Make a beautiful Stella Luna lace shawl to wear over a fancy dress. These knit shawl patterns are beautiful and stylish.
Materials:
- Lace weight yarn (880 yards/805 m in 100 g) – about 75 g
- Needles – size 6 US (4 mm), 8 US (5 mm)
- Patterns
Instructions:
The shawl is knitted in tiers: Scheme 1 (bottom tier) is knitted once, Scheme 2 (middle tiers) is knitted 3
times, Scheme 3 (top of the shawl) is knitted once.
Start: cast on 249 stitches on bigger needles. I really recommend using a short-tail method, or simple
e-wrap. If you are using a long-tail method you might consider to cast on onto two needles and pull
one out after you are done. The goal is to make the bottom row very loose for good stretching during
the blocking. Knit the next row.
Bottom tier: continue with smaller needles. Knit the right side of the shawl according to Scheme 1.
After you reach the middle stitch, follow the same scheme FROM LEFT TO RIGHT to knit the left side of
the shawl. Middle stitch is knitted once.
Middle tier 1: knit according to Scheme 2. The fragment of scheme in gray (repeat) will be knitted 7
times. As before: once you have reached the middle stitch do the trick of following the scheme from
left to right.
Middle tier 2: knit according to Scheme 2. The fragment of scheme in gray (repeat) will be knitted 5
times. As before: once you have reached the middle stitch do the trick of following the scheme from
left to right.
Middle tier 3: knit according to Scheme 2. The fragment of scheme in gray (repeat) will be knitted 3
times. As before: once you have reached the middle stitch do the trick of following the scheme from
left to right.
Top: knit according to Scheme 3. As before: once you have reached the middle stitch do the trick of
following the scheme from left to right.
Finish: you will have 9 stitches on your needle at this point. RS: Knit 3 together, 3 times. WS: Purl 3
together. Pull the yarn through the last stitch. DONE!
Notes: the shawl on the picture was knitted with nupps (Estonian lace knitting term – GOOGLE it);
however, if you don’t want to bother – they can be omitted and a designated stitch is knitted on a RS
and purled on a WS. Or, if you want to make the shawl very fancy, you can add beads in place of nupps.
