Haro

• Product description

  A weightless crescent shawl is the perfect accessory to wear with summer dresses or to double around your throat for an accent of delicate texture against wool blazers when autumn arrives. Haro begins with a firm cast-on for the full length of the upper edge; short rows shape a crescent of garter stitch that gives way to tranquil forest motifs. This relatively quiet design aims to make the most of Plains’s subtly rustic character and to offer newer lace knitters an accessible challenge; instructions are both written and charted. Fir Cone lace is easy to work and beautifully effective. By the time you reach the tree forms in the edging, you’ll be ready to work lace on both sides without “resting rows.” Haro takes its name from the misty strait west of San Juan Island, where Sarah grew up. Morandi, shown in the sample, reflects foggy island mornings, but consider Scarab for a bright accent or Flurry for a sweetly feminine look.

  Designer: Sarah Pope

  Collection: Wool People, Volume 10

   

• Pattern materials

  YARDAGE

  • 540 yards of lace weight wool yarn

  
  

  YARN

  • 2 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Plains (100% American Rambouillet wool; 440 yards/50g)
  • Photographed in color Morandi

  
  

• Pattern specs

  CONSTRUCTION

  • This shawl is worked flat on a circular needle from the top down, beginning with a Cabled Cast On for the full width of the piece.
  • The crescent shape is achieved through Short Rows: Wrap & Turn Method.

  
  

  GAUGE

  • 21 stitches & 52 rows = 4″ in garter stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
  • 20 stitches & 38 rows = 4″ in Fir Cone Lace with Size B needle, after blocking

  
  

  NEEDLES

  Size A (for garter stitch)

  • One 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain garter stitch gauge listed
  • Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

  
  

  Size B (for lace pattern)

  • One 32″ circular needle in size needed to obtain Fir Cone Lace gauge listed
  • Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

  
  

  FINISHED DIMENSIONS

  • 53″ [134.5 cm] wide along cast-on edge; 57¾” [146.5 cm] along bind-off edge; 12″ [30.5 cm] deep at center spine
  • Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

  
  

  Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

• Techniques

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

  • Cabled Cast On
  • Short Rows: Wrap and Turn Method (garter stitch)
  • Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off

  
  

• Pattern Updates

  23 August 2016: Version 2.0 

  Text and chart have been updated to match the sample. (The sample’s edging was worked beginning one half-repeat over from the original chart.)

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