl does not pull up at the sides. You are making a diagonal line here and you need some extra stretch. Knit the row. GARTER STITCH PATTERN: Cast on one new stitch with #9 needles and knit to the end of the row. This creates the increases that make the shawl triangular. LACEY STITCH PATTERN: Row 1: Knit 1 stitch, wrap the yarn around the needle from back to front across the top. Repeat to the end of the row and knit the last stitch. Row 2: Cast on 1 stitch and knit it. Knit 1 stitch, slip the wrapped stitch off the needle . Repeat to the end of the row and knit the last stitch. DIRECTIONS: REPEAT GROUPING: 1: Knit 3 rows of garter stitch and 1 repeat of lacey stitch. 2: Knit 2 rows of garter stitch and 1 repeat of lacey stitch. 3: Knit 2 rows of garter stitch and 1 repeat of lacey stitch. Repeat 1,2,&3 until there are 175 stitches on your needle. Cast off loosely with #11 needles. CROCHET EDGING: Without breaking the yarn sc into the castoff stitches along the top edge with a size N crochet hook. Make 4 sc into the corners and 175 sc stitches along the long sides making 1sc into the back point. Slip stitch into the first sc ‘s along the front edge. Chain 3,make 3 dc at the base of the chain 3. LACE STITCH: skip 2 sc, 5 dc in the next sc, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in the next sc . Repeat between* until there are 35 scallops. Make 6 dc around the point and repeat the second side ending with 3 dc into the last stitch. Slip stitch along the front edge. Weave in ends. Tie a knot where the end emerges and cut. Pull the knot inside. Enjoy your shawl!