A Sprig of Thyme by a catnach

A Sprig of Thyme

Knitting
December 2021
383 - 1312 yards (350 - 1200 m)
Adaptable
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

A Sprig of Thyme! Worked as a top-down triangle with wide crescent border, the shawl is fully adaptable in size: the sequence of three laces that form the body of the shawl may be started part-way through, and all five of the main lace-charts may be repeated as you please.

Suitable for any yarn, from cobweb to fingering weight, that knits with good stitch-definition, and about 350m/385yds upwards.

The pale green-to-grey gradient shawl used 96g = 576m/630yds of heavy laceweight yarn
The pink-to-grey/green gradient shawl used just under 98g = 730m/800yds of lace-weight yarn
The green shawl used a little over 121g = 605m/660yds of light fingering yarn

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Please note that the pattern is given as charts only, with little written explanation. It should present no difficulties to knitters with experience of working lace and the ability to read their stitches, but is not really suitable for beginners.

If you have any problems with the pattern, please pm me and I shall try to help.

Erratum
Stage (i) of the instructions for Double yarnover and bunny-ear on page 3 should read:
(i) Slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit the next stitch without dropping it from the LH needle (so that the retained strand runs between the needles), and pass
the slipped stitch over and off the RH needle.

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The main lace stitch-patterns - Rain, Verve, Thyme and Song - were designed by Naomi Parkhurst. Further details, and more of her fascinating lace-stitch designs, may be found at her blog-site, String Geekery.