This light and airy shawlette is your perfect companion, the ideal cover for those early spring days, when the first colours start to grace the trees and the peonies start to bloom …

“Sydebascht“ is the Swiss-­German name of one of my favourite spring shrubs, the lilac daphne!

Enjoy the colours of Siide-Quirlig, how they shine and gleam, and knitting this delightful spring project!

Construction Notes

This shawl is constructed from the bottom up, starting with the simple lace pattern, which is both charted and written out. As an option - and as shown in the sample - the first two rows can be worked in a contrast colour, CC.

The stitches are cast on using the “German Twisted Cast-On”, which gives a nice, tidy and flexible edge.

The lace edge is repeated several times, depending on shawl size. The stockinette shawl body is then shaped into an elongated crescent using short rows. With this kind of yarn and to close the gaps, the “German Short Rows”-technique has proven to look the tidiest. Finally, the shawl is finished using an I-cord bind-off.

Skill Level:
Medium

Sizes:
Small (medium, large)
200 (200, 200) cm / 78.75 (78.75 , 78.75 ) in wingspan (slightly curved)
29 (32, 35) cm / 11.5 (12.5, 13.75) in deep

Yarn
2 (2, 2) skeins of Siidegarte Siide-Quirlig
(70% Silk / 30% SeaCellTM), 440 m / 480 yds per 110 g
or
460 (540, 620) m / 500 (590, 680) yds of fingering weight yarn

Shown in “Small”:
MC = “Sydebascht”; sample used 110 g (440 m / 480 yds)
CC = “Schlüsselblüemli”; sample used 5 g (20 m / 22 yds)

Needles
4.5 mm / US 7 circular needle, 100 cm / 40 in length or longer
(or the size needed to obtain the correct gauge)

5.5 mm / US 9 circular needle, 100 cm / 40 in length or longer, for cast-on and bind-off
(or two sizes larger then needle used to obtain gauge)

Notions
41 Stitch markers (optional, less will work as well)
Darning needle
Blocking pins
Blocking mat

Gauge

16 sts and 38 rows per 10 cm / 4 in, worked flat in stockinette stitch, after washing and blocking.
Changes in gauge, while not crucial for the fit of the project, will result in size differences and affect the amount of yarn needed to complete the project.

Techniques Used

German Twisted Cast-On
German Short Rows
Lace Knitting
I-Cord Bind-off
Knitted Cast-On

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