Midvale Avenue Shawlette
Midvale Avenue Shawlette
The Midvale Avenue Shawl is designed to make full use of a gradient mini-skein set and uses an 8-wedge construction that produces a swirly shape that shows off those colors as it drapes elegantly around the shoulders. It is knit from the top down, using a simple 6-stitch, 12-row lace stitch pattern, then bound off as the edging is worked along the lower edge. Both stitch patterns are written out, as well as charted.
Techniques Used:
• Decreases: k2tog, ssk, p2tog, ssp
• Increase: yo
• Cables: 2/2 LC, 2/2 RC
• Cast-ons: Long Tail Cast-on, Cable Cast-on
• Knitting a border along an edge
Needles:
32-inch 80 cm US Size 5 3.75 mm circular needle or size needed
to obtain gauge
Note: shawl is worked flat, but a circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.
Notions:
10 Stitch markers
Cable needle
Tapestry needle
Finished Measurements (blocked):
85” 216) cm outer edge circumference x 12” 30 cm high at center back.
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Suggested yarn: A Hundred Ravens Iachos Minis
Yarn weight: Fingering (14 wpi)
Gauge: 19 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches in Wedge pattern stitch
Needle size: US 5 - 3.75 mm
Yardage: 400 yards (366 m)