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Hoopla
Luxury yarn and beads pair together creating Hoopla, an elegant long stole with a fancy hoopskirt border. Short row shaping makes a lovely crescent and a face framing beaded shawl collar. Unusual and fun edging stitches keep the knitting interesting, while soothing garter stitch ensures rapid progress; together the result is stunningly simple.
Techniques & Skills Used: beaded longtail CO, knit/purl, lace, beading (prestrung and crochet hook methods, with link to video tutorial), short rows; this pattern includes both a chart and written instructions for the border.
Size: 12” depth and 60” length, after blocking.
Yarn: Madelinetosh Pashmina (75% Merino, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmere; 360 yards/329m); 1 skein, shown in Composition Book Grey.
Other Materials: US 7 40” circular needle; Stitch markers (11); Yarn needle; 389 size 6/0 seed beads; Beading needle for stringing beads; Size 1.25 mm crochet hook for placing beads.
Gauge: 16 st and 44 rows/4” in stockinette stitch; one scallop is approximately 5” long. Gauge is not critical for this project, however a different gauge may result in a smaller or larger finished stole, and different yardage requirements.
Thank you to all of my test knitters!
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