Saint Olga Shawl by Lyubov Smelova

Saint Olga Shawl

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Knitting
March 2017
Lace ?
30 stitches and 10 rows = 4 inches
US 2 - 2.75 mm
0.6 mm
547 - 1094 yards (500 - 1000 m)
~ 55/40 ins
English Russian
Discontinued. This digital pattern is no longer available online.

This is a triangular shawl, knitted from the top down. The increases are made on both sides of the central stitch
and along the edges of the shawl in each odd row.
There is lace patterning on RS only, on the WS all stitches, including yo, reduction and nupps, are purled.
The diagrams show only a half of the shawl, but you should work also a central stitch and the edge loop.
The diagrams should be written from right to left.
The central stitch is worked as K on RS, and it is purled on WS.
Materials:
Yarn: about 100 g of any solid color yarn that holds a blocking ~ 546 yds/500 m /100 g.
Circular needles: US 2,5-6 (30ins)
0,5 – 2 mm crochet hook (for the cast on and placing beads)
About 5 g. size 8-10 beads (not obligatory).
My shawl is made from 50 g of ruby Igea Astro Melange (65% superkid mohair,32% poliammide,3% lana merino
extra 1000m/100g) , circular needles Addi US 2/30 ins. and ab. 5 g of red beads Preciosa №10.
Blocked size: ~ 55/40 ins. (5 repeats of the Body) It also depends on quantity of repeats of the body, on your
choice of yarn and needles as well as the individual manner of knitting.