The Grand Sophy by Teresa Morey

The Grand Sophy

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Knitting
June 2015
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
700 - 800 yards (640 - 732 m)
English
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“Sophy had chosen a dress of her favourite Pomona green… and particularly fine diamond drops hung from her ears…” The Grand Sophy is a deep crescent shaped lace shawl with optional beads. The pattern is designed for tonal or low-contrast variegated yarns. Instructions are given for fingering and heavy-lace weight yarns (3-ply).

This shawl is inspired by Sophy Stanton-Lacy, the heroine of the Georgette Heyer novel The Grand Sophy.

Like Sophy herself, the shawl is striking and elegant. The design features a bold central lace panel of cascading diamonds from the nape to the edge of the shawl. The diamonds sparkle with beads added as the shawl is knitted. The lace is framed by stocking stitch wings which are edged by a trail of beaded lace diamonds.

The pattern has both full charts and line by line written instructions.

The design uses simple stitches to create the geometric pattern of diamonds. The stitches used are the basic decreases and yarnovers.

In fingering yarn, the finished size is 70 cm (28 in) deep with a 190 cm (75 in) wingspan. In heavy lace weight the size is 56 cm (22 in) deep with a 142 cm (56 in) wingspan.

Yardages for both types of yarn are
Fingering: 730 m (800 yd)
Heavy lace: 650 m (710 yd)

Beads: the pattern includes instructions for using two colours of beads. Size 6 beads are recommended for fingering weight yarn, size 8 for heavy lace weight. If using two colours, you will need 544 in colour 1 and 48 in colour 2. If using one colour you will need 592 in total.

This pattern has been test knitted by hikesandbikes, Rezo, knitwisenicole, Medibrat, Fredchen and SpinnenGarn. Thanks to you all!