Bamburgh Shawl
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The Bamburgh Shawl: exploring the contrast between two gorgeously different yarns from Whistlebare, through slipped-stitch cables and garter-stitch stripes.
CONSTRUCTION
This unusual, easy to wear, trapezium-shaped shawl is knitted from side to side in stripes of stocking-stitch, garter-stitch and simple slipped-stitches. Once the main shawl is complete, an easy short-row border is worked along three edges.
YARN
Whistlebare Yeavering Bell 4ply (4 ply / fingering-weight; 350m / 383 yards per 100g skein; 80% Whistlebare’s own mohair & 20% Whistlebare’s own Wensleydale wool); 1 skein in Castle Keep (yarn A)
and
Whistlebare Cheviot Marsh 4ply (4 ply / fingering-weight; 350m / 383 yards per 100g skein; 100% lambswool; a blend of Romney Marsh and Cheviot); 1 skein in All At Sea (yarn B)
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
4mm / 6 US circular needle, 80cm (32”) long (straight needles could also be used, but a circular needle is needed to work the edging)
Cable needle (optional),
2 stitch markers, plus 4 lockable markers (two in a different colour),
tapestry needle
blocking pins (wires optional)
GAUGE
10 sts x 18.5 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over pattern, before blocking
10 sts x 14 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over stocking-stitch stripe pattern, after blocking
9 sts x 18 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over slipped-stitch stripe pattern, after blocking
SIZE
205 cm / 80.75” long x 42 cm / 16.5” deep
SKILLS / PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
cables
chart (and written equivalents)
schematic
sideways
slipped-stitches
worked-flat
written-pattern
ERRATA 6/4/21
Set-Up Decreasing Stripes should read
Row 1 (RS): Using A, sl1 wyif, k to end.
Row 2 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k2, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Rows 3&4: Rep Rows 1&2 once more.
Row 5: Using B, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 77 sts
Row 6: Sl1 wyif, k to end.
Row 7: Using A, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 76 sts
Row 8: Sl1 wyif, k2, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Rows 9&10: Rep Rows 7&8 once more. 75 sts
Row 11: Using A, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 74 sts
Row 12: Sl1 wyif, k to end.
Chart Key
Slipped Stitches with symbol V should read:
RS: slip purlwise with yarn in back
WS: slip purlwise with yarn in front
CONSTRUCTION
This unusual, easy to wear, trapezium-shaped shawl is knitted from side to side in stripes of stocking-stitch, garter-stitch and simple slipped-stitches. Once the main shawl is complete, an easy short-row border is worked along three edges.
YARN
Whistlebare Yeavering Bell 4ply (4 ply / fingering-weight; 350m / 383 yards per 100g skein; 80% Whistlebare’s own mohair & 20% Whistlebare’s own Wensleydale wool); 1 skein in Castle Keep (yarn A)
and
Whistlebare Cheviot Marsh 4ply (4 ply / fingering-weight; 350m / 383 yards per 100g skein; 100% lambswool; a blend of Romney Marsh and Cheviot); 1 skein in All At Sea (yarn B)
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
4mm / 6 US circular needle, 80cm (32”) long (straight needles could also be used, but a circular needle is needed to work the edging)
Cable needle (optional),
2 stitch markers, plus 4 lockable markers (two in a different colour),
tapestry needle
blocking pins (wires optional)
GAUGE
10 sts x 18.5 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over pattern, before blocking
10 sts x 14 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over stocking-stitch stripe pattern, after blocking
9 sts x 18 rows = 5 cm / 2” measured over slipped-stitch stripe pattern, after blocking
SIZE
205 cm / 80.75” long x 42 cm / 16.5” deep
SKILLS / PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
cables
chart (and written equivalents)
schematic
sideways
slipped-stitches
worked-flat
written-pattern
ERRATA 6/4/21
Set-Up Decreasing Stripes should read
Row 1 (RS): Using A, sl1 wyif, k to end.
Row 2 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k2, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Rows 3&4: Rep Rows 1&2 once more.
Row 5: Using B, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 77 sts
Row 6: Sl1 wyif, k to end.
Row 7: Using A, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 76 sts
Row 8: Sl1 wyif, k2, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Rows 9&10: Rep Rows 7&8 once more. 75 sts
Row 11: Using A, sl1 wyif, k2, yo, sssk, k to end. 74 sts
Row 12: Sl1 wyif, k to end.
Chart Key
Slipped Stitches with symbol V should read:
RS: slip purlwise with yarn in back
WS: slip purlwise with yarn in front
