A Walk Through The Garden by Michelle Krause

A Walk Through The Garden

Knitting
December 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
15.5 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
in lace pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
420 - 570 yards (384 - 521 m)
two sizes
English
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Two variations of this shawl, one in two colours with lace and garter stitch stripes and the other all in lace, make for an interesting walk through this knitting garden. Both versions start at one corner and grow to the far edge where all stitches are bound off. Choose two colours of fingering weight/sock yarn for the larger two-colour shawl or one skein for the smaller all-over lace shawl.

Pattern includes separate instructions for the two different versions of this shawl. Version one (in grey and blue) is shown here in Black Cat Custom Yarn The Answer to Everything in Stainless (approx 150 yd/138 m is required) and In The Navy (one skein is required). Version two (in pink) is shown here in one skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Coquette Deux.

Pattern includes list of abbreviations, diagram, notes, and the instructions for the lace sections are both charted and written.

Finished measurements:
Two-colour shawl - approximately 30 inches (76 cm) deep at middle point and 62 inches (158 cm) long across top edge, blocked.
Single-colour shawl - approximately 22 inches (56 cm) deep at middle point and 53 inches (135 cm) long across top edge, blocked.

Skills required: increasing, decreasing, changing colours for stripes, lace knitting, blocking. Stitches used: k, k tbl, p, kfb, k2tog, p2tog, p2tog tbl, SKP, yo.

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