Edited by Anonymous at 2019-9-2 21:03
“Elderberry” is a crescent shaped shawl with cropped corners, worked in one piece from the top down and finished with a crochet bind-off. The lace design with added beads reminds of the fruit and blossoms of the elderberry bush. You will need:
• Needles: Circular needles 2 mm [US 0], 100–120 cm [40 to 48 inches] long Additionally:
• 1 stitch marker
• crochet hook 0.5 mm (US 14 steel) for threading beads
• crochet hook 2.5 mm (US B/C, UK 12) for binding off
• black or red plastic or glass beads, diameter 5–7 mm,
33 beads for each edge pattern repeat Yarn used in pictured sample:
• YarnStories Linen (100% linen, 656 yds/3.5 oz)
Yardage needed: 656 yards (or more if working more pattern repeats for a larger shawl) Finished size: adjustable (final yardage and size of finished shawl depending on number of pattern repeats worked, individual gauge and blocking efforts) Difficulty level: slightly above medium
Reading charts, co, k, p, yo, “3 from 1” with yo, adding beads (explained), crochet bind off (explained). Useful information for beginning shawl knitters has been added in a separate file entitled Beginner_info.
This material explains the edge stitches in greater detail and repeats those parts of the instructions from the original pattern pertaining to the edge stitches in more depth with the beginning lace knitter in mind.
All of this information is already contained in the original pattern instructions in shorter form, and you only need to download this additional file if you found the original instructions not detailed enough.
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