This garter stitch shawl is knit sideways and features an unusual tentacular edging of openwork, and optional beads. Venomous recalls Harry Potter’s Venomous Tentacula, a green, spikey plant with mobile vines that grab living prey, aggressive shoots that expel venom, and a poisonous bite. The sideways edging is made by repeatedly binding off and casting on stitches, creating a pattern of holes. Any yarn and any amount may be used; see Designer’s Notes to ensure a symmetrical shawl and to prevent running out of yarn.

Techniques and Skills Used: knit, increasing/decreasing, cable CO, backwards loop CO, beading (crochet hook method).

Size: 50” length and 20” depth; the edging is approximately 6” deep.

Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock (100% merino wool; 440 yards/402m/100g); 1 skein, shown in Aguas. Any amount of yardage may be used; see Designer’s Notes to ensure a symmetrical shawl and to prevent running out of yarn.

Other Materials: US 6 (4mm) 24” circular needles, or size to match gauge; Stitch marker (1); Size 10 (1.15mm) crochet hook, for placing beads, optional; 120 size 6/0 seed beads, optional – this number will change if using more or less yardage; Yarn needle.

Gauge: 24 st and 28 rows/4” in garter stitch, after blocking. Gauge is not critical for this project, however a different gauge may result in a smaller or larger finished shawl, and different yardage requirements.

A clarification regarding Row 3:
When binding off 7, you will use 8 stitches, with the last remaining on the righthand needle. This remaining stitch is the first in the next series of K3 - thus technically you will only knit 2 more stitches, then begin binding off again.

Thank you to everyone for all the love shown to Venomous!