Translated by Vera Tanabe
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‘St. Kilda’ is a square-shaped shawl made in Shetland lace technique.
It’s worked in 3 stages:
First, the central panel is worked flat; its top edge is left open.
Second: When the square is completed, stitches along all 4 sides of the square are picked up and knitted, and the border is worked in the round.
Third: the edging is worked and joined perpendicularly around the entire shawl.

Yarn: I recommend using fine wool yarn approximately 1000 - 1500 meters per 100 g.

Meterage depends on the desired finished size of the shawl. It’s better to have up to 2400 - 2800 m.

Difficulty level: intermediate. You have to be able to read knitting charts, work garter stitch and lace pattern in RS and WS rows/rounds, cast on sts with waste yarn; pick up sts along vertical edges; graft live sts.

Gauge: may vary depending on the yarn weight, needle size, and your knitting tension.

Finished size of my shawl shown here is 190 x 190 см, weight 225 g
Meterage- 2460 meters.

Needles and notions: circular knitting needles 2.5 mm - 3.0 mm, stitch markers, tapestry needle, blocking pins.
If you tend to knit loosely, I suggest using needles of smaller size - about 2.0 mm - 2.5 mm

Markers: I prefer using removable markers and place them directly on the stitch, not on the needle between stitches. Of course, you are welcome to use any method of marking your stitches, just keep this note in mind while reading the following instructions. Also please Note that markers move on some rows.