Product description

A tribute to a beautiful woodland in the designer’s native Shetland, this shawl uses a traditional lace motif to depict a copse of trees. The triangular shape grows from a single stitch. The stitches are left live along the long edge while yarn-over loops are picked up along the other two edges to anchor the lace edging, which is worked sideways (perpendicular to the body of the shawl). Halligarth can be worked as a shawlette or as a more traditional large shawl.

Designer: Gudrun Johnston

Collection: Wool People, Volume 7

 

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Halligarth

Shetland-style Lace Shawl

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  • Product description

    A tribute to a beautiful woodland in the designer’s native Shetland, this shawl uses a traditional lace motif to depict a copse of trees. The triangular shape grows from a single stitch. The stitches are left live along the long edge while yarn-over loops are picked up along the other two edges to anchor the lace edging, which is worked sideways (perpendicular to the body of the shawl). Halligarth can be worked as a shawlette or as a more traditional large shawl.

    Designer: Gudrun Johnston

    Collection: Wool People, Volume 7

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARDAGE

    • 590 (1175) yards of fingering weight wool yarn


    YARN

    • 3 (5) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
    • Photographed in colors Barn Owl (small version) & Tent (large version)


  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • This shawl is constructed by knitting the center triangle first. The center triangle starts with 1 stitch. Stitches are increased by working a yarn over (YO) at the beginning of every row. Stitches are then picked up from the yarnover loops on the edges of the Triangle, and a couple of rows are worked before proceeding to the edging, which is attached to the live stitches of the center triangle at the end of every other row.


    GAUGE

    • 20 stitches & 38 rows = 4″ in lace pattern from Shawl Chart with Size A needle, after blocking
    • 20 stitches & 28 rows = 4″ in lace pattern from Edging Chart with Size B needle, after blocking


    NEEDLES

    Size A (for Center Triangle):

    • One 32″ (or longer) circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
    • Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)


    Size B (for Edging):

    • One 40″ circular needle, one size larger than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    • Small (Large) 51 (63)” wingspan; 27¼ (33½)” height at center spine


    Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.
  • Techniques

    Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern

    • Backwards Loop Cast On


  • Pattern Updates

    4 June 2014: (Version 1.1):

    The SSK definition on the Chart Symbol Legend has been edited to be the same method as listed under Abbreviations.

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