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This is the first time I’ve designed a shawl using cables and wanted to combine this traditional element with lace stitches. In this Cables and Lace Shawlette pattern you’ll find 5 cable columns surrounded by an openwork design of lace stitches – on each half of the shawlette.
It’s a relatively simple pattern to follow and shouldn’t present any problems to knitters who have learned how to knit cables and have learned the basics of lace: yarn overs and decreases.
I used a bit less than 1 full skein of this fingering weight merino yarn and it yielded an accessory that measures 47×22 inches/119×55.75 cm) after blocking.
You’ll find that wet blocking is essential to open up the lace and even out the shape.
Did you know…?
The bind off you choose for a lace stitch pattern is important. You want to be able to stretch the piece to open up the lace pattern when blocking, allowing the beauty of the design to appear.
One of my favorite bind off techniques to accomplish this is a variation of the Russian bind off. Here’s a link to the instructions for this, that works from the right side of your work, but using purl stitches.
Happy Knitting!
MikeH
