General Instructions
  • This is a free pattern with no restrictions for improvement of the pattern and for sale of finished shawl.
  • The shawl designer will be revealed with the last clue.
  • Clues will be emailed to you on Wednesday mornings starting May 1st. You can check the Desert Fiber Arts webpage.   https://www.desertfiberarts.org/by-the-book-knitters-pattern-page/
  • You can register here  https://www.desertfiberarts.org/events/mystery-shawl-knit-along-kal-2019-05-01/
  • This is a charted Lace Shawl with a 3 stitch garter edge.
  • This is for knitters who have been knitting scarves and are ready for something more challenging, a larger project or want to learn new skills.
  • There will be moments of panic but they are well defined and alternate stitches have been provided.
  • Help for the KAL will be at the Desert Fiber Arts Studio at 101 N Union St Suite 208 in Kennewick on each Wednesday evening in May from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
  • You can knit 3, 5 or 7 Nupp or add a Bead just be consistent throughout the Clue.
  • This pattern is suitable for lace weight, sock weight or very light DK weight yarn.
  • This pattern is not suitable for bulky or worsted weight yarn, you will lose the lace definition and the final item will be too large.
  • This pattern is not suitable for variegated yarn, you will lose the lace definition
  • With few well-marked exceptions
    • The 3 edge stitches are always knit-stitches on RS and WS and the first stitch is slipped purl wise, yarn in front, without knitting.
    • Even rows are purled except double YO-s, where first YO is purl stitch and the second YO knit stitch.

Yarn weight    Lace, SuperFine or Sock Weight

Yardage         766 – 930 yards (700 – 850 m) your mileage might vary.  The first 3 clues use approximately 75 grams of sock weight yarn

Needle size    US 4/3.5 mm or whatever size needle floats your boat

Notions          Stitch markers, needle, size 6 E-Beads, crochet hook to fit your beads

Difficulty        Medium with bits of zing or twist, only a few spots of out-right panic

Skills you will master

  • No-Hump Cast-on
  • Increases
  • Decreases
  • Double Yarn Overs
  • Slip Stitch Edge
  • Short Rows
  • Adding Beads to your knitting
  • You can knit a 3, 5, or 7 Nupp or add a Bead depending your choice
  • Picking Up Stitches

CO 3 sts. (This is a No-Hump Cast-on)
a) Knit 3 st, turn work.
b) Sl st purlwise with yarn in front, k2, turn work.
c) Repeat row 2 until counting the slipped stitches on the side there are 13 slipped stitches.

Row 1
a) Do not turn work. Rotate piece 90 degrees clockwise, place marker.
b) Skip first slipped stitch, *insert needle under next sl st and pick up a stitch, skip next sl st,* repeat until you have picked up 6 stitches.
c) Place marker, rotate piece 90 degrees clockwise; pick up and k 3 sts along CO edge.
d) There should be12 sts on your needle.(3 st, marker, 6 st, marker, 3 st).

Row 2 [WS]: sl 1st st purl wise with yarn in front, k2, p6, k3.

Starting May 1st you will continue with Chart 1 Row 3.

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