Kensington Gardens Shawlette

On a recent trip to England, my 16yod and I spent much time wandering the criss-crossing paths of Kensington Gardens. All paths seemed to lead to Kensington Palace ... which was just fine by us.

I designed this shawlette that is fit to wear to the Palace! A fun knit with a repeating lace pattern, reminiscent of the criss-crossing paths in London’s Kensington Gardens. The 57x25 inch shawlette takes approx 450 yards of fingering weight wool (shown here in Little Traveller from Verdant Gryphon, hand-dyed).

NOTES: • the shawlette is knit from the top down, starting with a garter tab • the center panel is a simple 4-stitch cable with yo’s on either side • each triangle is worked the same, with the cable panel between • a 3-stitch garter is worked on each edge with a slipped st to start every row • the shawl grows slowly from 10 stitches to more than 250 stitches, but goes together quickly as the lace pattern is easy to memorize

Directions are charted and row-by-row.