Nadia Shrug by Pam Allen

Nadia Shrug

Knitting
July 2011
Sport (12 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
15 (19¼, 23¼)" / 38 (49, 59) cm arm circumference, 18 (20, 22)” / 46 (51, 56) cm opening at back, and 42 (44, 46)" / 106.5 (112, 117) cm cuff-to-cuff
English
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yarn
chickadee / delft 108
3 (4, 4) skeins

needles
One pair straight needles in size US 8 / 5 mm
Spare needle of same size for binding off

notes
A larger gauge over the lace pattern at the cuff makes for
a slight bell sleeve. Other than that accidental shaping,
this shrug is a simple rectangle worked in two pieces from
cuffs to center back. The back seam is joined via three-needle bind off or grafted.

skills reqiured
long-tail cast on, three-needle BO or kitchener stitch, increasing, decreasing, seaming.
tutorial links provided for 3-needle BO, long-tail CO.
charts and line-by-line instructions included.