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Bielha
Bielha is a crescent shaped garter stitch shawl knitted top down. The shawl is knitted holding one strand of kidsilk and one strand of sport or lace weight yarn together. For the stripes you can use some accent yarn or only the kidsilk. The pattern has instructions for both picot and modified picot/bobble bind off.
The pattern is adaptable, you can use any yarn or yarn combinations, you can even use left overs and knit a stripy shawl.
Yarn:
150 g of sport weight yarn (366m/100g) or 50 g of lace weight yarn (200m/100g) and 50-70 g of kidsilk (199-300 m/25 g).
The sample shawls were knitted with the following yarn combinations:
Sport weight shawls:
150 g of sport wt yarn and 50 g of kidsilk -
Caserita Alpaga (100% alpaca, 366 m/100 g), Hasegawa Seika (60% mohair/40% silk, 300 m/25 g) and Drops Cotton Viscose (54% cotton/46% rayon, 110 m/50g).
150 g of sport wt yarn and 60 g of kidsilk -
Caserita Alpaga (100% alpaca, 366 m/100 g) and Drops Kid-silk (75% mohair/25% silk, 199 m/25g).
Lace weight shawl:
50 g of lace wt yarn and 50 g of kidsilk -
Drops Lace (70% alpaca/30% silk, 400m/50g) and Drops Kid-silk (75% mohair/25% silk, 199 m/25g).
Needles etc.
4.50-5.00 mm/ US 7-8 100 cm/ 40” or longer circular needle.
Two stitch markers.
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
Gauge:
13-15 sts x 32-36 rows = 10 x 10 cm/ 4” x 4” in garter stitch after blocking.
Finished measurements:
Sport wt yarn & kidsilk:
221-234 x 38-44 cm / 87-94 x 15-17.5”
Lace wt yarn & kidsilk:
218 x 48 cm /86 x 19”
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- First published: September 2017
- Page created: September 15, 2017
- Last updated: October 15, 2020 …
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