Magda Shawl by Kirsten Hipsky

Magda Shawl

Knitting
May 2016
Lace ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette - after blocking
US 6 - 4.0 mm
800 - 805 yards (732 - 736 m)
approx 24” wide x 56” long
English
This pattern is available from yarn.com for $5.99.

Graceful leaf and vine lace covers this delicate, rectangular Magda Shawl from Valley Yarns. The shawl is knit in two pieces, then joined in the middle with a narrow band of perpendicular Stockinette stitch. The Magda Shawl is made with light, soft 2/14 Alpaca Silk, which will give it a gentle halo and surprising warmth for the weight.

Finished Size: about 24” wide and 56” long

Yarn: 1 cone Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk color Peach Blossom (approximately 800 yards used)

Needles: US size 6 (4.00mm) needles or size needed to get gauge

Gauge: about 5 sts and 7 rows = 1” in St st after blocking. Each pattern repeat measures about 5” wide and 2” tall after blocking