Oaklet Shawl

A small triangular shawl with an easy lacy border, the Oaklet is a pretty little accessory that you can wear around your neck or across your shoulders. In the size shown, Oaklet uses about one skein of ngering weight yarn. Its worked on relatively large needles for extra drape, and the pattern is easy to modify.
Finished measurements
48 inches wide x 20 inches at the point (blocked)

Skill Level: Easy

Materials
Fingering weight yarn, 1 skein 100gm/350m. Shown in Sweatermaker Yarns Merino Silk 4-ply. (The shawl shown used the entire 350m).

Supplies
3.75mm circular needles, 24 long. tapestry needle, 2 stitch markers

Tension/gauge
22 sts, 33 rows = 4 inches of stocking stitch. Gauge is not essential for this project, however a smaller shawl might be too small to reach around your shoulders.

Abbreviations
k knit k2tog knit 2 sts together p purl pm place marker RS right side sl2-k1-p2sso (central double decrease) slip 2 sts as if to k2tog, k1, pass 2 slipped sts over sm slip marker ssk (slip-slip-knit) slip 2 sts knitwise, put left needle through front of slipped sts and knit them together WS wrong side

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Shawl Start (See Chart A for additional guidance).

Cast on 9. Row 1 (WS): K4, place marker, p1, place marker, k4. Row 2 (RS) (Inc): K2, yo, knit to marker, yo, sm, k1, sm, yo, knit to last 2 sts, yo, k2 sts13 sts. Row 3: K4, purl to marker, sm, p1, sm, purl to last 4 sts, k4. Repeat rows 2 and 3 fty-ve times233 sts. (Note: if you want to make a larger shawl, you can increase the number of reps by multiples of 4, for example, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, etc. Before you start your border, the number of sts, minus 9, should return an even number when divided by 8).

Shawl Border (See Chart B for additional guidance).

Border Row 1(RS) (remove markers as you go): K2, yo, k3, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2, yo, k2235 sts. Row 2 (WS): K4, purl to last 4 sts, k4. Row 3: K2, yo, k4, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 5 sts, k3, yo, k2237 sts. Row 4: Rep row 2. Row 5: K2, yo, knit to last 2 sts, yo, k2239 sts. Rows 6-8: Rep rows 4 and 5 once, then rep row 4241 sts. Row 9: K2, yo, k2, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 8 sts, yo, k2, ssk, k2, yo, k2243 sts. Row 10: Rep row 2. Row 11: K2, yo, k3, k2tog, k2, yo, k1, *yo, k2, sl2-k1-pss2o, k2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 9 sts, yo, k2, ssk, k3, yo, k2245 sts. Rows 12 & 13: Rep rows 4 and 5247 sts. Row 14: K4, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 7 sts, k7. Row 15: Rep row 5. Row 16: K4, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4. Row 17: Rep row 1. Row 18: K5, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 5 sts, k5. Row 19: Rep row 3. Row 20: K6, p1, *k3, p1; rep from * to last 6 sts, k6. Row 21: Rep row 5. Bind off using a stretchy bind off as follows: K2, *put tip of left needle through front of these 2 sts, knit them together, k1; rep from * until you have 1 st on right needle, break yarn and draw through last st.

Finishing
Block. Weave in ends.

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Chart A to follow charts online, go to www.tricksyknitter.com/pages/bakery/oaklet-shawl-28.php

(no stitch) yo k on RS, p on WS p on RS, k on WS

Chart B

Pattern Repeat

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ssk k2tog sl2-k1-p2sso p on RS, k on WS yo (no stitch) k on RS, p on WS

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