Pineapples have historically symbolized hospitality and to this day are found adorning the gates and walkways of important homes. Adorned with three dozen pineapples of its own, this fun shawl should make you feel right at home whenever you wear it.
Skill Level: Iintermediate
Size: 46” x 22”
Gauge: Approx. 16 sts and 24 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st after wet blocking
Materials
Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 200 yards [183 meters]/57 grams): 1316 Prague (4 skeins)
Needles: US size 4 (3.5 mm) 48-60” circular
Notions: Markers, US size 4/E (3.5 mm) crochet hook, tapestry needle.
Abbreviations
m – marker
pm – place marker
sm – slip marker
rm – remove marker
Special Stitches
make pineapple top in next st – Using a crochet hook, draw 5 elongated loops up onto the left needle through the St sts below. Pass elongated loops to the right needle, k1, pass elongated loops over the k1.
Cable Cast-On Method
Make a slip knot. Knit one stitch into slip knot and place the stitch back onto the left-hand needle with a twist. *Insert the right needle between the first and second stitch of the left needle, knit one stitch, elongate the stitch’s loop, and place the loop back on the left needle; rep from * until all sts are cast on.
Picot BO
Cable CO 2 stitches. Knit 2, *pass first stitch over second stitch; rep from * 3 more times (4 times total). Slip last stitch back to left needle. Then work the following for the remainder of the stitches to be bound off: knit 2, *pass first stitch over second stitch; rep from * 3 more times (4 times total). Slip last stitch back to left needle.
Pattern Notes
The shawl is worked flat. Begun with a hexagonal-shaped, garter stitch core, the pineapple section of the shawl is incorporated by picking up stitches in a selvedge edge. A special pineapple stitch is worked throughout this section before finishing with a textural, picot bind off.
This Pineapple Stitch motif is worked over 12 sts and 4 rows, using a combination of knit and purl stitches, stitches elongated in a special way, and a bauble-stitch inspired short-row technique. The third row of the pattern repeat is worked using short rows, not unlike a bauble stitch.
Pattern
Shawl Core
Using a Cable Cast-On Method, CO 104 sts.
Row 1 (RS): Sl1 wyif, k1, pm, k to last 2 sts, pm, k2.
Row 2 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k across.
Row 3: Sl1 wyif, k1, sm, M1R, k to m, M1L, sm, k2. (2 sts inc’d; 106 sts)
Row 4-6: Rep Row 2.
Rows 7-74: Rep Rows 3-6. (140 sts)
Rows 75-82: Rep Rows 5-6.
Row 83: Sl1 wyif, k1, sm, ssk, k to 2 sts before m, k2tog, sm, k2. (2 sts dec’d; 138 sts)
Row 84-86: Rep Row 2.
Rows 87-154: Rep Rows 3-6. (104 sts)
BO all sts.
Weave in ends.
Pineapple Section
Row 1 (RS): With RS facing you, pick up and k56 sts in the selvedge edge on the right side of Shawl Core, pm, pick up and k104 sts in BO edge, pm, pick up and k56 sts in the selvedge edge on the left side of Shawl Core. (216 sts)
Rows 2-6: Sl1 wyif, k across.
Row 7 (RS): Sl1 wyif, k3, pm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, pm, M1L, k to 1 st before m, M1R, pm, k1, sm, M1L, k 52, pm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 220 sts)
Row 8: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p to last m, sm, k4.
Row 9: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 224 sts)
Rows 10-11: Rep Rows 8-9. (4 sts inc’d; 228 sts)
Row 12: Rep Row 8.
Row 13: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k2, (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 4 times, pm, k5, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k6, pm, work (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 8 times, pm, k6, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k5, pm, work (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 4 times, k2, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 232 sts)
Row 14: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p2, (p5, k3, p4) 4 times, p14, (p5, k3, p4) 8 times, p14, (p5, k3, p4) 4 times, k2, sm, k4.
Row 15: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k2, [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 4 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 8 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 4 times, k2, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 236 sts)
Row 16: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p2, (p5, k3, p4) 4 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, work (p5, k3, p4) 8 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, work (p5, k3, p4) 4 times, p2, sm, k4.
Row 17: Sl1 wyif, k3, (sm, k to m) twice, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, (k to m, sm) twice, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm M1L, k to end. (4 sts inc’d; 240 sts)
Row 18: Rep Row 8.
Row 19: Rep Row 17. (4 sts inc’d; 244 sts)
Row 20: Sl1 wyif, k across.
Row 21: Rep Row 17. (4 sts inc’d; 248 sts)
Row 22-25: Rep Rows 20-21. (8 sts inc’d; 256 sts)
Row 26: Rep Row 8.
Row 27: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k to m, rm, k12, pm, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k1, pm, k12, rm, k to m, rm, k12, pm, k1, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, pm, k12, rm, k to m, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 260 sts)
Row 28: Rep Row 8.
Row 29: Rep Row 17. (4 sts inc’d; 264 sts)
Row 30: Rep Row 8.
Row 31: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k2, (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 5 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 10 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work (k5, make pineapple top in next st, k6) 5 times, k2, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 268 sts)
Row 32: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p2, (p5, k3, p4) 5 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, (p5, k3, p4) 10 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, (p5, k3, p4) 5 times, p2, sm, k4.
Row 33: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, k2, [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 5 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 10 times, sm, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, k to m, sm, work [k8, turn, (sl1 wyif, k4, turn) 7 times, sl1 wyif, k8] 5 times, k2, sm, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 272 sts)
Row 34: Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p2, (p5, k3, p4) 5 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, work (p5, k3, p4) 10 times, sm, p to m, sm, p1, sm, p to m, sm, work (p5, k3, p4) 5 times, p2, sm, k4.
Row 35: Sl1 wyif, k3, (sm, k to m) twice, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, (k to m, sm) twice, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, (k to m, sm) twice, k4. (4 sts inc’d; 276 sts)
Row 36 (WS): Sl1 wyif, k3, sm, p to last m, k4.
Row 37 (RS): Rep Row 35. (4 sts inc’d; 280 sts)
Row 38: Sl1 wyif, k across.
Row 39: Rep Row 17. (4 sts inc’d; 284 sts)
Row 40: Rep Row 38.
Row 41: Rep Row 17. (4 sts inc’d; 288 sts)
Row 42: Rep Row 38.
Row 43: Sl1 wyif, k3, (sm, k to m) twice, M1R, sm, k1, sm, M1L, (k to m, sm) twice, k to m, M1R, sm, k1, sm M1L, k to last 2 sts, k2tog. (3 sts inc’d; 291 sts)
Row 44 (WS): Picot BO all sts.
Finishing
Break yarn and draw tail to secure.
Weave in all ends. Block.