Balustrade Shawl by Catherine Salter Bayar

Craft: Knitting

Twisted stitches suggest a wrought iron balcony against a brick façade of reverse garter stitches. A long trapezoid shape worked flat in the ombred colors of Monokrom DK creates an intricate interwoven effect that’s much easier than it looks. The Shawl starts at the bottom wider edge and decreases 2 sts every RS Row.

Note:

An I-Cord is worked on both side edges, every Row of the entire shawl. Both RS and WS Rows are worked the same: loosely knit the first 3 sts and slip the last 3 sts purlwise wyif.

Materials:

3 skeins Urth Monokrom DK, shown in 6062

or

Urth Uneek DK

Dimensions:

42”/ 107 cm at top, 62”/ 157 cm at bottom, 18”/ 46 cm deep, unblocked

46”/ 117 cm at top, 68”/ 173 cm at bottom, 20”/ 51 cm deep, steam blocked

Needles:

US 8/ 5 mm, long enough to accommodate the large number of sts at start.