Gujarati Diamond by Ruth Churchman

Gujarati Diamond

Knitting
August 2015
Blue Moon Natural Indigo Mercury
Lace ?
22 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking stitch, blocked
US 6 - 4.0 mm
825 - 875 yards (754 - 800 m)
One size
English
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This elegant lace shawl is a collaboration between the knitting pattern designer, Ruth Churchman, and yarn dyer, spinner and paper artist, Lindsay Roberts – the Border Tart. Lindsay developed her range of natural hand-dyed indigo yarns, Blue Moon, after participating in a textile residency/exchange in India. The shawl was designed specifically for Lindsay’s indigo dyed lace weight yarn, and it seemed only right that the design should be inspired by India. After studying the fabrics Lindsay brought back from India, a textile from Kutch, Gujarat, provided the diamond motif which decorates the wide border edging of this curved lace shawl.

An elongated semi-circular shawl, worked from the top edge to the outer edge, starting with a garter stitch tab. The shawl is shaped by increases at the shawl edges on every row.

Skill level
Intermediate/Advanced

Finished measurements
Width: 265cm/104.25in

Gauge is not too important, but a larger gauge will result in a larger shawl and may require another skein of yarn.
Depth: 60cm/23.5in

Errata
Section 4

Re-position markers in first row

Row 1: (RS) K2, yo, k13, remove marker, k4, k2tog, yo, k18; k24, remove marker, k4 k2tog, yo, k18 4 times; pm, yo, k2. (235 sts)
Row 2: (WS) K2, yo, p231, yo, k2. (237 sts)
Row 3: K2, yo, k18, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k16; k27, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k16 4 times; k2, yo, k2. (239 sts)
Row 4: K2, yo, p235, yo, k2. (241 sts)
Row 5: K2, yo, k19, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k15; k4, k2tog, yo, k20, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k15 4 times; k4, yo, k2. (243 sts)
Row 6: K2, yo, p239, yo, k2. (245 sts)
Row 7: K2, yo, k20, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k14; k5, yo, k1, yo, k19, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k14 4 times; k6, yo, k2. (255 sts)
Row 8: K2, yo, p251, yo, k2. (257 sts)
Row 9: K2, yo, k21; (k2tog, yo, k1) twice, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k13; (k5, k2tog, yo, k19, (k2tog, yo, k1) twice, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k13 4 times; k8, yo, k2. (259 sts)
Row 10: K2, yo, p255, yo, k2. (261 sts)
Row 11: K2, yo, k22, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k12; k25, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k12 4 times; k10, yo, k2. (263 sts)
Row 12: K2, yo, p259, yo, k2. (265 sts)
Row 13: K2, yo, k23, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k11; k24, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k11 4 times; k12, yo, k2. (267 sts)