Hibiscus

***Hibiscus is a beautiful, light & airy crescent shawl scattered with trellis and flower lace patterns.***

The Hibiscus shawl was first published in The Knitter magazine issue 188.

Materials:

Manos del Uruguay Marina (laceweight;100% wool; 800m/875yds per 100g skein). Shown in shade: Mango Berry x 1 skein

OR

For the Love of Yarn Merino Single Lace (laceweight; 100% merino wool; 800m/875yds per 100g skein)

Shown in: Powder Pink Splash x 1 skein

3.5mm (UK 9-10/US 4) circular needles (80cm/32in long)

4mm (UK 8/US 6) circular needles (80cm/32in OR 100cm/40in long)

Size:

Wingspan 172cm/68¾in

Depth 48cm/19¼in 

Tension:

26 sts and 36 rows over 10cm/4in in Chart B using 3.5mm needles after blocking.

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

Difficulty level:

Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):

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

Decreases: k2tog, k2tog tbl, ssk, sk2po, 

Increases: yo

Lace (using Chart or Written Instructions)

Reading Chart (optional - see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts)

Russian Cast-off (see below)