Rosaura Shawl

A little confection to keep your shoulders warm, Rosaura is a crescent-shaped shawl knit from the bottom up using three lace patterns and finishing with a rolled stockinette neck edge. The stitch patterns show the beautiful shadings of this variegated yarn to their best advantage, while the shape helps to keep the shawl in place without a shawl pin.

If knit from two colors, you will need some means of measuring the yarn, as you will be dividing it up into different-sized balls. Because some of the quantities are small, I recommend weighing it out on a scale that uses grams. However, you could also use ounces or measure using a yardstick or a meter stick.

Techniques Used:

• Decreases: k2tog, ssk, p2tog, ssp, sl1 k3 psso, sl2 k1 psso

• Increase: yo, kfb

• Knit, purl

• Knit Cast-On

Two-color Version shown in:

• Down Under (Color A), 265 yards / 242 m

• Terra Cotta (Color B), 260 yards / 238 m

Single Color Version: 550 yards [503 m]

Note: the piece is knit flat, but a circular needle is recommended due to the large number of stitches.