A sideways, elegant, leafy shawl, knitted in one piece
(the shawl and the gorgeous photograph in my Rav Ad is by knittimo)

• Semele is knit sideways from end to end in one piece, including border and edging
• Looks equally good as a warm, comfortable sock-yarn shawl as in delicate lace
• Begins with a little “quirk” -- the first edging leaf is knit in the opposite direction, but everything is still one piece via a few picked-up sts and a provisional CO of even fewer sts
• Weigh your yarn before beginning -- turn when halfway through (or a little before, to be safe)
• The pattern -- a rejigging of Barbara Walker’s lovely, lovely Great-Grandmother’s Edging -- is charted and written out
• Gauge is given for Posh Eva (one border repeat is circa 9.5 cm) but is unimportant -- use any weight yarn you like

techniques used (and linked to):

• provisional winding CO
• reverse knitting (optional, for picking up a few sts along an edge)

You are welcome to join the KAL started by hettysmum -- or just look in for the ingenious solutions and tips that will undoubtedly sprout there. There is also a newer KAL in the Åsa Tricosa Group.

Available also in Polish¹ & Russian, French & German -- a big thank you to my fantastic translators and proofreaders, Kaja (zanzi), Elenka, Rike (fourchette), Margaret (solaris), Christine73, and Larisa!!
(Download the translations via your Ravelry Library link, please -- but first click the button Update Available)

Thanks also to craftybunny and chemistrydiva for speedy and helpful test-knitting -- and to Annabely and others for pointing out… (gasp!) errors!

I would also like to thank my incredible translators and proofreaders, Kaja (zanzi), Elenka, Rike (fourchette), Margaret (solaris), and Larisa. Thank you!!!!