Cast on
You will begin with a cast on. This can be a simple cast on of 7
Frozen Leaves Shawl Alternative
This beautiful shawl is the design of Anna (anusla) from
Russia on Ravelry. Anna knit her shawl and then charted it.
Thus the original shawl in the photos did not correspond to
the charts on her blog. Anna with input from Manderly on
Ravelry changed her charts so that they would reflect the
original knit shawl. Meanwhile, Sandralice on Ravelry had
started to re-chart the original charts. I worked with
Sandralice helping her proof her new charts, meanwhile I
started knitting Manderly’s Chart 1. When it came to Chart
2, I transitioned Sandralice’s Chart 2 into my Chart 1 from
Manderly. Thus my charts are hybrid of the original charts
and the adapted ones. I added a center stitch to eliminate the
double yarnovers which I found a bit tedious to do and I
liked the look of the center stitch. Sandralice and I both
decided that the shawl could use a slightly wider border and
we liked the smooth edge look of the first stitch being a slip
stitch. This has been incorporated into our instructions. At
this point, the knitter has four choices of charts to knit:
The designer at : http://zlopyhtelkinblog.blogspot.com/
Sandralice at:
Mandlery at
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Manderly/frozen-leaves
My hybrid below
Instructions
The shawl looks complicated but is really a very easy
design to memorize and read. You start at the center top as
shown in the picture A. The yellow leaves indicate the
yellow repeat in Chart 1. The chart is half of the shawl.
Each repeat generates a new leaf on the edges and two at the
center. The red symbols on Chart 1 show how the new
leaves begin. You will notice that the leaves in the interior
“grow” from two yarnovers and a double decrease while the
edge and center leaves “grow” from a yarnover, k1,
yarnover. Note: For my hybrid interpretation, this will
altered in the Transition Chart.
Abbreviations
k – knit
k2tog – knit 2 together
p – purl
psso – pass slipped stitch over
ssk – slip the first stitch as if to knit then slip the next stitch
as if to knit. Insert the left needle into the front loops of the
two slipped stitches and knit them together through the back
loops.
yo – yarnover
sl1 – slip one
stitches and knit 3 rows and then start Row 1 of Chart 1 or you can
do a garter tab cast on by casting on three stitches with a backward
loop, knit 4 rows. You should have one garter ridge. Pick up that
ridge and then pick up the original three cast on stitches resulting in
7 stitches on your needle.
Knitting the shawl
Set up row for garter tab: Slip stitch as if to purl, k2, p1, k3. This
step is not necessary if you chose the simple cast on.
Work Chart 1
Row 1: Slip stitch as if to purl with yarn in front, move yarn to back,
k2, place marker, yo, place marker, k1, place marker, yo, place
marker, k3
Row 2 and all even rows: Slip stitch as if to purl, k2, purl to last
three stitches, k3.
Continue with Chart 1 until you reach the desired number of leaves
for your shawl stopping after Row 28.
I found it helpful to place a marker between each pattern repeat.
Work Transition rows 29 -34 Reverse chart for left side of shawl.
Work Chart 2A for right side and Chart 2B for left side. You
may wish to cut the charts out and tape them together so that you see
the full width of the shawl. You will work rows 35-46 filling in the
wedges between the leaves with openwork lace. Starting on Row 47
you will increase a stitch at the edges and two at the center and begin
to add the partial wedges of openwork lace that will miter the center
and expand the edges.
Work Chart 3 Work last purl row of Chart 3 with double yarn.
Finishing
Cast off using a stretchy cast off. I like this one: knit 2 stitches, put
them back onto the left needle and knit tog through the back loops.
Knit 1, knit 2 tog through the back loops, continue until all stitches
are bound off. Weave in loose ends but leave a bit a small amount of
yarn tail as the yarn may be drawn up in the blocking process. After
blocking trim off any loose ends.
Special thanks
To Anna for designing such a work of art. To Manderly for her
creative talents in charting the design to match the photo of the
shawl. To Wendy Johnson who gave me permission to use her back
loop garter tab cast on technique and last but certainly not least to
Sandralice, who I have enjoyed working with immensely on this
design. It was a joy to proof her work and we both learned so much
as we worked (across many time zones) and encouraged one another.
Karen Strauss (like2makethings) Ravelry
 Key Picture A
/ knit on right side Picture B

j yarnover

| k2tog

\ ssk

v sl1 k2tog psso

, slip 1 as if to purl

z no stitch

Chart 1
/ j / j z | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ z j v j z | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ z j / j / / , 31
/ j z | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ | / \ | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ z j / / , 29
/ | / / / j / j / j / j / / / \ | / / / \ | / / / j / j / j / j / / / \ / / , 27
/ | / / j / j / j / j / / \ | / / / / / \ | / / j / j / j / j / / \ / / , 25
/ | / j / j / j / j / \ | / / / / / / / \ | / j / j / j / j / \ / / , 23
/ j / j / j / j z | / / / / / / / / / \ z j / j / j / j / / / , 21
/ / j / j / z | / / / / / / / / / / / \ z / j / j / / / , 19
/ j / j z | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ z j / j / / , 17
/ j z | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ z j / / , 15
/ | / / / j / j / j / j / / / \ / / , 13
/ | / / j / j / j / j / / \ / / , 11
/ | / j / j / j / j / \ / / , 9
/ / j / j / j / j / / / , 7
/ j / / , 1
46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
 Transition Chart
/ j / j | / / / / / / / / / / / \ j / j | / / / / / / / / / / / \ j / j | / / / / / / / / / / / \ j / j / / , 3 3
/ j | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ v | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ v | / / / / / / / / / / / / / \ j / / , 3 1
/ | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ | / \ | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ | / \ | / / / / j / j / j / j / / / / \ / / , 2 9

Chart 2 A Right Side of Shawl

/ j / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / | j / / , 6 5
/ j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j / / , 6 3
/ j / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / j / / , 6 1
/ j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / , 5 9
/ j / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / j / / , 5 7
/ j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j / / , 5 5
/ j / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / j / / , 5 3
/ j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j / / , 5 1
/ j / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j / j / / , 4 9
/ j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j / j / / j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j / / j / / , 4 7
/ v j / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / j / / , 4 5
/ | / \ j / / / j / j / / / j
/ j / / / j / / , 4 3
/ | / / / \ j / j v j v j v j / j / / , 4 1
/ | / / / / / \ j / / / j / j / / / j / / , 3 9
/ | / / / / / / / \ j / j v j / j / / , 3 7
/ | / / / / / / / / / \ j / / / j / / , 3 5

Chart 2 B Left Side of Shawl

, / / j \ / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / j 6 5
, / / j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j 6 3
, / / j / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / j 6 1
, / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j 5 9
, / / j / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / j 5 7
, / / j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j 5 5
, / / j / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / j 5 3
, / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j 5 1
, / / j / j / / / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / j 4 9
, / / j / / j / / / j v j / / / j
v j / / / j / / j / j / / j / / / j v j / / / j v j / / / j / / j 4 7
, / / j / j v j / / / j v j /
/ / j v j / j v 4 5
, / / j / / / j / j / / / j
/ j / / / j \ / | 4 3
, / / j / j v j v j v j / j \ / / / | 4 1
, / / j / / / j / j / / / j \ / / / / / | 3 9
, / / j / j v j / j \ / / / / / / / | 3 7
, / / j / / / j \ / / / / / / / / / | 3 5

Chart 3
Chart Color Coding
/ j / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / j / / , #
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , #
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , #
Yellow - Pattern Repeat. Repeat as many times
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , 9 necessary to reach the remaining pink section.
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , 7
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , 5 Green - Worked once
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , 3
/ j | j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / j / v / j / / , 1
Pink - Worked once
For chart 3 knit as shown for the right side of the shawl. Reverse chart for left side
of shawl