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Kuura
by milja uimonen

Kuura (“Frost” in Finnish) is a triangle shawl

worked from back neck down. The shawl is
made of two skeins of luscious merino-silk
Silkbloom Fino. Adding or reducing lace
pattern repeats you can make a small
one-skein shawl with your favorite sock
yarn or a large stole with lace yarn.

Size: Approx. 57.1” / 145 cm wingspan along the edge sts, 25.6” / 65 cm from
cast on along center sts to bind off.
Yarn: Fingering weight yarn 436 yards / 400 m

Shown in: BC Garn Silkbloom Fino (55 % merino, 45 % silk, 218 yards / 200 m per 100 g),
color 14 silver, 2 balls

Gauge: 19 sts = 4” / 10 cm after blocking

Gauge is not crucial but will affect the finished size.

Needles: Size 7 / 4.5 mm, 32” / 80 cm circular needle

Notions: 2 stitch markers, a weaving needle.

Abbreviations (other abbreviations with the charts):

st(s) stitch(es)
pm / sm place stitchmarker / slip marker
RS / WS right side / wrong side

Pattern Copyright © Milja Uimonen (Miljaska in Ravelry) / Starling Knits and Crafts.
For personal use only. Do not sell or reproduce the pattern, or sell the product knit with the pattern.
For any questions, contact miljaska@gmail.com
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Directions: Set up row 3 (WS): K3, p1, sm, k3 (center

sts), sm, p1, k3.

The shawl is knit from top neck down (check Set up row 4 (RS), corresponds to row 1 in
the photo below). The chart shows the edge Chart 1: K3, yo, k1, yo, sm, k3 (center sts),
sts (3 sts on each side), half of the shawl and sm, yo, k1, yo, k3.
center sts (3 sts), so repeat the chart twice per
Continue knitting Chart 1 starting from row 2
row. Work RS rows from right to left and WS
of the chart. The edge sts and center sts are
rows from left to right.
knit on each row. Work Chart 1 rows once.

Start Chart 2. Work the rows 4 times (or until

the shawl is about 10 cm short of desired
length). The chart shows the 12-st repeat
which is worked once on the first time you knit
Chart 2, twice on second time, three times on
third time etc.

Start Chart 3 which is the border. Work the

Cast on 3 sts. Knit 6 rows in garter stitch. border rows once repeating the 12-st repeat
Instead of turning, rotate the piece 90 5 times.
degrees clockwise. Make a yo, pick up and
Bind off the sts on WS row with a stretchy bind
knit 1 st from the middle garter ridge, yo.
off: K2, move the two sts back on left needle,
Rotate the piece another 90 degrees and
k 2 sts together through back loops, [k1, move
pick up and knit 3 sts from the cast on edge.
the 2 sts back on left needle, k 2 sts together
(9 sts)
through back loops] repeat until you have 1 st
Set up row 1 (WS): K all sts. on your needles. Cut yarn and pull it through
the last st. Weave in the yarn ends, block the
Set up row 2 (RS): K3, yo, pm, k3 (center
shawl.
sts), pm, yo, k3.

Pattern Copyright © Milja Uimonen (Miljaska in Ravelry) / Starling Knits and Crafts.
For personal use only. Do not sell or reproduce the pattern, or sell the product knit with the pattern.
For any questions, contact miljaska@gmail.com
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Charts

Chart 1 - Started on Set up row 4, repeated once:

Abbreviations:

(no st)

knit (k) on RS, purl (p) on WS

purl on RS, knit on WS

yarn over (yo)

knit 2 sts together

slip, slip, knit: slip 2 sts individually knitwise, slip them back on left needle, knit them together
through back loops (1 st decreased)

central double decrease: slip 2 sts together knitwise, slip 1 st knitwise, slip the 3 sts back on left
needle, knit them together through back loops (2 sts decreased)

Pattern Copyright © Milja Uimonen (Miljaska in Ravelry) / Starling Knits and Crafts.
For personal use only. Do not sell or reproduce the pattern, or sell the product knit with the pattern.
For any questions, contact miljaska@gmail.com
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Chart 2 – Worked after Chart 1, repeated four times:

Pattern Copyright © Milja Uimonen (Miljaska in Ravelry) / Starling Knits and Crafts.
For personal use only. Do not sell or reproduce the pattern, or sell the product knit with the pattern.
For any questions, contact miljaska@gmail.com
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Chart 3 – Border, worked after chart 2, repeated once, after which you bind off the sts:

Pattern Copyright © Milja Uimonen (Miljaska in Ravelry) / Starling Knits and Crafts.
For personal use only. Do not sell or reproduce the pattern, or sell the product knit with the pattern.
For any questions, contact miljaska@gmail.com