Victorian Pennies Shawl by Karen Butler

Victorian Pennies Shawl

Knitting
February 2017
Cobweb ?
23 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in Victorian Pennies Pattern
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
656 yards (600 m)
Wingspan 140cm / 55in; Depth 140cm / 27in with notes for adjusting.
English
This pattern is available from payhip.com for £6.00.

Victorian Pennies is also available from susancrawfordvintage.com - as yarn kits as well as the pdf pattern.

Victorian Pennies is an elegant, heirloom lace shawl with a triangular construction, a central spine, a striking lace pattern and a delicate edging. It can be worn snuggled around the neck or draped over the shoulders, and in this alpaca, cashmere blend is both light but cosy. This beautiful shawl takes just one skein of this fine laceweight yarn and is the perfect pattern if you have a single skein of lacy goodness in your stash.

This top-down triangular shawl which starts with Judy’s Magic Cast-on. The Victorian Pennies Pattern flows into the border and the shawl is finished with an Estonian Cast-off.

Victorian Pennies is knitted in Susan Crawford Vintage Melissa, a luxurious 1 ply lace weight yarn, created from a blend of baby Alpaca, silk and cashmere. The shade shown here is Nile Green.

The variety of increases and decreases used to produce the reverse stocking stitch circles and surrounding halos in Victorian Pennies makes for an interesting knit.

While patterning occurs on both right-side and wrong-side rows, wrong-side row stitches are limited to knit, purl and knitting 3 stitches together.

Both written instructions and charts are included for all lace patterns; with written instructions only for the start of the shawl.

Note that the pattern is travelling, so stitch markers CANNOT be used between pattern repeats.

A blocked 12 stitch by 12-row repeat of the Victorian Pennies Pattern measures 5¼cm / 2in wide and 5½cm / 2¼in deep.

Yarn requirements are for the weight of yarn and number of repeats stated at the given gauge. Information is included in the pattern to allow adjustment of shawl size, which may also be useful if you use an alternative yarn weight and/or gauge.

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