Mirit

Yarn: Fingering weight in two colors, approximately 300 yds./274.5 m each
Shown in Quince & Co. Finch (100% wool; 221 yds./202 m per 1.76 oz./50 g skein) in Damson and Glacier, two skeins each

Needles: US 6 (4.0 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge: 19 stitches and 36 rows = 4 in./10 cm in stockinette/garter stripe pattern, after blocking

Finished Dimensions: Approximately 48 in./122 cm wide along top edge and 22.5/57 cm deep at center, after blocking

A companion piece to Leventry, Mirit is a smaller shawl using a similar combination of texture and lace. Worked from the top down, starting with a garter tab, it begins with a section of alternated garter and stockinette stripes, then transitions into a lace band that combines eyelets with ribbing. The shawl is finished with an elegant picot bind off.

To knit this shawl, you need to know how to:

• do a provisional cast on and pick up stitches from a garter edge (for the garter tab),
• knit and purl when working flat,
• do directional increases (m1L and m1R),
• work lace stitches from a chart or written directions,
• do basic decreases (k2tog, ssk, sk2p), and
• do a cable cast on (for the picot bind off).

The lace section of the shawl is both written and charted.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited.