The striking lace motif, highlighted in the corner of this shawl, reminded me of the crown of a palm tree. So, I named this shawl Sabal. Short rows on the shorter side of the triangle slowly build the lace up to the flowers by the time they reach the palm motif.

My friend, Lynne Sosnowski, and I enjoy friendly design challenges. We take a theme and each go in our own direction. For this design challenge, we agreed to design a striped garter triangle shawl with a lace edging. I designed this shawl and Lynne designed Payoff.

Pattern is 10 pages.

Skills Required:

• Working increases, decreases
• Working lace
• Working short rows
• Working with charts and written instructions
• Blocking

Finished Size (blocked): 74”/188 cm wide by 22”/56 cm deep including the lace border

Gauge: 24 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches/10 cm in main lace pattern, blocked.
Gauge: 25.5 sts and 45 rows to 4 inches/10 cm in garter stitch stripes, blocked.

Other Tools:

• Stitch markers (34)
• Tapestry needle
• Unwaxed dental floss (optional - for lifelines)
• Pins and blocking wires

Yarn: 1,060 yards/969 meters of a MCN (merino, cashmere, nylon) fingering weight yarn that knits up to 7-7.5 sts/inch in 3 colours.  Colours A & B - 360 yards/329 meters of each colour, Colour C - 340 yards/311 meters.

Shown in: The Plucky Knitter ‘Primo Fingering’, (440 yards/402 meters; 75% merino, 20% cashmere, 5% nylon; 4.06 oz/115 grams per skein). 1 skein each of 3 colours.
Colour A: Fine Tooth Comb
Colour B: Gizmo
Colour C: Cornucopia