Lucca

• Product description

  The ethereal geometry of this heirloom pi shawl conjures stars wheeling overhead and trees reflected in water. Worked in Vale, it makes a beautiful throw to display in your home or an exquisite shawl for dressy occasions. Lucca is a meditative knit, with each successive ring bringing a new pattern to freshen your interest.

  Designer: Jared Flood

  Collection: Vale Launch; Winter 2016

   

• Pattern materials

  YARDAGE

  • 1115 (1555) total yards of laceweight wool yarn

  
  

  YARN

  • 3 (4) skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet wool; 450 yards/50 grams)
  • Large shawl photographed in color Sashiko

  
  

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

• Pattern specs

  GAUGE

  Small Shawl

  • 22 stitches & 32 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch, after blocking
  • One 12-stitch repeat from Chart B or C measures approximately 2¼” wide

  
  

  Large Shawl

  • 18 stitches & 22 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch, after blocking
  • One 12-stitch repeat from Chart B or C measures approximately 2¾” wide

  
  

  Note: Finished width of repeat will vary once shawl is blocked into circular shape.

  
  

  NEEDLES

  • One each 16″ and 32″ circular needles and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
  • Small Shawl suggested size: 3 mm (US 2½)
  • Large Shawl suggested size: 4½ mm (US 7)

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • Small Shawl: 44″ [112 cm] diameter (including edging)
  • Large Shawl: 63½” [161.5 cm] diameter (including edging)
  • Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.

  
  

• Techniques

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

  • Circular Cast On
  • Crocheted Provisional Cast On
  • Kitchener Stitch (Grafting)

  
  

• Pattern Updates

  28 January 2016: Version 1.1

  On page 10, Chart B, Round 25 has been revised to:

  Knit 2, [YO, SSK] twice, knit 1, [k2tog, YO] twice, knit 1.

  
  

  (FYI, version 1.0 of the pattern can be knit as charted. This v1.1 revision removes the issue of having two yarn overs next to one another at the end of round 24 and the beginning of round 25 on Chart B.)

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