Memory of Mirjam Shawl by Elina Urmas

Memory of Mirjam Shawl

Knitting
April 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 4 - 3.5 mm
925 - 1000 yards (846 - 914 m)
One size
English Finnish
This pattern is available for free.
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Please note that the corrected pattern was updated on 3rd Nov 2019

Memory of Mirjam (in Finnish Mirjamin muisto)

Pattern is available in Finnish and in English.

This shawl pattern is dedicated to my late paternal grandmother Mirjam Urmas. She passed away at the great age of 99 in December 2015.

Measurements after blocking:
Width (top line): 160 cm, height (from neck to peak): 80 cm

Yarn: Onion Nettle Sock, 70% wool, 30% nettle, 50g = 185m

Yarn required:
One colour version: 250 g, Two colour version: Main colour (MC) 200 g, Contrast colour (CC) 100 g

Needles: Circular needles 80cm or 100cm 3,50 mm, 21 stitch markers

Gauge (after blocking): 10cm = 21 sts, 34 rows

The shawl is knit top-down, the edges of the shawl will become the top line of the shawl. The lace edge is knitted lastly. There are one colour and two colour versions of the shawl in the pattern.