Rhiannon Hap Shawl

Rhiannon was a great queen from Welsh mythology and this dramatic hap shawl is named in her honour. It uses a traditional hap shawl construction, beginning with the central square, from which stitches are picked up all around to work the two borders. Once these are complete the knitted-on edging is added, complete with tidy short-row corners.

Yarn

Cascade Yarns, Alpaca Lace (Laceweight; 100% Baby Alpaca; 400m/437yds per 50g skein), 

Silver 1413; 5 x 50g skeins (220g used in sample shown)

Or 250g/2000m of any laceweight yarn

Needles

3.75mm (UK 9/US 5) circular knitting needles, 120cm long

1 pair 4mm (UK 8/US 6) knitting needles for provisional cast-on

Notions

Waste yarn for provisional cast-on

5 stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Tension

Stitch Patterns for Parts One, Two, Three & garter st: 17.5 sts and 35 rows to 10cm using 3.75mm needles, after blocking and relaxing to finished measurements.

1 repeat of Edging Pattern (Part Four): 11.5cm at widest point x 3.5cm high using 3.75mm needles, after blocking and relaxing to finished measurements.

Finished Measurements

Block to: 158 cm/62¼” long x 158 cm/62¼” wide

Relaxes to: 146 cm/57½” long x 146 cm/57½” wide

Schematic

Notes

1.     Leave yarn attached at end of each part.

2.     All charts are optional and are on pages 9-11.

3.     The stitch patterns are given at the beginning of each section: “Begin Part One/Two/etc” is where you start knitting with reference to these stitch patterns or their related chart.