Carillon shawl

When I was imagining this shawl I knew I wanted to have bands of brioche and bands of lace. But rather than just having a series of pretty but unconnected sections, I wanted them to flow into each other so that they looked like they belonged together. When looking through my knitting books I came across 'Bell Lace', from Barbara Walker's Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, which has a portion made of ribbing. With a bit of adaptation I thought the ribbing might be made to flow into the brioche, and after a few rounds of swatching I had a motif I was happy with. So, since the Bell Lace was the inspiration for the lace section, I also used it as inspiration for the name of the shawl - a carillon is one of my favourite musical instruments, consisting of at least 23 bells, usually hung in a tower and played by means of a keyboard.

This triangular shawl starts with a few stitches at the centre, increasing along both edges and along the central spine. There are sections of one and two colour brioche as well as the lace. The sample is worked in DK weight yarn, but the shawl can also be worked in other weights of yarn, you may repeat the various sections until the shawl is the size you want.

Materials:

• Two colours of DK weight yarn, approximately 400m/437yds of each.

• 5mm/US 8 circular needle with an 80cm/32” or longer cable.

• Stitch marker(s).

• Tapestry needle to weave in ends.

Size of finished shawl:

Wingspan 198cm/78", depth 95cm/37.5", relaxed after blocking.

Gauge:

Obtaining gauge is not essential, as long as you are happy with the fabric you are getting. Different gauge will affect the size of the finished object and the amount of yarn used.

The sample shawl had a gauge of 18 stitches and 10 rows of brioche rib in a 10cm x 10cm/4” x 4” square, after blocking.

The pattern has both written instructions and charts. Stitch abbreviations and chart symbols are based on those developed by Nancy Marchant. Video tutorials are available for the more unusual stitches.

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