Alexia is worked sideways to create a shallow triangular shawl, and can easily be adjusted to work with different yarn amounts. Work the first half until you’ve used half your available yarn, then start the second half. The all-over beaded lace pattern adds elegance to a piece that can be worn as a shawl or as a scarf.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length: 741/2 in./189 cm
Depth (center back): 32 in./81 cm

YARN
Cascade Yarns Forest Hills, super fine #1 yarn, 51% silk/49%
merino wool, 785 yd./717.5 m, 3.5 oz./100 g x 1 skein #09 Nugget Gold

NEEDLES AND OTHER MATERIALS
US 4 (3.5 mm) straight or circular needles
2794 gold-brown rainbow size 8 seed beads (thebeadroom.co.uk, #648)
US 15 (0.50 mm) steel crochet hook (for adding beads)
Tapestry needle

GAUGE
18 sts x 28 rows in Chart A patt after blocking = 4 in./10 cm square

• Errata October 2019: Chart B row 6 was wrong in the previous errata in January 2016. It has now been corrected. See below for correct WS rows.

Errata January 2016:
Chart B - wrong side rows - there’s a p1 missing on each WS row in both chart and written instructions. There’s a p1 missing above the yarn overs next to the sssk.

• New wrong side rows are as follows:

Chart B - Corrected rows:
Rows 2 & 4: Sl wyif, k1, p to last 3 sts, k3.
Row 6: Sl wyif, k1, p to last 3 sts, k1, (yo) three times, k2.
Row 8: Sl wyif, k1, p to last 6 sts, (k1, k1tbl) twice, k2.
Row 10: Sl wyif, k1, p to last 6 sts, k6.
Row 12: Sl wyif, k1, p to last 3 sts, k3.

Errata April 2016:
Correct bead amount needed should be 2794 beads.