Maian by Leah Batt

Maian

Knitting
August 2014
Lace ?
18 stitches and 37 rows = 4 inches
in chevron lace pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
610 yards (558 m)
72" [183 cm] wingspan and 18¾" [47.5 cm] deep at center spine
English
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yarn
piper / avocet 610
2 skeins

needles
32” circular needle in size US 6 4 mm

gauge
18 sts and 7 rows = 4” 10 cm and ¾“ 2 cm in chevron lace, after blocking

notes
Just south of the Texan fields where the goats and sheep that supply Piper’s fibers graze, once flourished several rich Mesoamerican cultures. One of the best-known imprints these civilizations left behind were the stairstep temples made famous by the Mayans and Aztecs. A distinctive shape that lends itself well to knitted shawl construction.

The shawl is worked from the tip up, with a 5 stitch-wide garter stitch border. Increases are done via yarnovers at the start and end of each RS lace row, as well as with backward loop cast on sts in the garter stitch between lace sections.

skills required
knitted cast on, backward loop cast on, increasing, decreasing, binding off.
charts and line-by-line instructions included.
tutorial links provided for knitted and backward loop cast ons.