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Helia
Picture this: balmy weather, fading light, good company, and a gorgeously curvy shawl full of attitude and romance tossed casually around your shoulders to protect you from the temperate evening breeze.
Helia is a beautifully versatile summer piece.
Knit her in light woollen-spun yarn for casual BBQs, add silk and dress her up fancy for weddings and parties, or play with colour and go for something perfectly in between for a midweek meal somewhere local.
Perfect for knitters who love a challenge, Helia includes charts and written instructions.
Helia begins at the top to create a body of simple, airy eyelets before adding a sideways border of delicious, undulating floral lace finished with a sweet picot edge.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Wingspan approx. 92.5”/235 cm (blocked).
Depth approx. 31”/78 cm (blocked).
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 6/4 mm circular needles approx. 32”/ 80 cm long.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.
1 stitch marker, pins & wires for blocking (all optional).
YARN
5 balls of Ulysse by De Rerum Natura (100% Merino wool); 202 yds/185 m per 50g ball), 2 of “Darjeeling” (Yarn A - dirty mustard) and 3 balls of “Poivre et Sel” (Yarn B - silver).
If substituting yarn, approx. 372 yds/340 m sport- or fingering-weight yarn in Yarn A and approx. 606 yds/555 m sport- or fingering- weight yarn Yarn B.
GAUGE
16 sts and 24 rows = 4”/10 cm in lace body stitch flat, after blocking.
8 eyelets wide, 10 eyelets deep to 4”/10 cm.
Border lace repeat = 11”/28 cm wide and 3.75”/9.5 cm deep.
SKILL LEVEL
Three Balls (see: https://www.trulymyrtle.com/blog/all-the-balls)
- First published: October 2022
- Page created: October 2, 2022
- Last updated: July 21, 2024 …
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