Velvet Ziggurat by Meghan Jones

Velvet Ziggurat

Knitting
November 2017
Sport (12 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch after blocking
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1500 - 1800 yards (1372 - 1646 m)
70 1/2 inches long and 32 inches tall
English
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The beauty of a gently curving stitch pattern combine with strong diagonal, vertical and horizontal lines, for a
rectangular wrap based on a triangular shawl. The color changes of the gradient yarns are manipulated to illustrate the unusual shaping while still being allowed to naturally flow from one shade to the next.

Size
70 1/2 inches long and 32 inches tall

Materials
Lux Adorna, 1 Lofty Lux Braid (8 skeins total) [100% cashmere; 1.75oz/50g; 230yd/210m balls]; MC Smoke #650, CC1 Wall Street #680, CC2 Thunder #655, CC3 Suit Up #657, 2 skeins each

Needles
1 set US #5/3.75mm 32 inch circular needle, US #6/4mm 32 inch circular needle

Notions
Tapestry needle, stitch markers

Gauge
17 sts/32 rows = 4” in garter stitch after blocking
16 sts/21 rows= 4”in charted pattern after blocking
Gauge is not critical for this item but may affect yardage.

Pattern Notes
This shawl is started like a typical top-down triangular shawl with a garter stitch tab and a central decrease spine. Stitches are then cast on for the first vertical lace side and short rows are combined with decreases, working the vertical lace and the garter stitch triangle at the same time. This is repeated on the second side and then all stitches are used along the top of the wrap for the upper border.