european road trip shawl

designed by Lisa Di Fruscia

european road trip shawl

Lisa Di Fruscia


finished measurements

80” from long tip to long tip x 24” wide

yarn

Jade Sapphire Sylph (colour Wisp S2) – 5 skeins
(58% cashmere, 42% linen
283 m / 309 y per skein)
or approximately 1400 m / 1530 yards of
light fingering weight yarn

needles and notions

4 mm (US 6) 24” circular knitting needles –
or size needed to obtain gauge

gauge

24 sts and 30 rows in 4” / 10 cm
Stockinette stitch

This shawl is a parallelogram and increases

and decreases are used to obtain the sloped
points at either end. It can be easily modified
by doing more increases in section 1 and
knitting the body longer. Note, however, that
this will affect the required yardage.

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notes

As a point of reference you may want to weigh your skein before you begin, then, weigh it again once you finish
section 1 (increases) so that you have an idea of how many grams you used. You will then need to ensure that you
leave the same amount of yarn to complete section 3 (decreases) with a few extra grams as a safeguard.

We used 31 grams. If your gauge or yarn is different from our sample, then the amount of yarn needed to
complete section 3 will be different than what we used.

pattern

Set-Up

Cast on 4 sts.
Row 1 – Sl1k wyib, k3.
Row 2 – Sl1p wyif, p3

Section 1 – increase section

Row 1 (RS) – Sl1k wyib, k until last stitch, kfb

Row 2 (WS) – Pfb, p until the end of the row

Repeat rows 1 & 2 69 more times, or until you have 144 sts on your needle.

*Weigh your yarn and note how many grams were used for this increase section.

Section 2 – Main body worked in stockinette while slipping the first stitch of every row.

Row 1 (RS) – Sl1k wyib, k until the end of the row

Row 2 (WS) – Sl1p wyif, p until the end of the row

Repeat rows 1 and 2 until your piece measures approximately 68” along the long tip edge or until you have enough
yarn to begin your decrease section.

*Weigh your yarn periodically throughout this section to ensure that you keep enough for your decrease section.
You should have the amount you used for section 1 (increases) plus a few extra grams as a safeguard.

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Section 3 – Decrease section

Row 1 (RS) – K2tog, k until last stitch

Row 2 (WS) – Sl1p wyif, p until the last 2 stitches, p2tog

Repeat rows 1 & 2 70 more times.

Next row (RS:) K2tog
Bind off 1 st.

standard abbreviations

RS: right side
WS: wrong side
St(s): Stitch)es)
Kfb: Knit front back
Pfb: purl front back
K2tog: knit 2 stitches together
P2tog: purl 2 stitches together
Sl1k wyib: slip 1 stitch knitwise with yarn in back
Sl1p wyif: slip 1 stitch purlwise with yarn in front

80”
24”

68”

Happy knitting!

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