Newport Shawl with Stripes

For detail see First Stitches, Knitting, pages 12–16

MATERIALS

SUNLIGHT Shetland Floss

17 skeins white

6 skeins colored

1 pair Wooden Knitting Needles, No. 12

1 6-inch Bone Crochet Hook, No. 4

INSTRUCTIONS

(Written for white and blue.)

This shawl is knitted in the plain stitch and a heavy fringe is put on both ends.

Wind the white yarn into 2 balls and also the blue. Use the yarn double (2 balls).

Start with the white yarn and cast on 100 stitches. Knit plain, forward and back. 2 rows make 1 rib. Knit 12 ribs.

Begin with the blue yarn (use 2 balls) and knit 1 rib. Knit 1 rib in white and 1 rib in blue until you have 5 ribs in blue.

Make 3 ribs in white, 3 ribs in blue, 3 in white, 3 in blue and 3 ribs in white; repeat with 1 rib in blue and 1 rib in white until you have 5 ribs in blue (same as before).

Make 12 ribs in white and 3 ribs in blue. This last rib in blue will finish 1 design.

Start next design with the 12 ribs in white.

Make 4 designs, ending last design with the 12 ribs in white. Bind off.

Crochet 1 row all around shawl; use the white yarn (2 balls). Make 1 single crochet for each knitted stitch on the ends of shawl, taking up in the double stitch. Start on the side with 1 single crochet between each rib. Make 6 single crochet, then make a chain of 2 stitches. Put hook through the 2 loops below the chain, yarn over hook and pull through all on needle. Repeat with 6 single crochet and a picot along both sides of shawl.

Make the fringe in white: Cut a skein of the yarn twice, that will give you ends of right length for the fringe. Take 3 ends of the yarn together, double them and put the loops through a coarse needle (needle used for cord). Put the needle down through double stitch in 1st single crochet on one end. Remove the needle, pull the ends through the loops at once and tighten.

Repeat this in every single crochet on both ends of shawl.

To knot the fringe: Fasten one end of shawl on table and work from left to right. 131Take 1st bunch of yarn and put across the 2nd one, take 3rd bunch and put across 4th bunch and repeat. Now take 1st and 4th bunches together and make a knot about 1 inch from top.

To make a knot: Put the ends of the yarn across the yarn, that makes a loop, then pull the ends through the loop. Move the knot when loose with your needle and put it in place, then tighten.

Repeat this, taking next the 3rd and 6th bunch of yarn together, then 5th and 8th and so on. Tie a knot on 2nd bunch.

2nd row: Take 4 threads of the yarn and make a knot ¾ inch from 1st row of knots and repeat.

3rd row: Take 6 threads of the yarn and make a knot ¾ inch from 2nd row of knots. Now take 12 threads of the yarn together and make knots to correspond with the 1st row of knots.

Cut fringe even.

Size of shawl from these instructions is 26×72 inches without the fringe.

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