Joyful

A simple shawl with a cross stitch and bead design, complemented by a three bead detail on the cast-off edging. A perfect one skein shawl.

Materials:

Manos del Uruguay Alegria (4ply; 75% merino/25% polyamide; 405m/445yds per 100g skein) x 1 skein. Shown in shade: Tutti Frutti 

4mm (UK 8/US 6) knitting needles

Debbie Abrahams Seed Beads size 6, 207 Lipstick x 169 beads (1 bag)

0.75mm (US 14) crochet hook

Difficulty level:

Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):

Basic Skills: cast on, knit, purl, sl wyif

Increases: kfbf

Adding beads using the crochet hook method (see pattern)

Russian Cast-off (see pattern)

Decreases: k2tog tbl

Special stitches: k3w, CR4 (see pattern)

Size:

Wingspan: 148cm/59¼in 

Depth: 40cm/16in 

Tension:

16 sts and 31 rows over 10cm/4in in Garter Stitch after blocking.

Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

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