Beaded Diamond Shawl Beads, added with a crochet hook as you knit, wink at strategic points throughout Karen Joan Raz’s dazzling top-down triangular shawl.
KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
SHAWL
Approx 84 x 39"/213 x 99cm
Body
Cast on 5 sts, and knit 1 row on WS. Beg chart 1
• 2 4oz/60gm balls (each approx 825yd/754m) of
Row 1 (RS) K2, yo for chart row, k1 (for center st),
Jade Sapphire Exotic Fibres Lacey Lamb (extrafine
yo for chart row, k2—7 sts.
lambswool) in #002 off white
Row 2 and all WS rows K2, purl to last 2 sts for chart
• One size 5 (3.75mm) circular needle, 24"/60cm
row, k2.
long OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE
Row 3 K2, work chart row 3, k1, work chart row 3,
• One 1mm beading crochet hook
k2—11 sts.
• 1000 size 6/0 glass beads (approx 60g) silver
Cont to work chart in this manner through row
lined gold with rainbow finish
64—123 sts. Row 65 (2nd line of numbers) K2, *work chart row
GAUGE
to 20-st rep, work 20-st rep twice, work to end of
16 sts and 32 rows = 4"/10cm over body pattern st
chart row*, k1; repeat from * to *, k2.
using size 5 (3.75mm) needle.
Cont to work chart in this manner, adding a 20-st
TAKE TIME TO CHECK GAUGE.
rep to each side of shawl every time a 22-row
DRAPED IN ELEGANCE
MATERIALS
rep has been completed, until you have worked STITCH GLOSSARY
through row 174. Every 22-row repeat adds 40 sts
Add Bead (AB) Slip bead onto shank of crochet hook.
to the shawl. When row 174 is complete there will
With hook facing you, slip next st from LH needle
be 323 sts.
onto crochet hook. Hold taut. Slip bead onto st.
Border
Slip st back to LH needle and knit.
Beg chart 2 Row 175 (RS) K2, *work row to 20-st rep, work
NOTES
20-st rep 7 times across, work to end of chart row
1) Shawl is worked from the top down.
175*; k1; rep from * to *, k2.
2) WS rows are not shown on the charts for this
Row 176 and all WS rows K2, p to last 2 sts, k2.
pattern. All WS rows are worked as for Row 2 in
Cont to work chart 2 in this way through row 229.
Chart 1.
Work one WS row. Do not cut yarn.
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