When we moved to Moses Lake, I was looking forward to meeting other knitters. It took a while, but some ladies at my church decided to have a prayer shawl group meet twice a month. Since then, we have had numerous shawls, blankets, and other items blessed to give away to people in need.
I recently finished a small shawl and had a few people ask me for the pattern. I wanted to do something quick, easy, but also pretty. I chose the worsted weight Sweet Roll yarn in the colorway Gelato Pop. I started experimenting and decided to do an asymmetrical shawl with eyelets. When I got near the end of the roll, I thought it might be fun to do a picot edge. Having never done one before, I was hoping it wasn't too hard. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it is actually quite easy!
I love the blue, white and lavender colors in the yarn. The eyelets give it a little texture and the picot bind off lends an elegant ending to a fairly simple pattern. As this is a pattern for giving to people in need, I decided the pattern should be free to everyone! Love wins!
Asymmetrical Prayer Shawl
Supplies:
Size 8 needles
245 yards of a worsted weight yarn for the small
size, about 60 inches in length. More if you want to make it
larger.
I used one ball of Premier Yarns Sweet Roll in the Gelato
Pop colorway.
Large eye needle for weaving in ends.
Scissors
Pattern:
Set up
Cast on 4 stitches
1.
Knit across
2.
Kfb, knit 2, kfb
3.
Knit across
4.
Kfb, k to last 2 st, k2tog
5.
P, knit to last st, kfb >>> Do rows 4 and 5 until it measures about
2 inches total from the beginning.
6.
Kfb, * yo, k2tog* Repeat between * until last
two stitches, k2tog. (If you end up with
three stitches at the end, just knit the 3rd stitch in then k2tog.)
7.
Purl to last stitch, kfb
8.
Kfb, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
9.
P1,knit to last stitch, kfb
10.
Kfb, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
11.
P1,knit to last stitch, kfb
12.
Kfb, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
13.
P1,knit to last stitch, kfb
14. kfb, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
15. P1, knit to last stitch, kfb
14. kfb, knit to last two stitches, k2tog
15. P1, knit to last stitch, kfb
Repeat rows 6-15 until you are almost out
of yarn. Make sure to leave enough for
the picot bind off. I did my bind off after row 9, although if
you have enough yarn, you could bind off after row 13. If you need to know how to do the picot bind
off, KnitPurlHunter has an excellent video on YouTube. This is the one I
used. There is a link to this above the pattern.
14.
Bind off – when you near the end of your yarn,
or you get to the size you want, do a picot bind off. Weave in ends. Using unblocked acrylic yarn,
my one skein project ended up to be about 60 inches (5 ft) long. If you have
used acrylic yarn, wear and enjoy! If
you have used a natural fiber, block to open up the eyelets. I think this pattern would also work well
with a DK or fingering weight yarn, just be sure to adjust the needle size
down. I have a skein of Misti Alpaca calling to me, so I know I will be doing this again
soon!
Jeanne Klockers / Soprano Girl Knits
