Strawberry Moon by Mindy Wilkes

Strawberry Moon

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
380 - 400 yards (347 - 366 m)
English
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Strawberry Moon is constructed from tip to tip with a garter stitch body and a lace edge that is knit as you go. The lace edge has little scallops that are reminiscent of ripe berries. Delicate picot loops finish off the scalloped edge.

The pattern includes both written and charted instructions. The pattern also includes instructions to alter the size of the shawl depending on the yardage of your yarn.

Materials
380 yards (347 m) fingering weight yarn. Sample shown in madelinetosh Tosh Sock, Vermilion.

Needles
US 5 (3.75 mm) 24 inch circular needles, or size needed to achieve gauge.

Notions
stitch marker, yarn needle.

Finished Size
60 in (152 cm) wide x 12 in (30.5 cm) deep.

Skills Needed
basic knitting skills, knit front and back, knit 2 together, yarn overs. Instructions for working a cluster 8 stitch, to create the scallop, are included in the pattern.

This pattern has been test knit by my wonderful group of test knitters and professionally tech edited by Katherine Vaughan.

Pictures were taken at Ritter Park Rose Garden in Huntington, West Virginia.