Mezquita Shawl
The Mezquita Shawl is a beautiful free knitting pattern. This crescent shaped shawl can be wrapped around your neck a few times or held with a shawl stick or pin. The design is a bit more shallow in the crescent and wraps more like a scarf. Of course, it works as a shawl very nicely as well. With such an interesting design and a beautiful colorway, you won't be able to resist this free printable knit shawl pattern. Plus, this pattern only uses one skein of yarn, so you will be finished in no time. The hardest part will be deciding how to wear this showstopper. Knit shawls don't get much better than this.
Knitting Needle Size8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(1) Super Fine (27-32 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge32 stitches & 24 rows = 4” (blocked stockinette)
Finished Size68” around semi circle by 12” wide
Materials List
- Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Fingering - Approx. 400 yds (1 skein), Colourway shown: Reach for the Sky
- US 8 40” circular needles or size to obtain gauge
- Tapestry Needle, Stitch Markers (optional)
Instructions
Set-Up Rows
1. CO 361 stitches. 2. Purl 1 row.
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Chart A:
1. Purl all WS (odd) rows.
2. Lace pattern repeat is outlined in red and will be worked a total of 35 times.
2. After row 20, you will have 289 stitches on your needle.
3. Work short rows starting on RS (even) row 22.
Chart A Written Instructions
R2 (RS): k1, (yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1) (35 times), yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1
R4: k1, (yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1) (35 times), yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1
R6: k1, (yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1) (35 times), yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1
R8: k1, (yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1) (35 times), yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1
R10: k1, (yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1) (35 times), yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso, k3, yo, k1
R12: k2tog, (k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso) (35 times), k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k psso
R14: k2tog, (k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso) (35 times), k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k psso
R16: k2tog, (k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso) (35 times), k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k psso
R18: k2tog, (k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k2tog psso) (35 times), k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1 k psso
R20: k2tog, (k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, sl1 k2tog psso) (35 times), k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, sl1 k psso
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Short Rows
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Finishing
Continue with short row shaping until you have 233 stitches left on your needle. Bind off on the RS (knit) row. Block your shawl and wear proudly!
Abbreviations
- yo
- yarn over
- k2tog
- knit 2 together
- p2tog
- purl 2 together
- sl1
- slip 1
- psso
- pass slipped stitch over
- sl1 k2tog psso
- slip one, k2tog, psso k2tog
- ssk
- slip, slip, knit (slip one stitch as if to knit, slip another stitch as if to knit, insert left-hand needle into front of these 2 stitches and knit them together
- RS
- right side
- WS
- wrong side
- k, p
- knit, purl