Pattern Highlights

• Completely reversible lace shawl
• Detailed pattern directions
• WYSIWYK charts
• Directions and chart on same page, so it’s easy to compare the two
• Easy stitch pattern for body
• Lace border with matching collar
• Easy collar option
• Detailed pick up directions for collar
• Lots of annotated photos and project tips
• Tutorial on lace blocking

Overview

Reticulated Cozy is a generously-sized, slightly over half circle reversible lace shawl with almost identical sides. The body is worked in a very simple 3-stitch repeat, used on both right and wrong side rows and forming a built-in row counter. The lace band at the bottom has a 12-stitch repeat.

The shawl is worked from the center back neckline down. The collar and ties are picked up and worked after the body is finished. The collar can be worked in the simple 3-stitch repeat or matching the lace bottom band.

Use any yarn with an unblocked gauge in garter of 10-12sts in 4”/10cm.

There are three models:
Shetland, in bulky handspun on slightly larger needles than normal for this yarn

Brown Sheep, in bulky yarn on slightly larger needles than called for on label

Merino, in DK weight yarn on much larger needles than called for on label

Skills and Techniques

The skill level is intermediate, because of the lace bottom band, but I’ve included a lot of help in the pattern. Stitches used for the body are knit, knit 2 together, yarn over, and a 3-stitch increase. The lace band adds ssk slip, slip, knit and a centered double decrease.

Techniques include using markers to track where you are in the pattern, picking up stitches for the collar, and I-cord.

Usually lace that has lace stitches on both right and wrong side rows is more difficult to work than lace with resting, or unpatterned, wrong side rows. The body of the shawl doesn’t fit the norm, since the basic 3-stitch repeat is worked the same way for both sides and is easy to memorize.

The lace band is a little more challenging. There is knit and purl patterning on wrong side rows, but no increases or decreases.

Size

Adult.

Shetland: Handspun Bulky Yarn
Center back length 20”/51cm
Note: shawl was slightly fulled in finishing, so it did not stretch as much during blocking.
Main needle: US11/8mm circular, 40”/100cm to 48”/120cm
Handspun 2-ply from Spinzilla 2014, color teal, 75% Shetland lamb wool, 25% sari silk, 468yd/426m in 13.4oz/380g

Brown Sheep: Bulky Yarn
Center back length 20-½“/52cm
Main needle: US11/8mm circular, 40”/100cm to 48”/120cm
Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky, color Chianti MB8, 6 skeins, 85% wool, 15% mohair, 125yd/114m in 4oz/113g

Merino: DK Yarn
Center back length 22”/56cm
Main needle: US10/6mm circular, 40”/100cm to 48”/120cm
Berroco Pure Merino Heather, mc1: color 8617, 11 skeins, mc2: color 8522, 3 skeins, 100% extra fine Merino wool, 92yd/85m per 1.75oz/50g skein

Other Tools
Collar needle: matching circular, 24”/60cm
I-cord needle: matching short circular or 2 double points
4 markers, 1 distinguishable, any type
6 removable markers for increases, distinguishable from the first four
8 removable markers for row repeats