A Cape Shawl!
Finished
March 3, 2012
June 4, 2012

A Cape Shawl!

Project info
108-54 Shawl in wavy pattern by DROPS design
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
self
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1,347 yards
ITO Kinu
1 skein = 464.0 yards (424.3 meters), 50 grams
ITO Kinu
1 skein = 464.0 yards (424.3 meters), 50 grams
ITO Sensai
1.6 skeins = 419.2 yards (383.3 meters), 32 grams
Notes

Don’t ever want to put it off my shoulders again! So soft, warm and cosy..it turned out perfect. I love this color and yarn combination - want to make more of these.
When planing this cape-like shawl I refered to the Drops pattern but knitted stockinette st and changed the border. I made gentle ruffles instead and finished with 2 purl rows and BO.
No blocking yet - it drapes nicely as it is…

All three strands held together - used 32g Mohair and almost all Kinu.

Here are further notes on the construction:
Stockinette-part

  • start at the top and knit stockinette st until your desired length/width, following the instructions of Drops Design (see link above)
  • increases were done by knitting one stitch twice, i.e. knit through front and back loop (kfb)
  • 3 garter st edges on both sides (at the end of the day I thought two st would have done equally well)

Ruffles:

  • I stopped increasing at right & left edge (i.e. next to the 3 garter stitches)
  • and started to increase (kfb) on every right side row (RS): in first RS-ruffel-row every 6th stitch, in the second RS-ruffle-row every 7th stitch, third RS-ruffle-row every 8th stitch and so forth
  • I increased like that for 8 RS-rows
  • knitted 2 purl rows and bound off
  • ruffles will need a lot of yarn which made me ripping back a million times to make them long enough

Wear it :-)

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June 4, 2012
 
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Lace
60% Mohair, 40% Silk
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  • Project created: March 3, 2012
  • Finished: June 10, 2012
  • Updated: February 20, 2013
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