Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:01:31 -0500 (EST)
From: hlb@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu
To: knitlist@lst.linkline.com
Subject: Knit:  More patterns



Hiya all,

ICOSH: Some more freebie patterns

[Editor's note: I've split these out into separate files.]



Knitted Shawl: for those of you who love big projects...I will confess that
	the one I have finished (for which i designed this pattern), I loved
	too much to give away :)  I don't wear mine, but use it as a lap 
	throw.

Materials: about 12 oz of cobweb wt. shetalnd wool...acrylic baby wool would
	work as well.
	Sz 5 (3 3/4 mm) needles (I recommend circulars, as the weight is
	resting in your lap, not straining your shoulders.  The stitches
	also are not jammed onto the needles).

Gauge (not horribly important, but I measured, just in case): 1 pattern=2 3/4"
							      8 rows/inch
Finished measurement: 40" x 40"

Cast on 336 sts. (14 patterns of 24 sts each) (I put markers between each
		repeat, so if I lose my way, only one repeat has to be 
		looked at)
K 1 row, then start pattern.

Shale fan:
Row 1: K2tog 4 times;*yo P1 8 times: K2 tog 8 times; repeat from *across row
	ending YO P1 8 times, K2 tog 4 times.
Row 2: Knit
Row 3: Purl
Row 4: Knit
Repeat these 4 rows 5 times more, work 4 more rows of stocking stitch 
(stockinette) between 6th and 7th ridge. (TOtal of 7 rows of stockinette 
between 6th and 7th ridge). Repeat from row 1 until shawl is square (mine 
has 14 repeats).  Finish and block as desired.  Mine was meant to have fringe,
but i ran out of wool and i got seriously tired of waiting to finish it,
so it frankly has yet to get fringe on.  Don't worry if it looks an ugly
duckling when it is not yet blocked, once it is blocked (on the floor, or 
bed-no pins in the waterbed please) it will transform into a beautiful swan.

[...]



				Regards,
					Annie
hlb@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu



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This pattern downloaded from Wool Works: the online knitting compendium
http://www.woolworks.org/