free knitting patterns for a Shetland shawl, women's winter clothes

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The basic knit fabric (usually called a stocking or stockinette pattern) has a definite right side and wrong side. Because the yarn holding rows together is all on the front, and the yarn holding side-by-side stitches together is all on the back, stockinette stitch has a strong tendency to curl toward the front on the top and bottom, and toward the back on the left and right side.

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The length and quality of the fiber in a knitting yarn determines its texture, luster, strength and hand.
Knitting yarn made from long fibers will pill less, be smoother, stronger, more lustrous and more elastic.
Knitting Yarns containing a mixture of fiber lengths are softer, fuzzier and less strong.
Tightly twisted knitting yarns display the texture of a knitted pattern to its best advantage.

your free knitting pattern for a shawl in several gauges or tension swatches

pattern is for a stocking stitch knitting pattern, but you can crochet it too.

Shetland shawl patterns for size 146 x 146 cms

Large Shetland Shawl with a Sprint Border
constructed Bottom Up

Designed : 22-9-2011
Pattern File Name: shawl

KNIT A TENSION SWATCH FIRST

GAUGE DATA:
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 26,0 sts by 34,0 rows.
Main Panel knit by hand on ? mm needles
Gauge (border pattern over 4 in = 10 cm): default sts by default rows.
Border Panel knit by hand on ? mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel 96,0 96,0
Border 19,0
Edging 6,0
Total 146,0 146,0

Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.


SHORT ROWING:
1. Sprint Borders are worked using short row shaping at the corners. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce the amount of counting.
The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 sts every other row x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. Work the given number (n1) of sts less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn around the st to the front.
Return the slipped st to the LH needle without working it. (Wrapping the last stitch is optional
- not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and work to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), working n1 more sts each time.

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 250 sts on size ? needles. Start work in Stocking Stitch.
2. Work even for 328 rows (96,0 cms).
3. Cast off all sts.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Cast on 49 sts loosely on size ? needles.
2. Work in chosen border pattern around the shawl, working short rows at the corners and grafting the border to the main panel as follows:
... Short row 2 sts every other row 16 times, then 1 sts every other row 16 times.
... Grafting: work the last stitch of every other border row together with a stitch from the main panel,
in the approximate ratio of border rows to main panel sts/rows as detailed below.
2A. After cast-on, work 1 row across all sts. Work short row increase shaping until 65 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, work 328 rows of border pattern, grafting to the main panel
(approx 1 border rows to each 1 main panel rows).
2C. At the corner, work short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), work 2 rows across all sts, then work short rows again
(increasing from 1 st to 49 sts).
2D. Work 328 rows of border, grafting to the top of the shawl (approx 4 border rows to each 3 main panel sts).
2E. Repeat for the other side and bottom, until the border has been worked completely around the main panel.
2F. Work a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then work 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

EDGING:
1. Cast on 16 sts loosely.
2. Work in chosen edging pattern around the shawl, working short rows at the corners and grafting the edging to the border panel as follows:
... Short row 2 sts every other row 5 times, then 1 sts every other row 5 times.
... Grafting: work the last stitch of each right side edging row together with a stitch from the border panel
(match one row edging to one row border, as they are worked at the same gauge).
2A. After cast-on, work 1 row across all sts. Work short row increase shaping until 21 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, work 456 rows of edging pattern, grafting to the border panel.
2C. At the corner, work short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), work 2 rows across all sts, then work short rows again
(increasing from 1 st to 16 sts).
2D. Repeat for the other three sides, until the edging has been worked completely around the border panel.
2F. Work a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then work 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

FINISHING:
1. Sew or graft the border corner(s) together. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.

AMOUNT OF YARN REQUIRED TO MAKE GARMENT:
--- THIS IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE ONLY. Measure a sample piece for a more accurate calculation.
Amount needed:
487,0 for main shawl panel
635,2 for borders and edging
1.122,2 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:


Pattern designed by: Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Large Shetland Shawl with a Sprint Border
constructed Bottom Up

Designed : 22-9-2011
Pattern File Name: shawl

KNIT A TENSION SWATCH FIRST

GAUGE DATA:
Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 28,0 sts by 37,0 rows.
Main Panel knit by hand on ? mm needles
Gauge (border pattern over 4 in = 10 cm): default sts by default rows.
Border Panel knit by hand on ? mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel 96,0 96,0
Border 19,0
Edging 6,0
Total 146,0 146,0

Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.


SHORT ROWING:
1. Sprint Borders are worked using short row shaping at the corners. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce the amount of counting.
The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 sts every other row x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. Work the given number (n1) of sts less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn around the st to the front.
Return the slipped st to the LH needle without working it. (Wrapping the last stitch is optional
- not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and work to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), working n1 more sts each time.

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 270 sts on size ? needles. Start work in Stocking Stitch.
2. Work even for 356 rows (96,0 cms).
3. Cast off all sts.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Cast on 53 sts loosely on size ? needles.
2. Work in chosen border pattern around the shawl, working short rows at the corners and grafting the border to the main panel as follows:
... Short row 2 sts every other row 17 times, then 1 sts every other row 18 times.
... Grafting: work the last stitch of every other border row together with a stitch from the main panel,
in the approximate ratio of border rows to main panel sts/rows as detailed below.
2A. After cast-on, work 1 row across all sts. Work short row increase shaping until 71 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, work 356 rows of border pattern, grafting to the main panel
(approx 1 border rows to each 1 main panel rows).
2C. At the corner, work short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), work 2 rows across all sts, then work short rows again
 (increasing from 1 st to 53 sts).
2D. Work 356 rows of border, grafting to the top of the shawl (approx 4 border rows to each 3 main panel sts).
2E. Repeat for the other side and bottom, until the border has been worked completely around the main panel.
2F. Work a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then work 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

EDGING:
1. Cast on 17 sts loosely.
2. Work in chosen edging pattern around the shawl, working short rows at the corners and grafting the edging to the border panel as follows:
... Short row 2 sts every other row 5 times, then 1 sts every other row 6 times.
... Grafting: work the last stitch of each right side edging row together with a stitch from the border panel
(match one row edging to one row border, as they are worked at the same gauge).
2A. After cast-on, work 1 row across all sts. Work short row increase shaping until 23 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, work 496 rows of edging pattern, grafting to the border panel.
2C. At the corner, work short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), work 2 rows across all sts, then work short rows again
(increasing from 1 st to 17 sts).
2D. Repeat for the other three sides, until the edging has been worked completely around the border panel.
2F. Work a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then work 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

FINISHING:
1. Sew or graft the border corner(s) together. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.

AMOUNT OF YARN REQUIRED TO MAKE GARMENT:
--- THIS IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE ONLY. Measure a sample piece for a more accurate calculation.
Amount needed:
487,1 for main shawl panel
635,2 for borders and edging
1.122,3 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:


Pattern designed by: Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN