Penelope's Shawl by Saranac Hale Spencer

Penelope's Shawl

Knitting
April 2013
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1100 yards (1006 m)
One size: 75" x 20" / 190.5cm x 51cm
English
This pattern is available from cooperativepress.com for $6.00.

This shawl, for you to wrap up tight in, is a reminder of that passionate moment when Penelope’s arms wrap around Odysseus, pressed as though forever—in joy, in joy.

MATERIALS
Louisa Harding Grace Silk & Wool (50% merino wool, 50% silk; 110 yds / 101m per 50g skein, 12 wpi), Dark Teal #07; 10 skeins

US #6 / 4mm) circular needle, 36” / 90cm or longer, or size needed to obtain gauge
US #11 / 1.10mm crochet hook for bead placement

14 x 9g tubes of size 6/0 E seed beads (2,112 beads total), color: silver-lined gold
Yarn needle