Cantaloupe Shawl
#cantaloupeshawl
Knitted shawl in DROPS Air. The piece is worked sideways in garter stitch.
DROPS 234-79
DROPS Design: Pattern ai-439
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZE:
Height: Measured down the middle = approx. 28 cm.
Width: Measured along the top = approx. 116 cm.
YARN:
DROPS AIR from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
100 g colour 38, electric orange
NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5 MM: Length 60 cm.
KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 33 rows in height with garter stitch = 10 x 10 cm.
NOTE: Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.
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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:
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PATTERN:
See diagram A.1. The diagram shows all rows in the pattern from the right side.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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SHAWL – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked back and forth, from one side to the other.
SHAWL:
Cast on 5 stitches with circular needle size 5 mm and DROPS Air.
Work and increase as shown in diagram A.1 (first row from the right side).
When the diagram is finished, continue in the same way – i.e. always increase inside 2 stitches every 4th row. There are 2 stitches in stocking stitch on each side of the piece and more and more stitches in garter stitch in the middle.
REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
When the piece measures approx. 56 cm from the cast-on edge continue the pattern without increasing for 4 cm.
Continue the pattern, now decreasing inside 2 stitches every 4th row, on the same side as you previously increased, and working as follows: Work 2 stitches in stocking stitch, slip 1 stitch as if to knit, knit 1 and pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch. Work as before to the end of the row.
Repeat this decrease every 4th row. There are 2 stitches in stocking stitch on each side and fewer and fewer stitches in garter stitch in the middle.
Work until there are 5 stitches left on the row. Work 2 more rows and cast off on the next row. The piece measures approx. 116 cm.
Diagram explanations
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= | knit from right side, purl from wrong side |
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= | knit from right side, knit from wrong side |
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= | between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over which is knitted twisted on the next row – no hole |
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