Shore Stones by Francesca Hughes

Shore Stones

Knitting
September 2020
Sport (12 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in over stocking stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
728 yards (666 m)
One Size
English
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Shore Stones is a simple crescent shawl mostly compromised of Garter stitch, with a lovely knit on lace border. Inspired by the textured shorelines at the coast. Layers and layers of stones, shells, driftwood, and big boulders creating a delicate but graphic border.

Size
Small Span: 155cm / 62“. Depth: 42cm / 16 1⁄2”
Large Span: 225cm / 90” Depth: 58cm / 23”

Yarn
John Arbon Textiles Yarnadelic
(Sport; 100% Corriedale; 100g / 365y / 333m per skein.)
Small: Nobody Knows (green) (2 skeins) Large: Hey Moon (purple) (3 skeins)

Needles
4.5 mm / US 7 Circular needles – 80cm / US 5 – 32” length cable for working flat.
Always use a needle size that will result in the
 correct gauge after blocking.

Gauge
20 sts / 34 rows over stocking stitch = 10cm/4” needles after blocking.

Notions: 2 Stitch Markers, darning needle.

Notes
This shawl is cast on from the top and increased at both edges and on both sides, until you reach the desired length, where you then work the knit-on border sideways, to finish. The shawl can be easily increased in size for personal preference.