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Item #1111A

LION BRAND ®

AL•PA•KA KNIT
LACY SHAWL
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LION BRAND AL•PA•KAKNIT LACY SHAWL
Item #1111A
Size:
Approx 34" from top to point, 77" across.
Materials:
• LION BRAND Al•pa•ka, Art. No. 740 (13/4 oz. balls):
6 balls #098 Natural or color of your choice.
• Circular knitting needle 29" long in size 10 U.S. (4 U.K.)
(6.00 mm) OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE.
• Stitch markers
Gauge:
16 sts = 4" (blocked) and 20 sts = 4" (unblocked). TO INSURE
PROPER SIZE, BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE.
STITCH EXPLANATIONS:
kfb = Knit in front and back of st.
ssk = slip, slip knit: Sl the next 2 sts as if to knit, one at a time,
from the tip of the left-hand needle to the tip of the right-hand
needle; insert the left-hand needle into the fronts of these 2 sts
from the left and k them tog from this position to dec 1 st.
PATTERN STITCHES:
Border Pat: RS and WS rows: K3tog, yo, k2tog, k 2.
Shell Lace Pat (worked on 7 sts): Row 1: Yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1,
yo, k 2 – 7 sts. Row 2: P 7. Row 3: K 7. Row 4: P 7. Rep Rows
1-4 for Shell Lace Pat.
SHAWL:
Cast on 3 sts. Row 1 (WS): K 3. Row 2: Kfb, k 1, kfb – 5 sts.
Row 3: K 5. Row 4: Kfb, k 3, kfb – 7 sts. Row 5: K 7. Row 6:
K 3, yo, k 1, yo, k 3 – 9 sts. Row 7: K 3, yo, k 3, yo, k 3 – 11 sts.
Row 8: K 3, yo, k2tog, yo, k 2, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 12 sts. Row 9:
K 3, yo, k2tog, yo, k 3, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 13 sts. Row 10: K 3, yo,
k2tog, k 4, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 13 sts. Row 11: K 3, yo, k2tog, k 1, yo,
k 1, yo, k 2, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 15 sts. Row 12: K 3, yo, k2tog,
k 6, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 15 sts. Row 13: K 3, yo, k2tog, k 2, yo, k 1,
yo, k 3, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 17 sts. Row 14: K 3, yo, k2tog, k 2, yo,
k 3, yo, k 3, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 19 sts. Row 15: K 3, yo, k2tog, k 2,
place marker, p 5, place marker, k 3, yo, k2tog, k 2 – 19 sts. Row
16: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, kfb, k 3, kfb, yo, work border
pat on last 7 sts – 23 sts. Row 17: Work border pat on first 7 sts,
p 9, work border pat on last 7 sts – 23 sts. Row 18: Work border
pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 2, (yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2), yo, work
border pat on last 7 sts – 25 sts. Row 19 & all WS rows: Work
border pat on first 7 sts, p to last 7 sts, work border pat on last
7 sts – 25 sts. Row 20: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, kfb, yo,
k to last st before second marker, yo, kfb, yo, work border pat on
last 7 sts – 31 sts. Row 22: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 5,
(yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2), k 5, yo, work border pat on last
7 sts – 33 sts. Row 24 & every other RS row: Work border pat
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on first 7 sts, yo, kfb, k to last st before second marker, kfb, yo,
work border pat on last 7 sts – 4 incs made. Rows 26, 54, 82,
108, 136: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 1, (yo, p 1, p3tog,
p 1, yo, k 2) to last 8 sts, k 1, yo, work border pat on last 7 sts –
2 incs made. Rows 30, 58, 86, 112, 140: Work border pat on first
7 sts, yo, k 4, (yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2) to last 11 sts, k 4, yo,
work border pat on last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 34, 62, 90,
116, 144: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 7, (yo, p 1, p3tog,
p 1, yo, k 2) to last 14 sts, k 7, yo, work border pat on last 7 sts –
2 incs made. Rows 38, 66, 94, 120, 148: Work border pat on first
7 sts, yo, k 3, (yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2) to last 10 sts, k 3, yo,
work border pat on last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 42, 70, 98,
124, 152: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 6, (yo, p 1, p3tog,
p 1, yo, k 2) to last 13 sts, k 6, yo, work border pat on last 7 sts –
2 incs made. Rows 46, 74, 100, 128, 156: Work border pat on
first 7 sts, yo, k 2, (yo, p 1, p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2) to last 9 sts, k 2,
yo, work border pat on last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 50, 78,
104, 132, 160: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k 5, (yo, p 1,
p3tog, p 1, yo, k 2) to last 12 sts, k 5, yo, work border pat on last
7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 161-163: Work 3 more rows as est,
then beg top border. Row 164: Work border pat on first 7 sts, yo,
(k2tog, yo) across, ending k 1, yo, work border pat on last 7 sts –
2 incs made. Row 165: Work border pat on first 7 sts, k to within
last 7 sts, work border pat on last 7 sts. Row 166: Work border
pat on first 7 sts, yo, k to within last 7 sts, yo, work border pat on
last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 167 & 168: Rep last 2 rows –
2 incs made. Row 169: Rep Row 165. Row 170: Work border
pat on first 7 sts, yo, (k2tog,yo) across to within last 8 sts, ending
with k 1, yo, work border pat on last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Row
171: Work border pat on first 7 sts, k 2, (yo, ssk) across to within
last 8 sts, k 1, work border pat on last 7 sts. Row 172: Work
border pat on first 7 sts, yo, k to within last 7 sts, yo, work border
pat on last 7 sts – 2 incs made. Rows 173 & 174: Rep Rows
165 & 166 – 2 incs made. Row 175: K across all sts. Bind
off loosely.
FINISHING:
Wet block shawl, smoothing and flattening fabric. Let dry.
ABBREVIATIONS:
approx = approximately pat = pattern
est = establish(ed) RS = right side
inc(s) = increas(e)(s)(ing) st(s)= stitch(es)
k = knit tog = together
k2tog = knit 2 together WS = wrong side
p = purl yo = yarn over
Every effort has been made to have instructions accurate and
complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters,
human errors, or typographical mistakes.
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