This is the second knitted pattern in the “Our Yarn Studio” Mystery yarn along for 2023. It was designed to represent romance, because February reminds me of Valentine’s Day, and my favorite thing to get for Valentine’s Day other than yarn, is diamonds and flowers. This is mainly designed to make a lap blanket using the Sweet Georgia Worsted, but also includes modifications for a shawl and scarf for those who are looking to make something with fingering weight yarn or want to join in on the fun of the year long mystery project, but don’t want to knit a whole blanket. You can purchase yarn from www.ouryarnstudio.com or use any worsted (lap blanket & scarf) or DK or fingering (shawl) yarn from your stash and join in on all the fun!

Please keep in mind that I am a super loose knitter. So while gauge isn’t too important, if you have a limited amount of yarn set aside for this project (like you’re making the lap blanket and you only bought 1 skein) please check your gauge! Also, I ran out of yarn originally when I was first knitting this up, so that’s why I have the instructions to go down a needle size for the lace portion of the pattern, something you might want to consider if you’re a loose knitter like me, or if you meet the gauge exactly and are only using the one skein.

Errata:
Lap Blanket
Row 5: … across to last 25 sts, …
Row 9: … across to last 8 its, k5, sm, k3.
Row 23: … across to last 25 sts, yo, k3, yo, k1, k3tog, yo, k3, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k3, yo, k5, sm, k3.
Row 31: …across to last 25 sts …
Row 41: …across to last 25 sts …

Shawl
Row 5: … across to last 24 sts, yo, k4, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k3, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k4, yo, ssk, k2, sm, k3.
Row 23: … across to last 24 sts …
Row 31: … across to last 24 sts, yo, k3, (k2tog, yo) twice, k3, (yo, ssk) twice, k3, yo, ssk, k2, sm, k3.