This shawl is made for the Arthurian queen Guinevere. According to legend she is the May Queen and where she walks white flowers will grow to mark her steps. The shawl shows her greenery with an all over leaf pattern while the fringes includes her white flowers.

Sizing

Size: 48 x 150 cm + fringes

The size is measured over 6 pattern repeats in Big Verona. Knit a swatch if you’re using a different yarn and calculate your size from that.

About the yarn

The main yarn in the shawl is Järbo garn Big Verona. It’s a colour varied yarn that comes to the stores twice a year and always in new colours. The shawl calls for one skein of Big Verona so it is easy to knit up in whatever colour strikes your fancy from the current colour range. If you’re having trouble finding a suitable varied green try and knit it in a solid colour or change yarn all together.

The fringes are worked in Svarta fåret Raggsocksgarn and Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Gorgeous D.K. but they can easily be worked in any yarn with a suitable colour and weight.

Main Yarn: Järbo garn Big Verona, 1 skein (total: 200 g, ca 500 m)

Additional yarn: Svarta fåret Raggsocksgarn, 1 skein (total amount used ca 12 g, 20 m)

Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Gorgeous D.K., 1 skein (50 g, ca 12 m)

Colours: Multicoloured green with long colour reports (Järbo Garn Big Verona)

Mixed green (Svarta fåret Raggsocksgarn, fringe yarn)

Off white (Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Gorgeous D.K., fringe yarn)

Needle: 5 mm/US 8

Other tools: 3 mm crochet hook

Tension/Gauge: 12 st in pattern (one pattern repeat) = 7,5 cm after blocking.

Technique

Difficulty: Easy

Stitches used: knit, purl, yarn over, decreasing, short rows, crocheted cast-on

Other craft: simple crocheting

Abbreviations

st(s) stitch(es)

k knit

p purl

yo yarn over

k2tog knit 2 together

skpo slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over – one stitch decreased

sk2po slip, knit2tog, passed slipped stitch over – two stitches decreased knitwise

sl slip one stitch

tbl through back loop

Crochet abbreviations (English)

ch chain stitch

dc double crochet

tr treble crochet

sl st slip stitch

Observe that the pattern uses the English crochet abbreviations and that they are different from the American. You can find a conversion chart here.

The shawl pattern

The shawl is one size with the pattern written for 6 pattern repeats with 12 stitches each + 7 stitches for the edges. Number of repeats are indicated after the repetitions. For a different size knit a swatch, block and measure and calculate number of repetitions and change accordingly.

The pattern uses a crocheted cast on which looks very similar to a cast off. This could be substituted for another type of cast on if preferred.

General reminders

All rows begins with slip one. This is included in the pattern.

All wrong side rows are purled except for the first and the last stitch.

Cast on

Cast on 79 st with Big Verona using crochet cast on.

Knit one row. Continue in pattern (row 1)

Rows

Row 1: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, yo, k3, skpo, k1, k2tog, k3, yo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 2: sl1, p77, k1

Row 3: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k2, yo, k2, skpo, k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k1] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 4: sl1, p77, k1

Row 5: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, yo, skpo, yo, k1, skpo, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 6: sl1, p77, k1

Row 7: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, yo, skpo, k1, yo, skpo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 8: sl1, p77, k1

Row 9: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, yo, skpo, k2, yo, sk2po, yo, k2, k2tog, yo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 10: sl1, p77, k1

Row 11: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, skpo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 12: sl1, p77, k1

Row 13: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, k2tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, skpo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 14: sl1, p77, k1

Row 15: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, k2tog, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, skpo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 16: sl1, p77, k1

Row 17: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k1 yo, skpo, yo, k1, skpo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 18: sl1, p77, k1

Row 19: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, k2tog, yo, k1 k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skpo, k1, yo, skpo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 20: sl1, p77, k1

Row 21: sl1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skpo, k2, yo, [sk2po, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, skpo, k2, yo] 5 times, skpo, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 22: sl1, p77, k1

Row 23: sl1, k2tog, yo, [k1, yo, k3, skpo, k1, k2tog, k3, yo] 6 times, k1, yo, k2tog tbl, k1.

Row 24: sl1, p77, k1

Make a total of 11 repetitions of row 1-24. End with row 23.

Cast off in knitting.

Making up

Steam gently while stretching the shawl to correct size. If you are using a yarn with natural fibers block instead of steaming.

Make twisted fringes by adding a double length of green yarn (Svarta fåret Raggsocksgarn) to the edge of the shawl. Twist the individual strands of yarn in the yarn twist direction. Let go of the ends so that the added rotations twists the two strands together. Secure with a knot at the end. Make a total of 13 fringes per side (two per pattern repeat plus one).

Crocheted flowers

Special abbreviation

ch-ar chain 1 around the fringe strand by putting the yarn under the strand and the needle loop over the strand.

tr-ar treble crochet around the fringe strand by putting the yarn under the strand and the needle loop over the strand.

Use the end knot or make a knot on the fringe where you want the flower.

Use off white yarn (Twilleys of Stamford Freedom Gorgeous D.K).

All trebles are done into the first circle.

Flower at the end of a fringe strand

Round 1: ch1, ch-ar, ch2, ch-ar, ch1, sl st into first ch to make a circle.

Round 2 ch 2 (=tr1), ch5, tr1, tr-ar, ch5, tr2, ch5, tr2, ch5, tr2, ch5, tr1, sl st into second chained st to close.

Flower at the middle of a fringe strand

Round 1: ch1, ch-ar, ch2, ch-ar, ch1, sl st into first ch to make a circle.

Round 2 ch 2 (=tr1), ch5, tr1, tr-ar, ch5, tr2, ch5, tr2, ch2, ch-ar, ch2, tr2, ch5, tr1, sl st into second chained st to close.

Fasten threads and trim off excess yarn from fringe strands. Press flowers gently.

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