Prairie Hills Shawl by Sarah Schira

Prairie Hills Shawl

Knitting
November 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in garter
US 6 - 4.0 mm
400 - 460 yards (366 - 421 m)
57"/146cm wide, 16"/40.5 cm deep (+ 3"/ 7.5cm fringe), with instructions for easily modifying size
English
This pattern is available for C$9.00 CAD buy it now

Like the prairies, this small shawl features simple details that add up to a beautiful whole. Garter stitch, stockinette, reverse stockinette, twisted stitch columns, a half-twisted stitch column…subtle stitches that sometimes need a second look, just like my home landscape.

Perfect for using a treasured single skein, this is knit side-to-side with instructions for maximizing yarn use. The hills are created with simple increases and decreases, no cabling is involved. The fringe is made by knitting extra stitches as you go and then unravelling them - so easy! Sample shown has beads added to the fringe.

Instructions are included for modifying the shawl to use any amount of yarn, and to give you options for a crescent shape, an asymmetrical triangle, and a longer, skinnier triangle. Look in the project pages for test knitters’ versions of these modifications!

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•kfb, M1R
•twisted sts
•k2tog, ssk, twisted ssk
•beading with crochet hook (optional)

Notions: darning needle, stitch markers, at least 90 6/0 beads (optional) (approx. 1 0.31 oz. / 9g tube), crochet hook small enough to fit through the hole in beads (optional)

This pattern has been test knit.