Pinola

This top-down crescent shawl combines the texture of stockinette and garter stitch stripes with the elegance of lace. Starting with a garter tab, the shawl gently increases every right side row to form a lacy center panel flanked by more solid sections. The leaf motifs that cascade down the center of the shawl grow in size as the shawl gets wider, and a picot bind-off gives the bottom edge a frilly finish.

To knit this pattern, you need to know how to:

do a provisional cast on (any method),

knit and purl when working flat,

do directional increases (m1L and m1R),

do a centered double decrease,

work a lace pattern from a chart or written directions,

do directional decreases (k2tog and ssk), and

do a cable cast on (for picot bind off).

The sample used almost all of a full skein of the recommended yarn. Please be sure you have enough yarn to complete your project.

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.