Rachel’s Garden is a half-pi (half circle shape) shawl that is worked top-down beginning with a garter tab. There are five increase rows within the shawl which double the number of stitches as the number of rows worked double. Section One, which includes the first three increase rows, is completed using garter stitch. Sections Two, Three and Four are completed using an 8-stitch lace pattern. The final section of the shawl is worked in a mosaic flower pattern. The shawl is then finished with a lace edge stitch and bound off using an Elastic Bind-off which produces a stretchy edge along the curved sections of the shawl.

Yarn:
Color A: 2 skeins or approximately 494 yds / 452 m or any DK weight yarn that achieves gauge.
Color B: 1 skein or approximately 55 yds / 50 m or any DK weight yarn that achieves gauge.
Color A: Kelbourne Woolens Scout – 100% wool – 274 yds / 251 m – 3.5 oz / 100 g – Color used in sample: Rhodolite
Color B: Feederbrook Farm Entrophy DK – 100% Bluefaced Leicester wool – 260 yds / 238 m – 3.5 oz / 100 g – Color used in sample: Diffusion

Gauge: Worked flat, after blocking: 17 sts x 27 rows over 4” / 10 cm on US 8 / 5 mm in 8-st lace pattern

Needles: US 8 / 5 mm 40” / 100 cm circular needles or size to obtain gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers and tapestry needle.

Techniques Used In This Pattern
Cable Cast-on, garter tab, knit, purl, M1L, lace knitting, mosaic knitting, slipped stitches, Elastic Bind-off

Finished Measurements: Wingspan: 65.25” / 166 cm x Depth: 25.25” / 64 cm