Emma Lou is a lovely heart-shaped lace shawl named after my great grandmother. Ever elusive, her life remains shrouded in mystery. I never got to meet her but find that my thoughts are drawn to her often. This shawl starts with a delicate, pretty lace and ends with a beautifully light and airy lace. The shawl is finished with a garter stitch border, picot bind off and tassels.

Difficulty: *** to **** of 5 stars-It depends on your level of knitting experience. The beginning lace is rather simple but the ending lace is worked on the right side and wrong side which can be a bit tricky. It isn’t super difficult but it helps to be attentive to your knitting until you get the hang of the wrong side rows of lace.

Materials
Yarn Used:
CC1: madelinetosh tosh merino light in colorway paper, 420 yards per skein, Yarn is held together
CC2: Expression Fiber Arts Resilient Superwash Merino Sock in colorway Writer’s Block Oopsy, 400 yards per skein, yarn is held single

Yardage Requirements:
CC1 yarn is held double-approximately 2 skeins of madelinetosh tosh merino light or approximately 780 yards of a fingering weight yarn
CC2 yarn is held single-approximately 1 skein of Expression Fiber Arts Resilient Superwash Merino Sock or approximately 400 yards of a fingering weight yarn.

Needles:
US 7/4.5 mm 36+ circular needle to accommodate the large number of sts

Gauge: 20 sts and 36 rows=4 inches in lace texture stitch

Shawl Measurements after Blocking:
24 inches from center CO edge to bottom edge by 68 inches from wingtip to wingtip

Notions: 4 removable stitch markers, darning needle to weave in ends, tools for blocking your finished shawl, items for making tassels(a piece of cardboard folded in half, extra yarn, sharp scissors and a darning needle)

Abbreviations, Definitions and Techniques
K-knit
P-purl
Pm-place marker
sm-slip marker
RM-remove marker
CO-cast on
BO-bind off
LH-left hand
RH-right hand
RS/rs-right side of work
WS/ws-wrong side of work
CC1-contrasting color 1
CC2-contrasting color 2
st/s-stitch(es)
rep/reps-repeats
yo-yarn over-bring the yarn from back to front under the RH needle and up and over the RH needle and work the next st as written in the pattern
yoyo-double yarn over-bring the yarn from back to front under the RH needle and up over the RH needle 2 times and work the next st as written in the pattern
AYO/ayo-afterthought yarn over-Lift the bar running between the sts with your LH needle from front to back, insert the tip of your RH needle into the hole you created, wrap your working yarn around the RH needle and pull it through. This creates a smaller hole than a regular yarn over. It is similar to knitting a M1L increase only you do not twist the stitch to close it.
k2tog-knit 2 sts together as 1 st
ssk-slip, slip, knit-slip 1 st knitwise, slip the 2nd st knitwise and then knit the 2 sts together through the back loop
ssp(worked on ws)-slip slip purl-slip 1 st as if to knit, slip the second st as if to knit, return sts to LH needle and purl the 2 sts together through the back loop.
p2tog(worked on ws)-purl 2 sts together as 1 st
sssp(worked on ws)-slip, slip, slip, purl-slip 1 as if to knit, slip the 2nd st as if to knit, slip the 3rd st as if to knit, return the sts to the LH needle and then purl the 3 sts together through the back loop
p3tog(worked on ws)-purl 3 together-purl 3 sts together as 1 st

How to make a tassel video by Sweet Birch Designs