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Mohana Shawl
By Monika Steinbauer

Please read through the whole pattern before you start knitting! Material:
Yarn: 2.5 skeins medium fingering weight sock yarn from Dyed in the Wool Handmade, one skein = 378yds; shawl used 875yds Needle: 4mm circular needle, 120cm long (47), for picot edge pointy needles are a bonus to work with 4 place markers Darning needle Pins and/or rods for blocking Gauge: 17 sts x 32 rows for 4 x 4; Size after blocking: 80 x 45

Abbeviations:
CO = cast on BO = bind off PM = place marker RS = right side WS = wrong side st, sts = stitch, stitches YO = yarn over K2tbl = Knit 2 stitches through the back loop RT = right twisted stitches: knit second stitch first, leave it on left needle, knit first stitch, slide both stitches to right needle Kfb = Knit in the front of one stitch and in the back of the same stitch, move stitch to the right, one stitch increased. K2tog = knit 2 stitches together SKP = slip 1 as if to knit, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over Sl2,K1,P2SSO = slip 2 as if to knit, knit 1, pass 2 slipped stitches over

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Smoking Hot Needles www.yarnloopie.blogspot.com Center stitches throughout the shawl: there are TWO center stitches in this shawl Knit center stitches as followed throughout the shawl: Row 1: K2tbl Row 2: purl Row 3: RT Row 4: purl Repeat those four rows. The two edge stitches at the beginning and end of each row are knit in garter stitch throughout. Cast on: CO 6 stitches; knit 2 rows Row 3: RS: K1, Kfb, K2, Kfb, K1. Turn Row 4: WS: K2, P4, K2 Row 5: K2, PM, YO, K1, YO, PM, K2tbl, PM, YO, K1, YO, PM, K2. Row 6: K2, PM, P3, PM, P2, PM, P3, PM, K2. Row 7: K2, PM, YO, K3, YO, PM, RT, PM, YO, K3, YO, PM, K2. Row 8: K2, PM, P5, PM, P2, PM, P5, PM, K2.

Repeat rows 9 to 16 from chart A, until you have 71 stitches (= row 73) between your edge markers and center stitch markers. (total on needle is 148 sts) adding pattern repeats, as stitches come available. Transition row: Next row: RS: K2, PM, YO, knit to next marker, YO, PM, RT, PM, YO, knit to next marker, YO, PM, K2. Set up row: WS: K2, PM, [K1, P5] repeat to next marker ending with K1, PM, P2, PM, K1, [P5, K1] repeat to marker, PM, K2.

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Smoking Hot Needles www.yarnloopie.blogspot.com Start knitting Chart B: Knit 8 row/12 sts pattern repeat - 9 times. Adding stitch pattern as stitches come available.

Next rows: Knit row 1 and 2 of 8 row stitch pattern ONCE. Knit rows 3 and 4 FOUR times. Next, knit rows 11 to 16 ONCE. Start knitting Chart C: Row 1 of Chart C: K2, PM, YO, K1, [YO, Sl1-k2tog-PSSO, YO, K3] repeat 25 times, Sl1-k2tog-PSSO,YO, K1, YO, PM, center stitches, PM, YO, K1, YO, [K3, YO, Sl1k2tog-PSSO, YO] repeat 25 times, end with K1, YO, PM, K2. You should have 27 clusters on each side of the shawl. Row 2 of Chart C: WS: K2, PM, Purl to marker, PM, center stitches, PM, purl to marker, PM, K2. Following rows see Chart C.

Repeat 4 row/6 stitch pattern - 6.5 times (26 rows). It should be 13 clusters high. (Chart shows 6 clusters high.)

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Next: Knit 5 garter ridges (10 rows), keeping center stitches in pattern. Keep increasing stitches with a YO at the edges, and before the center stitches, as before. Bind Off edge: Crown picot edge: This kind of edge uses up a lot of yarn, and will test your patience. Crown picot: First stitch: * cast on 2 sts, cast off 2 sts (= 1 picot), transfer stitch back to left needle * repeat from * to * 3 more times (= 4 picots). Knit and cast off 4 stitches. This is one crown with 4 picots. Repeat this until you are 2 sts before next marker, remove marker, bind off 3 sts this time, make crown, bind off 3 sts, make crown, bind off 4 stitches, repeat to end of row. Weave in ends. Block wet.

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