free knitting patterns for a Faroese shawl

free knitting patterns for a Faroese 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.

Women's Faroese shawl knit pattern, knitted flat

you need straight or flat knitting needles straight or flat knitting needles and

Tips for my basic knitting patterns

1 First you knit your knitting swatch, if you want to knit in a cable stitch pattern, knit your swatch with 1 or more cables,
2 then determine your gauge, now you can choose a knitting pattern with the right gauge, this way it will always fit,
3 no need for special yarns or needles size, you decide which yarn you use and which gauge you use, so easy.

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 175 x 92 cms

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

Large Faroese Shawl with a Crochet 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                    157,0                 79,0
Border                            13,0
Gusset                           18,0
Total                               175,4               92,0

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

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 440 sts on size ? needles. Start work in Stocking Stitch.
2. Mark the edges of the center gusset, 50 sts apart. Work 294 rows, shaping at each end of the top edge and at both
sides of the center gusset (on the shoulder side of the markers), by following the instructions below, until 52 sts
remain.
... Top Shaping: Dec 1 st every 3 rows 18 times, then 1 st every 2 rows 119 times.
... Center Shaping: Dec 1 st every 6 rows 4 times, then 1 st every 5 rows 53 times.
3. Cast off all sts.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Crochet 13,0 cms around the outer edge of the shawl in pattern of your choice.

FINISHING:
1. Work a small edging (2-4 rows) along the top edge to prevent curl.
2. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
3. 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:
365,0 for main shawl panel, including center gusset
194,2 for borders
559,2 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Pattern designed by: Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

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