Roxborough Shawl
Another piece in my Roxborough Collection.
This is huge, cozy, and quite simple to work up. I love wearing a shawl, and I’m really too impatient for fiddly lace and thin yarns. Plus, I live in New England where it’s about to get cold and damp and I want something a little more substantial.
In this shawl, I worked the Shetland bead lace with ribs to create strong, diagonal lines. A border of eyelets and garter stitch intersects the overall direction with a deep, horizontal edge that adds a little texture and contrast to the shawl body.
It can be easily modified for size or yarn quantity, but I love these big, bold dimensions. The lightness of the O-Wool makes for a soft and easy fabric to wear around the neck, and the gorgeous lavender keeps this feminine, without requiring a lot of lace or detail to do so. It was a perfect, mindless summer knit and I know it will soon be a favorite fall wrap….
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Yarn: O-Wool Classic Worsted (100% certified organic merino; 99yds/90m per 1.76oz/50g skein). Sample knit in Pearly Mussel.
Gauge: 13 sts/22 rows per 4”/10cm in rib pattern. Each lace medallion is 2”/5cm wide.
Needles: US 9/5.5mm
Size: (Easily modified if desired*)
Length along top: 68”/173cm
Depth along center spine, 24”/61cm
Yardage:
585yds/535m of heavy worsted weight wool needed for size shown in photos
*Note regarding modifications:
The shawl can be easily modified for size or yarn quantity. I’ve just made a second version myself in O-Wool’s O-wash Sport. I used US#6/4mm needles and had a rough gauge of about 20sts/28 rows per 4”/10cm. I worked 10 repeats of the rib between lace repeats, instead of 8. I also then added some tassels just for fun. This version used up 1.5 skeins, or about 450yds/415m of sport weight yarn, before tassels. My finished shawl measures 24”/61cm from cast on edge to bind off edge at the spine, and is 60”/152.5cm from tip to tip, and it’s going to be perfect for warmer weather.