Detail of Clove St |
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Detail of Clove St |
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The shawl was designed for a boring, worsted weight yarn. It is triangular
with a slipped-stitch chain selvedge and a garter stitch border on each
short side. The increases are made on the
inside edge of this border.
After each 4 row repeat, there are enough extra stitches at each end to add another 4 stitch pattern repeat.
Yarn: Paton's Classic Wool (worsted weight: ball band gauge: 20 st/
4 in on # 7
needles)
Needle: # 13 circular, longer is better
Stitch Pattern: clove stitch from Walker's Second Treasury, page 221
Special Techinques:
(k1, yo, k1): in the same stitch: knit one, yarn over, knit one
p3 tog: purl 3 stitches together
sl 1: with the yarn in front, slip 1 stitch purlwise
inc 1: knit into front and back of one stitch
Directions:
Cast on 4 stitches; knit in garter stitch, slipping the first stitch
of every row and increasing one stitch in second and next-to-last stitches,
until you have 16 stitches
Begin pattern rows:
Row 1: sl 1; k2, inc 1; *(k1, yo, k1), p3 tog*; repeat to last 4 sts: inc 1, k3
Row 2: sl 1, k3, inc 1; *p1, k3*; repeat to last 5 sts: inc 1, k4
Row 3: sl 1, k4, inc 1; *p3 tog, (k1, yo, k1)*; repeat to last 6 sts: inc 1, k5
Row 4: sl 1, k5, inc 1; *k3, p1*; repeat to last 7 sts: inc 1, k6
Repeat these rows until the shawl is Big Enough (or you run out of yarn!).
Bind off loosely. I suggest several rows of garter stitch and then
3-stitch attached i-cord for a stable and
flexible edge. Wash and block to open up the stitch pattern.