This sophisticated crescent shawl uses the ginkgo leaf lace stitch. Emulating the timeless strength of the ginkgo tree, this design celebrates the changing season with a golden knit texture that can you can wear from the office to date night.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 60″ / [150 cm] along top edge, 80″ / [200 cm] along bottom edge, after wet blocking
15” / [38 cm] deep at center x 7” / [18 cm] wide at the ends
Gauge: 16 sts and 24 rows = 4” [10 cm] in St st after wet blocking
Materials
Yarn: Biscotte & Cie DK Pure (90% Merino Superwash, 10% Silk; 260 yards [238 meters]/115 grams): Coupe de feu (2 balls)
Needles: US size 10 (6.0 mm): 32” circular
Notions: 15 removable stitch markers; blocking pins; tapestry needle
Abbreviations
K2tog – knit 2 together
P2tog – purl 2 together
Ssk – Slip one stitch as if to knit, slip next stitch as if to knit, insert left-hand needle into front of these 2 stitches and knit them together.
Ssp – Slip one stitch as if to knit, slip next stitch as if to knit, then slip the two slipped stitches back to the left needle and purl them together through the back loops.
Yo – Yarn over
Special Stitches
Knitted Lace Bind Off
P2, *sl the 2 sts back to left needle without twisting, p2tog, p1; rep from * to last st, break yarn and pull through to finish.
Pattern Notes
The shawl is knit worked flat in one piece from the lace border, followed by a garter section.
The plain garter section is shaped by short rows to form the crescent shape.
The shawl is flanked by garter borders at either end. Work lace border from chart or written instructions.
Pattern
Using the Long Tail Cast-On Method, CO 259 sts as follow:
CO 4, pm, *(CO 18, pm) 13 times, (CO 17, pm), CO 4.
Note: The rows include the 3-st garter borders and the lace pattern.
Rows 1-4: Knit.
Row 5 (RS): K3, p1, sm, (k17, p1, sm) 13 times, k17, sm, p1, k3.
Row 6 (WS): K4, (p17, sm, k1) 14 times, k3.
Row 7: K3, p1, sm, (k2tog, k6, yo, k1, yo, k6, ssk, p1, sm) 13 times, k2tog, k6, yo, k1, yo, k6, ssk, sm, p1, k3.
Row 8: K4, sm, (ssp, p13, p2tog, sm, k1) 14 times, k3.
Row 9: K3, p1, sm, (k2tog, k4, [yo, k1] 3 times, yo, k4, ssk, p1, sm) 13 times, k2tog, k4, [yo, k1] 3 times, yo, k4, ssk, sm, p1, k3.
Row 10: K4, sm, (ssp, p13, p2tog, sm, k1) 14 times, k3.
Row 11: K3, p1, sm, (k2tog, k2, [yo, k1] 7 times, yo, k2, ssk, p1, sm) 13 times, (k2tog, k2, [yo, k1] 7 times, yo, k2, ssk, sm), p1, k3.
Row 12: K4, sm, (ssp, p17, p2tog, sm, k1) 14 times, k3.
Row 13: K3, p1, sm, (k2tog, k15, ssk, p1, sm) 13 times, k2tog, k15, ssk, sm, p1, k3.
Row 14: K4, sm, (p17, sm, k1) 14 times, k3.
Row 15: K3, p1, (k17, p1, sm) 13 times, k17, sm, p1, k3.
Row 16: Knit.
Note: In the next row, remove the last m to complete the last k2tog.
Row 17: K3, p1, *yo, k2tog; rep from * to last 3 sts, k3.
Note: Re-insert the m just removed back in place, after 4 sts.
Row 18: Knit.
Rows 19-32: Rep Rows 5-18 once more.
Remove all markers.
Short-row Shaping
Row 33 (RS): K134, turn.
Row 34 (WS): K9, turn.
Row 35: K to 1 st before turning point, ssk, k4, turn.
Row 36: K to 1 st before turning point, k2tog, k4, turn.
Rep Rows 35-36 until all sts have been worked – 209 sts.
Next Row: Knit.
Eyelet Border
Row 1: Knit.
Row 2: K1, *yo, k2tog; rep from * to end.
Row 3: Knit.
Finishing
BO all sts using the Knitted Lace Bind Off technique.
Weave in ends and wet block.
the picture is missing. I cannot tell what this looks like.
Hi there, might have just been a loading glitch, but the images are there so perhaps refresh the page? Here’s the first photo if still no luck: https://www.ilikeknitting.com/wp-content/uploads/Golden-Ginkgo-Shawl-small-232.jpg
– Nicola, Editor
The chart says it is “Autumn Gold Shawl” but the download for the pattern says it’s a Golden Ginkgo shawl. So is this the correct chart for this shawl?
Hi Mary, yes this is the correct chart. – Nicola, Editor