Rectangular Knit Lace Shawl with Ruffles FREE Pattern

Rectangular Knit Lace Shawl with Ruffles FREE Pattern
by Kristin Omdahl

Materials:
1000 yards worsted weight yarn
US13 (9mm) knitting needles
Yarn needle
scissors
Scrap contrast yarn for provisional cast on

Gauge: 3 sts/ 3 rows – 1” in blocked garter stitch lace
Finished size: 75” x 29”
Special Stitches:
Kfb (knit into the front and back of same stitch (1 increase made)
Provisional cast on technique (aka Invisible Cast On): knot working yarn to contrasting yarn. With needle in right hand, hold knot in right hand. Tension both strands in left hand; separate the strands with fingers of the left hand. Yarn over with working yarn in front of waste yarn.

Instructions:
CO 56 sts with provisional cast on technique

Knit 2 rows

Lace pattern (multiple of 10 sts plus 6)

Row 1 (RS): K2, *yo, k2tog; repeat from * to last 2 sts: k2.

Row 2: knit across

Row 3: K1, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1, *k5, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1; repeat from *

Row 4: *K2, (kfb) into the yo of previous row, k6; repeat from * end last repeat k2.

Row 5: knit across

Row 6: knit across

Row 7: K1, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1, *k5, k2tog, yo, ssk, k1; repeat from *

Row 8: *K2, (kfb) into the you of previous row, k6; repeat from * end last repeat k2.

Row 9: k6, *k2tog, yo, ssk, k6; repeat from *.

Row 10: *K7, (kfb) into the yo of previous row, k1; repeat from * to last 6 sts: k6.

Rows 11 -16: repeat rows 3 – 8 once.

Rows 17 – 240: Repeat rows 1 – 16, fourteen (14) more times

Work row 1, one more time.

Knit 2 rows even.

Ruffle:
Note: ruffle is worked in four separate pieces.
With right side facing, (k1, yo) twice into first stitch, (k1, yo) in each stitch across to last stitch, (k1, yo) twice into last stitch: 116 sts

Row 1: purl across

Row 2: knit across

Row 3 – 10: repeat rows 1 and 2 five more times

Row 11: knit across

Row 12: bind off very loosely.

On opposite end of shawl, with right side facing, while picking up each stitch from piece of string, (k1, yo) twice into first stitch, (k1, yo) into each stitch across to last stitch, (k1, yo, kfb) into last stitch: 116 sts.
Repeat rows 1 – 12 from first section of ruffle.

With right side facing, on long side of shawl, work into each elongated stitch that was created by slipping each stitch. Pick up and (k1, yo) into each stitch across to last stitch, kfb into last stitch: 245 sts
Work rows 1 – 12 from first section of ruffle.

Repeat for last long side of shawl.
Knit each ruffled seam. Weave in all loose ends. Wash, block and dry to desired size.

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