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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Circumference at top: 27 in./68.5 cm Length, top to bottom: 17 in./43 cm YARN Lorna’s Laces Solemate, fingering weight #1 yarn, 55% superwash merino wool/30% Outlast viscose/15% nylon, 425 yd./388 m, 3.5 oz./100 g • 1 skein #1112 Ascot NEEDLES AND OTHER MATERIALS • US 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 24 in./60 cm long • 112 light green 4 mm miracle beads • US 13 (0.75 mm) steel crochet hook (for adding beads) • Tapestry needle GAUGE 21 sts x 30 rows in Chart B patt after blocking = 4 in./10 cm square Be sure to check your gauge! NOTES Row 1 of Chart B reduces the stitch count from 20 sts per patt repeat to 18 sts per patt repeat (126 sts). Row 3 further reduces the stitch count from 18 sts per patt repeat to 16 sts per patt repeat (112 sts).
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Cowl CO 140 sts. Join to work in the rnd, being careful not to twist sts. Place a stitch marker to indicate beg of rnd. Rnd 1: K to end. Rnd 2: P to end. Rep Rnds 1–2 once more. Next rnd:Work Row 1 of Chart A, working patt repeat 7 times. Continue to work in patt through all 12 rows of Chart A once. Next rnd:Work Row 1 of Chart B, working patt repeat 7 times—126 sts. Continue to work in patt through all 4 rows of Chart B once—112 sts. Next rnd:Work Row 1 of Chart C, working patt repeat 7 times. Continue to work in patt through all 4 rows of Lace patt C 25 times. Next rnd: P to end. Next rnd: K to end. Rep last 2 rnds once more. BO using the Russian Bind-Off.
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Finishing Weave in all loose ends. Block scarf.
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Chart A Row 1: B, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, B, k4, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k4. Row 2 and all even-numbered rnds: K to end. Row 3: K1, B, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, B, k5, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k4. Row 5: K2, B, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, B, k6, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k4. Row 7: K2, B, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, B, k4, k2tog, yo, B, k1, B, yo, ssk, k2. Row 9: K2, B, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, B, k3, k2tog, yo, B, k3, B, yo, ssk, k1. Row 11: K9, k2tog, yo, B, k5, B, yo, ssk. Row 12: K to end.
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Chart B Row 1: K1, ssk, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2tog, (k1, yo, ssk) 2 times, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk. Rows 2 and 4: K to end. Row 3: K1, ssk, (k1, k2tog) 2 times, yo, k2, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2, k2tog, yo. Chart C Row 1: K1, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, (k1, yo, ssk) 2 times, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk. Rows 2 and 4: K to end. Row 3: K5, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, sl1, k2tog, psso, yo, k2, k2tog, yo.
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This how-to is excerpted with permission from <a href="http://www.stackpolebooks.com/productdetails.cfm?sku=1457&repvendorid=1014&isbn=9780811714570&title=beaded-lace-knitting">"Beaded Lace Knitting: Techniques & 25 Beaded Lace Designs for Shawls, Scarves, & More"</a> by Anniken Allis (Stackpole).
