Step by step knitting tutorial for miniature shawl in the Orenburg style.

Try knitting square miniature lace shawl in Orenburg technique using my PDF pattern with detailed charts and descriptions. You will enjoy the process of making it and love the result!

This instruction is for those who knows how to read the charts. It consists of the detailed description of each knitting stage and 2 PDF pages of the charts.
The miniature shawl are to be knitted in Orenburg downy shawls technique, there are no purled stitches in this technique.

Materials and instruments:
Light fingering (lace weight) yarn of natural fibers 875 – 1640 yards /100g (800-1500 m/100g) consisting of goat down and silk;
or 100% pure wool;
or kid mohair with polyamide (yarn must not contain more than 30% of polyamide);
or wool with silk;
or kid mohair with silk. It is important that yarn should be of natural fibers.
Needles: № 1.0 -2.5 mm (US 5/0 –US 1 ½) Choose the needles according to your personal manne of knitting: if your knitting is tight take thicker needles, if you knitting is loose take thinner needles.

Test sample of the miniature shawl:
Yarn: goat down and silk, 1345 yards/100g (1230m/100g)
Needles: 2.0 mm (US 0)
Weight: 8 g
Size: 31 cm x 31 cm (approx. 12 x 12 inches)
Yarn consumption: 100m (110 yards).

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