Gentle Water Shawl
#gentlewatershawl
Knitted shawl in DROPS BabyMerino. The piece is worked sideways with garter stitch and I-cord.
DROPS 253-32
DROPS Design: Pattern bm-118
Yarn group A
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MEASUREMENTS:
Height in middle = approx. 11 to 12 cm.
Width along top = approx. 108 cm.
YARN:
DROPS BABY MERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
50 g colour 11, ice blue
NEEDLES:
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 3.5 MM: Length 40 cm.
KNITTING TENSION:
24 stitches in width and 48 rows in height, with garter stitch on needle size 3.5 mm = 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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GARTER STITCH (worked back and forth):
Knit all rows, from both the right and wrong side.
PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.6. The diagrams show 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 side to side.
SHAWL:
Cast on 5 stitches with circular needle size 3.5 mm and DROPS Baby Merino.
Knit 1 row from the wrong side. Read PATTERN in explanations above.
Work A.1. When A.1 is finished there are 7 stitches.
Work A.2, then GARTER STITCH – read description above, until there are 4 stitches left on the row, work A.3. When the diagrams are finished there are 8 stitches (1 stitch increased).
Continue with A.2, garter stitch and A.3 until there are 29 stitches. The piece measures approx. 50 cm from the cast-on edge. Remember to maintain the knitting tension.
Continue with A.2 across the first 2 stitches as before, garter stitch until there are 4 stitches left, work A.4 (no increased stitches).
Repeat the diagrams 1 more time in height. The piece measures approx. 54 cm.
You have reached the middle of the shawl. If you would like a longer shawl, repeat the diagrams to desired length. Repeat the diagrams 2 more times (a total of 4 repeats in the middle of the shawl – NOTE: If the diagrams are repeated more times than this, make sure you have equal numbers of repeats on both sides of the mid-line). The piece measures approx. 58 cm.
Work A.2, garter stitch until there are 4 stitches left, A.5 (= 1 stitch decreased).
Continue with A.2, garter stitch and A.5 until there are 7 stitches left.
Work A.6. When A.6 is finished, there are 5 stitches left. Cast off.
The piece measures approx. 108 cm from the cast-on edge.
Diagram explanations
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= | knit from right side, purl from wrong side |
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= | knit from wrong side |
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= | slip 1 stitch purl-wise with strand in front |
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= | between 2 stitches make 1 yarn over, which is knitted twisted on next row to avoid a hole |
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= | knit 2 together |
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