Wanna KAL?

Oh, don't act so surprised. Like you didn't know that I was going to start knitting a Triangle Horseshoe Lace Shawl. The only mystery was whether it would be bottom up, or top down. And when I'd finally give in.

At least I finished writing a chapter of my YA first. And I got past the heel on the Horseshoe Lace sock before I bowed to the inevitable, which is when I learned that the definition of inevitable includes: really tricky.

It's hard to adapt an asymmetrical motif written for knitting in the round, to a flat project that needs to be vertically symmetrical. With edge motifs. And 10 increases worked as evenly as possible into 16 rows, but only on the right side (of the fabric, not the shawl. There are an even number of increases on either side of the shawl)(duh). It took awhile, and a bit of brain wrinkling, but I got it worked out.

I've already added 2 Horseshoe Lace Motifs (2 new repeats are added every 16 rows after the bottom point), and so far, it's working out well. This yarn is natural colored millspun (commercially spun from a small farm) merino/nylon. It's highly processed and looks to be heavy fingering weight, but my guess is that it'll bloom to at least sportweight after washing and blocking. I'm knitting it on Size 8 needles. I don't know if it'll need/want an edge lace or not- the edges are pretty lacy already and the filler-motifs on the edge (for the increases) are lacy too, and they'll be sorta scallopy from the double increases. I'll wait until the triangle is done to decide.

I have no idea how much yarn this shawl is going to take, or how big it'll be. I have over a pound of this yarn, so I can knit until I am so sick of it that I run screaming into the night.

Want to live dangerously and knit a shawl along with me? From a totally untested pattern? Choose whatever size yarn you want, and whatever needles feel right and join the fun.

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No signup. No deadline. No Pressure. Join in if you like, and send me progress pics if you can.

And for those who'd rather work from written instructions, here they are:

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And just in case (here is where mistakes sometimes creep in, so if you find any, please let me know and I'll make corrections)
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Horseshoe Lace Triangle Shawl Written Instructions
Chart A:
Row 1: P
Row 2: K1, YO, K1, YO, K1
Row 3: P
Row 4: K1, YO, K3, YO, K1
Row 5: P
Row 6: K1, YO, K1, YO, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, YO, K1, YO, K1
Row 7: P
Row 8: K1, YO, K2, YO, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, YO, K2, YO, K1
Row 9: P
Row 10: K1, YO, K3, YO, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, YO, K3, YO, K1

Chart B (working all 3 portions):

Row 1: P
Row 2: K1, YO, K1, place marker, (the next 10 sts are the center Horseshoe motif), YO, K3, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, K3, YO, K1, place marker, YO, K1
Row 3: P
Row 4: K1, YO, K1, YO, P1, move marker, K1, YO, K2, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, K2, YO, K1, P1, move marker, YO, K1, YO, K1
Row 5: P4, move marker, K1, P9, move marker K1, P4
Row 6: K1, YO, K2tog TBL, YO, K1, P1, move marker, K2, YO, K1, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, K1, YO, K2, P1, move marker K1, YO, K2 tog, YO, K1
Row 7: P5, move marker, K1, P9, move marker, K1, P5
Row 8: K1, YO, K1, YO, K2 tog TBL, YO, K1, P1, move marker, K3, YO, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, YO, K3, P1, move marker, K1, YO, K2 tog, YO, K1, YO, K1
Row 9: P
Row 10: K1, YO, K2, K2 tog TBL,YO, K3, move marker, YO, K3, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, K3, YO, K1, move marker, K2, YO, K2 tog, K2, YO, K1
Row 11: P
Row 12: K1, YO, K1, YO, K2, K2 tog TBL, YO, K2, P1, move marker, K1, YO, K2, SL 1, K2 tog, PSSO, K2, YO, K1, P1, move marker, K2, YO, K2 tog, K2, YO, K1, YO, K1
Row 13: P10, move marker, K1, P9, move marker, K1, P10
Row 14: K1, YO, K3, K2togTBL, YO, K4, P1, move marker, K2, YO, K1, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, K1, YO, K2, P1, move marker, K4, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K1
Row 15: P 11, move marker, K1, P9, move marker K1, P 11
Row 16: K5, K2togTBL, YO, K4, P1, move marker, K3, YO, SL1, K2 tog, PSSO, YO, K3, P1, move marker, K4, YO, K2tog, K5

After each set of 16 rows in Chart B, there will be 2 more 10 st Center Horseshoe Lace Repeats per row. Repeat that 10 st motif as many times as needed in each row.