Silk Shrug by Erika Knight

Silk Shrug

Knitting
January 2007
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch using larger needles
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
822 - 1096 yards (752 - 1002 m)
32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42)" / 81 (86, 91, 97, 102, 107)cm
English

Materials:

  • Any lightweight silk yarn, such as Jaeger Silk DK 6 (6, 6, 7, 7, 8) x 1.75oz (50g) balls
  • Pair each of sizes 3 (3.25mm) and 5 (3.75mm) knitting needles
  • Size 3 (3.25mm) circular knitting needle

Sizes:

  • To fit bust 32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 42)“ / 81 (86, 91, 97, 102, 107)cm
  • Actual bust 34 (35, 36.5, 38, 39.5, 40.5)“ / 85 (88, 92, 95, 98, 102)cm
  • Length 13 (14, 14.5, 15, 15.5, 16)“ / 33, (35.5, 37, 38, 39, 41)cm

Pattern Note: To create a fully fashioned detail, work increases and decreases three stitches inside the edges. work the decreases through the back of loops as directed in book.

Pattern on pages 87-89.

Instructions are for the smallest size, with larger sizes in parentheses. When one number is given, it applies to all sizes.