Knit this shrug for your favourite teen girl and you too could be adored, just like Aunty Hazel! :)
A hot fashion accessory that used to be Gramma's bed jacket, but we won't tell them! I whipped this one out in a couple of evenings for my teen niece. It would probably be most acceptable in black or something sparkly! It's easy and fast and fits most teen girls through young adults. But it's adaptable by your gauge.
I used worsted weight yarn and size 8 dps and 10 straight needles. This pattern makes sleeves to just below the elbow, but you can make them any length. Measure your teen!
A little aside: If you are making this as a surprise gift and need to know, ask her her height. This is the same measurement as she is from fingertip to fingertip with her hands out at each side. Subtract 12 inches (length of two hands) and you have the length a wrist length shrug needs to be.
On the dps cast on 32 stitches evenly, place marker to mark first stitch.
Cuff: k2 p2 ribbing for 2 inches.
Next row: increase evenly 8 stitches.
Next row: increase evenly 8 stitches.
Begin drop stitch thus:
Row 1: *yo k1* around.
Row 2: * drop yo, k1* around.
Repeat these two rows ending with row 2 until piece measures 12 inches
from CO (or measurement needed for your sleeve length) continue working
drop stitch thus:
Row 1: *yo, k1* to marker, turn.
Row 2: *drop yo, p1*
Repeat these two rows for 20 inches. (Change to straight needles as
soon as your work flattens enough. You don't have to change needles but
it's less awkward)
At end of 20 inches knit back onto dps and join in a tube again knitting sleeve length to match first. (Remember that you won't be purling anymore!)
1st decrease: knit 2 together 8 times evenly
2nd decrease: knit 2 together 8 times evenly
Cuff: k2 p2 for 2 inches,
Bind Off.
Tuck in ends.
You're done.