A simple shawl with a cross stitch and bead design, complemented by a three bead detail on the cast-off edging. A perfect one skein shawl.

Materials:
Manos del Uruguay Alegria (4ply; 75% merino/25% polyamide; 405m/445yds per 100g skein) x 1 skein. Shown in shade: Tutti Frutti
4mm (UK 8/US 6) knitting needles
Debbie Abrahams Seed Beads size 6, 207 Lipstick x 169 beads (1 bag)
0.75mm (US 14) crochet hook

Difficulty level:
Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):
Basic Skills: cast on, knit, purl, sl wyif
Increases: kfbf
Adding beads using the crochet hook method (see pattern)
Russian Cast-off (see pattern)
Decreases: k2tog tbl
Special stitches: k3w, CR4 (see pattern)

Size:
Wingspan: 148cm/59¼in
Depth: 40cm/16in

Tension:
16 sts and 31 rows over 10cm/4in in Garter Stitch after blocking.
Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

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