The Grace Fryer Shawl is a semi-circular shawl knit flat with sections of repeating lace patterns. It uses one skein of sock yarn, perfect for that single skein you can’t decide how to use. The stitch patterns are provided in a chart, as well as written out, and percentages of yarn used are also provided if you wish to modify the size of your shawl.

Grace Fryer, along with other “Radium Girls,” worked for U.S. Radium applying radium-laced paint to watch dials in the early 20th century. At that time radium was widely believed to have health benefits and U.S. Radium encouraged the Radium Girls to use their lips and tongues to keep their paint brushes fine tipped. Grace was the first of the Radium Girls to bring suit against U.S. Radium after incurring strange medical symptoms and ultimately the legal action paved the way for improvements in industrial and employee safety.

Yarn
Approximately 360-400 yards/330-365 meters
fingering weight yarn. Shown in Copper Centaur Studios Centaur Sock (80% superwash merino & 20% nylon, 400 yards/365 meters, 3.53oz/100g) in the colorway Caribbean Sea. Other suggested yarns include Cascade Heritage Silk, Dream in Color Smooshy, Madelinetosh Sock, or Plucky Primo Fingering.

Needle
Size US 6 (4.00 mm) circular needle in a length of 24”/60 cm or 32”/81 cm, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Other Materials
2 stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Blocking pins
Optional: additional stitch markers