Summer Rain Shawl
PATTERN NOTES
The shawl is worked in two pieces. First the body of the shawl is worked top-down from a garter tab, increasing by 4 sts every RS row and 2 sts every WS row. The edging is worked from the bottom up, starting with the beaded border. Yarn B is then introduced to work a garter stitch stripe and the raindrop motif section. Stitch markers are used to mark the repeats in the raindrop motif section, to help keep track of the changing stitch counts. The body and edging pieces are joined using a three-needle cast-off or by grafting the stitches together.
SHAWL
Using 3.75mm needles and yarn A, cast on 3 sts.
GARTER TAB CAST!ON
Knit 6 rows. Do not turn after the last row. Rotate the work 90 degrees clockwise and pick up and knit 3 sts along knitted edge. Rotate the work 90 degrees clockwise and pick up and knit 3 sts at cast-on edge. 9 sts. Row 1 (WS): Knit. Row 2 (RS): Sl 1 wyif, K2, KYOK, knit to last 4 sts, KYOK, K3. 4 sts inc’d. Row 3 (WS): Sl 1 wyif, K2, yo, knit to last 3 sts, yo, K3. 2 sts inc’d. Rows 4-81: Rep Rows 2-3 another 39 times. 249 sts. Row 82: Rep Row 2. 253 sts. Row 83: Sl 1 wyif, knit to end. Break yarn A. Leave these sts on the needle and put them to one side whilst you work on the edging.
EDGING "BORDER RIBBING AND BEADS
Using 3.75mm needles and yarn A, cast on 357 sts. Begin Chart A, working rows 1-28. 329 sts.
EDGING " RAINDROP MOTIFS
Prepare to change to yarn B, but do not join in until the second stitch of next row. Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 wyif, change to yarn B, SSK, knit to last 2 sts, K2tog, K1. 327 sts. Row 2: Sl 1 wyif, knit to end. Row 3: Sl 1 wyif, SSK, knit to last 2 sts, K2tog, K1. 325 sts.