Weathered Barn Shawl MKAL by Toni L. Lorenz

Weathered Barn Shawl MKAL

Knitting
May 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 18 rows = 2 inches
in Stockinette1030
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1030 - 1200 yards (942 - 1097 m)
one size
English
This pattern is available for $7.00 USD buy it now

Use coupon code, WB2024 to receive 20% off your purchase until June 30, 2024. Come knit along with us in Knitting in the Loft!

Our old barn has seen the plenty and provision of the LORD through many, many harvests. We continue to be wonderfully blessed. The amazing thing about “harvest” is that there are so many kinds. When it is ripe and ready, we harvest corn, beans, alfalfa, sweet corn, peas, apples, tomatoes, berries, etc, etc.

The Bible talks about another kind of harvest. In Matthew 9:37, Jesus is talking to his disciples, “The harvest is rich, but the workers are few. Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers to gather in his harvest.”

This harvest is YOU, my dear knitter. Jesus yearns to have you choose to make Him your Lord and Savior, to let Him be your best friend. He delights in how you have chosen to use the creative gifts He has given you.

It is an honor to present this opportunity for you to knit this crescent shaped shawl with lots of texture, knit in three wedges with borders between. The center wedge has two options, knit a wonderfully textured “Barn” or a beautiful lace “Field” pattern. (Be sure to consistently follow the set of charts with your chosen center wedge.) As the body is completed, both versions flow into a contrasting color border, and finish with a beaded main color lace edge.

Two colors cotton worsted weight yarn are recommended for making a washcloth to practice the unique stitch pattern used for the shawl border.

Materials
880 yards MC Heavy Lace Weight/Light Fingering Yarn
150 yards CC Heavy Lace Weight/Light Fingering Yarn
480 8/0 or 6/0 Beads
US Size 4/3.5 mm and US Size 5/3.75 mm Needles
0.75 mm Crochet Hook
Stitch Markers, including Unique and Removable Stitch Markers
Tapestry Needle
2 Colors Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn
US Size 8/5.0 mm Needles

Finished Size
70 inches (Wing Tip to Wing Tip) x 27 inches
(Neckline to Bottom Edge)

Gauge
14 stitches and 18 rows per 2 inches (not blocked)

Errata
ARGH! I got my 25s and and extra 27s on the Special Instructions.
This is the corrected stitch count for row 22:

Work the Wrong Side Row 22 as follows: 5 edge stitches, left field wedge (25 sts), left spade (25 sts), M1, Place Special Marker, right spade (25 sts), right field wedge (25 sts), 5 edge sts.

We would love for you to join us in Knitting in the Loft for fun and pattern support during the MKAL. Cast on is June 14, 2024.

Thank you so much to my test knitters, Wookie1950, craftyone51, kendknitter, cpainter, quilterlis and MinnesotaNancy. You are the best of the best and I am blessed.

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