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8/13/2019 OakletShawl2

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Skill Level: Easy

Oaklet Shawl

A small triangular shawl with an easy lacyborder, the Oaklet is a pretty little accessorythat you can wear around your neck or

across your shoulders. In the size shown,Oaklet uses about one skein of fingeringweight yarn. Its worked on relatively largeneedles for extra drape, and the pattern iseasy to modify.

Finished measurements48 inches wide x 20 inches at the point (blocked)

MaterialsFingering weight yarn, 1 skein 100gm/350m. Shown inSweatermaker Yarns Merino Silk 4-ply. (The shawl shownused the entire350m).

Supplies3.75mm circular needles, 24 long.

tapestry needle, 2 stitch markers

Tension/gauge22 sts, 33 rows = 4 inches of stocking stitch. Gauge is not

essential for this project, however a smaller shawl might betoo small to reach around your shoulders.

Abbreviationskknitk2togknit 2 sts togetherppurlpmplace markerRSright side

sl2-k1-p2sso(central double decrease) slip 2 sts as if tok2tog, k1, pass 2 slipped sts over

smslip markerssk(slip-slip-knit) slip 2 sts knitwise, put left needle throughfront of slipped sts and knit them togetherWSwrong side


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Shawl Start(See Chart A for additional guidance).Cast on 9.Row 1 (WS): K4, place marker, p1, place marker, k4.Row 2 (RS) (Inc):K2, yo, knit to marker, yo, sm, k1, sm, yo, knit to last 2 sts, yo, k2 sts13 sts.Row 3:K4, purl to marker, sm, p1, sm, purl to last 4 sts, k4.Repeat rows 2 and 3 fifty-five times233 sts. (Note: if you want to make a larger shawl, you can increase the number of repsby multiples of 4, for example, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, etc. Before you start your border, the number of sts, minus 9, should return

an even number when divided by 8).

Shawl Border(See Chart B for additional guidance).Border Row 1(RS) (remove markers as you go):K2, yo, k3, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2,

yo, k2235 sts.Row 2 (WS): K4, purl to last 4 sts, k4.Row 3:K2, yo, k4, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, k3, yo, k2237 sts.Row 4:Rep row 2.Row 5:K2, yo, knit to last 2 sts, yo, k2239 sts.Rows 6-8:Rep rows 4 and 5 once, then rep row 4241 sts.Row 9:K2, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts, yo, k2, ssk, k2, yo, k2243 sts.

Row 10:Rep row 2.Row 11:K2, yo, k3, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 9 sts, yo, k2, ssk, k3, yo, k2245 sts.Rows 12 & 13:Rep rows 4 and 5247 sts.Row 14:K4, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 7 sts, k7.Row 15:Rep row 5.Row 16:K4, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.Row 17:Rep row 1.Row 18:K5, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 5 sts, k5.Row 19:Rep row 3.Row 20:K6, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 6 sts, k6.Row 21:Rep row 5.

Bind off using a stretchy bind off as follows: K2, *put tip of left needle through front of these 2 sts, knit them together, k1; repfrom * until you have 1 st on right needle, break yarn and draw through last st.

FinishingBlock. Weave in ends.


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(nostitch)

yokonRS,po

nWS

ponRS,ko

nWS

ChartA

ChartB

sskk2tog

sl2-k1-p2sso

ponRS,konWS

yo(nostitch)

konRS,ponWS

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