Pinlow by Joanna Ignatius

Pinlow

Knitting
July 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in Garter stitch after blocking
US 5 - 3.75 mm
897 - 984 yards (820 - 900 m)
One size, 35.5 x 231 cm/ 14 x 91 inches
English
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Pinlow-shawl is shallow asymmetrical triangle knitted sideways. Eyelets and dots break the garter stitch. At the end some short rows are worked with eyelet rows in between. Stitches are picked up from the lower edge and an I-cord is worked to the end where a picot bind off finishes the shawl.

Yarn

Fingering weight yarn app. 384 m/ 419.9 yds per 100 g in three colours, 70 g of C1 and 60 g of both C2 and C3.

The sample was knitted with WalkCollection Cozy Merino (366 m/ 400 yds per 100 g) in colourway Seashells (C1), madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (384 m/ 419.9 yds per 100 g) in colourway Scout (C2) and Malabrigo Yarn Mechita (384 m/ 419.9 yds per 100 g) in colourway Franck Ochre (C3).

The yardage is an estimate, the sample shawl used 65 g of C1, 55 of C2 and 55 g of C3.

Needles & notions

3.75 mm/ US 5 circular needle (100 cm/ 40 inches or longer) or size to obtain gauge
a spare circular needle in the same size as the main needle
4.50 mm/ US 7 DNP for I-cord bind off
tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge

18 st x 44 rows (22 garter ridges) = 10 x 10 cm/
4 x 4 inches in garter stitch after blocking

Finished measurements

After blocking 35.5 x 231 cm/ 14 x 91 inches