Helena is an elegant circular shawl with a swirling lace pattern and a beaded lace edging that is knitted on at the end instead of binding off the stitches. A fine lace weight yarn makes this shawl extremely light and airy.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 561/2 in./143.5 cm

YARN
Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace, lace weight #0 yarn, 50% silk/50% wool, 1,250 yd./1,143 m, 4 oz./114 g x 1 skein Cranberry

NEEDLES AND OTHER MATERIALS
US 4 (3.5 mm) set of double-pointed needles
US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles, 16 in./40 cm and 32in./80 cm long
864 red size 8 seed beads (debbieabrahamsbeads.co.uk, #38 Red)
US 15 (0.50 mm) steel crochet hook (for adding beads)
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle

GAUGE
18.5 sts x 27 rows in Chart B patt after blocking = 4 in./10 cm square.

Errata:
Instructions for single join not included but can be found on page 117.

Single Join:
Join one stitch of edging panel to one stitch of centre panel (slipped sts on each long side or live stitches on short sides) by k2tog. Two edging rows are joined to one stitch of centre panel.