Gemma by Linette Grayum

Gemma

Knitting
May 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Garter stitch blocked
US 4 - 3.5 mm
820 - 860 yards (750 - 786 m)
23” (58.5 cm) deep x 82” (208 cm) wide
low vision format available
English
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This top-down, triangular shawl incorporates squishy garter sections interspersed with rows of eyelets and finished off with a lace section that reminds me of a picture I recently found on my Pinterest feed of Thyme-Moss under a light microscope. GEMMA: Botany. … a cell or cluster of (moss) cells …
The shaping of this shawl is shallower in depth by only increasing along the center spine every other right side row.
Options for making a larger version or using lace-weight yarn are given.

Materials:
Yarn:
Malabrigo Ultimate Sock (75% superwash merino/25% nylon) 420 yds (385 m)/100g, Myths, 2 skeins
Notions: US 4 (3.5 mm) 40” circular needle (or needle size required to obtain gauge)
Darning needle
2 stitch markers to note center, optional 40 markers for lace repeats

Low Vision Accessibility:
Pattern is written in 23 and 25-point sans serif font (Quicksand) in all-black text. Instructions are fully written out. There are no italics or charts.
Attributes include one-inch margins, left alignment, no columns, and page numbers on the bottom left of the page.
Pattern contains headings.

Errata:
written instructions Lace Transition Row 6: the stitch before and after the center marker should be a p
Row 2 on Lace body is missing the slm around the center stitch.