Zelda (Flapper Dreams) by Janelle Martin

Zelda (Flapper Dreams)

Knitting
May 2017
Lace ?
27 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in Lace Pattern B
US 3 - 3.25 mm
630 - 1430 yards (576 - 1308 m)
Scarf, Stole
English
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Zelda Fitzgerald was dubbed by her husband as “the first American flapper” and this elongated thin scarf evokes the spirit of that age. Channel your inner Jazz Baby - wrap this once around your neck and let it float around you the next time you’re dancing the Charleston. The deep lace borders at either end are worked first and the second border is grafted into place once the body of the piece is worked. Two skeins of Linen Silk provide enough yardage to knit the larger size.

Skills Required:

  • Working Lace
  • Working with Charts
  • Grafting (Kitchener Stitch)
  • Blocking

Finished Size (blocked): Scarf: 209.5 cm long by 28 cm wide / 82.5” long by 11” wide
Stole: 209.5 cm long by 53 cm wide / 82.5” long by 21” wide
Border depth: 37 cm / 14.5”

Other Tools:

  • Waste yarn or large stitch holders
  • Glow line tape (to mark current row on charts/ instructions)
  • Tapestry needle
  • Blocking Wires and Tpins

Yarn: 715 (1,430) yards/654 (1,308) meters of plant fiber (preferably linen/silk) blend light fingering
weight yarn that knits up to 7 sts/inch.

Shown In: Indigodragonfly ‘Linen Silk’, (715 yards/654 meters; 65% linen, 35% silk; 4.06 oz/115 grams per skein). 1 (2) skeins in Addison’s Lesser Squid.

Originally pattern release - April 2017 Indigodragonfly Smart-Ass Knitters/World Domination 7