Country Chic Variation; Did You Know...? (Open Increases in Knitting)

Patterns available on Ravelry
Accessories available on Etsy

This is a variation on my Country Chic Semicircular Shawlette pattern.

Head into spring in style with this heathery tweed combination of silk and fine merino wool.

I knit this shawlette/scarf with 2 strands of lace weight yarn. One yarn is a semi-solid charcoal grey (silk/merino bend) and for the upper part the other yarn is a blue-green variegated colorway (100% merino).

For the lower part of the shawlette, I combined the charcoal grey with a lighter blue-green colorway.

You’ll find rows of quatrefoil eyelets at regularly-spaced intervals, and at the bottom of the shawl, a knit-on edging with a single eyelet in each row.

The dimensions are:
43 x 19 inches (109 x 48.5 cm)

Pattern on Ravelry. Accessory available on Etsy.

Did you know…?

You may already know how to work increases in your knitting, but did you know that in knitting a semicircular shawl you can separate the 3 sections (or wedges) with increases that resemble a column of eyelets?
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This is done with a combination of M1R and M1O stitches.

Immediately before the increase stitch separating the wedges/sections of your shawl, do the following:

in the horizontal bar between the stitch on your right needle and the stitch on your left needle, insert the left needle under the horizontal bar from the back to the front, placing that bar on the left needle (being careful to stretch it as little as possible). Knit the stitch from the front. This is an M1R increase, and is nearly invisible;
knit the next stitch; and then
in the horizontal bar between the stitch on your right needle and the stitch on your left needle, insert the left needle under the horizontal bar from the front to the back, placing that bar on the left needle. Knit the stitch from the front. This is an M1O increase, and leaves an eyelet opening.

I’ll look at other types of increases next week.

Happy Knitting!
MikeH

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