Lace-Edged Blanket or Shawl

About This Pattern

The body of this lace-edged blanket is based on Elizabeth Zimmermann’s garter-stitch baby blanket. Knitted in thick wool, it produces a proper blanket, but I dressed it up a bit, knitting it in Shetland jumper-weight wool and adding a lace edging from Barbara Abbey’s book Knitting Lace. The finished object could begin its life as a baby or lap blanket, then be washed and severely blocked to bloom into a lovely shawl, as shown here.

Materials

YARN Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift (100% Shetland wool; 115 yd [105 m]/⁷⁄₈ oz [25 g]; fingering weight): #1300 Aubretia, 8 balls.

NEEDLES Size 8 (5 mm): 24" (60 cm) circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

NOTIONS Removable markers (m); spare size 8 (5 mm) or smaller 24" (60 cm) cir needle; waste yarn for provisional CO; tapestry needle.

GAUGE 13 sts and 26 rows = 4" (10 cm) in garter st.

FINISHED SIZE 42" (106.5 cm) square.

Resources

• Visit farmfiberknits.com/abbreviations for terms you don’t know.

• Join Kate Larson as she demonstrates two methods for working a provisional cast-on with a crochet needle and some scrap yarn.

• Learn several methods to pick up and knit from author, teacher, and knitter Sandi Rosner.

• Listen to the Long Thread Podcast: Meg Swansen, Knitting Maven.

• New to lace knitting? Here are three great tips from designer Katrina King.

• Need some pointers on blocking lacy knits? Pamela K. Schultz has some tips for you!

• Read how Shetland knitter Gudrun Johnston worked with Jamieson’s of Shetland to develop a custom colorway!