MOONLIGHT SONATA SHAWL by Shui Kuen Kozinski On Moonlighted Snow - Staccato of Wolf Tracks, Northern Lights Dancing. The Moonlight Sonata Shoulder Shawl, with its unique crescent shape, stays on the shoulder very well. It can be worn as a traditional shawl, opened flat and draped over the shoulders, as pictured above, and also, because it is completely reversible, its edge can be turned out for a rolled shawl collar edge, and closed at the center front with a brooch, as pictured below. The reversible motif of moonlight is from Charted Knitting Designs, A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns, by Barbara Walker, page 150, 151, 152. It is called Sunspots. Experience: Intermediate Size: 60 inches wide at widest point by 22 inches long at longest point after blocking. Materials: 6 balls of elann.com Peruvian Baby Silk (80% Baby Alpaca/ 20% Silk, 109 yards per 25g ball). 4mm (US 6) straight needles and 32 inch circular needle in same size. 4.5mm (US 7) straight needle for bind off. Ring markers or slip markers. 4.0 mm (US F/6) crochet hook for provisional cast on. Scrap yarn. Gauge: 18 sts per 4 inches over pattern sts after blocking. Chart: Click here to download a printable PDF version of the chart for this pattern. Instructions: Cast on: Shawl is worked from the top down and begins at the back of the neck band using a provisional cast on. With contrast color scrap yarn and crochet hook, chain 12. With shawl yarn pick up and knit 7 sts in the bumps on the back side of the center 7 chains - 7 sts. Row 1: knit. Row 2: yo, k2tog, k5. Repeat these two rows 83 times. There are 83 garter ridges. After the last row (row 2), you have yo, k2tog, k5 (7 sts) on your right hand needle. Do not turn work. Pick up and knit 1 st in each of the 83 garter ridges along selvedge edge of piece, unzip scrap yarn chain to expose 7 sts at base of the piece, place these 7 sts onto left needle, K7. (97 sts total) Now you have 7 edging sts on both sides, 1 center stitch, and 41 sts between right edging and center st, and 41 sts between left edging and center st. (place slip markers at 7-41-1-41-7 to indicate the edging and center stitch as a reminder) Body of the shawl: For the first R1 - R12 sequence, repeat *( )* 3 times. The edging sts and center stitch are in Bold print. Stitch counts are for successive repeats of R1 - R12. R1: yo, k2tog, k5 , yo, k1, yo, sk2p, *(yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p)*, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, sk2p, *(yo, k2tog, yo, p5, yo, ssk, yo, sk2p)*, yo, k1, yo, k7 (total sts 101, 125, 149, 173, 197, 221, 245, 269, 293, 317) R2: yo, k2tog, k5 , p4, *(p3, k5, p4)*, p3, P1, p4, *(p3, k5, p4)*, p3, k7 (total sts 101,125, 149, 173, 197, 221, 245, 269, 293, 317) R3: yo, k2tog, k5, yo, p1, yo, ssk, yo, *(k3tog, yo, p7, yo, ssk, yo)* k3tog, yo, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, yo, ssk, yo, *(k3tog, yo, p7, yo, ssk, yo)* k3tog, yo, p1, yo, k7 (total sts 105, 129, 153, 177, 201, 225, 249, 273, 297, 321) R4: yo, k2tog, k5, k2, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)* p2, k2, P1, k2, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)* p2, k2, k7 (total sts 105, 129, 153, 177, 201, 225, 249, 273, 297, 321) R5: yo, k2tog, k5, yo, p2, yo, s2kp, yo, *(ssk, yo, p7, yo, s2kp, yo)* ssk, yo, p2, yo, k1, yo, p2, yo, s2kp, yo, *(ssk, yo, p7, yo, s2kp, yo)* ssk, yo, p2, yo, k7 (total sts 109, 133, 157, 181, 205, 229, 253, 277, 301, 325) R6: yo, k2tog, k5, k3, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)* p2, k3 P1, k3, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)* p2, k3, k7 (total sts 109, 133, 157, 181, 205, 229, 253, 277, 301, 325) R7: yo, k2tog, k5, yo, p3, yo, k2tog, yo, *(s2kp, yo, p7, yo, k2tog, yo)*, s2kp, yo, p3, yo, k1, yo, p3, yo, k2tog, yo, *(s2kp, yo, p7, yo, k2tog, yo)*, s2kp, yo, p3, yo, k7 (total sts 113, 137, 161, 185, 209, 233, 257, 281, 305, 329) R8: yo, k2tog, k5, k4, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)*, p2, k4, P1, k4, p3, *(p2, k7, p3)*, p2, k4, k7 (total sts 113, 137, 161, 185, 209, 233, 257, 281, 305, 329) R9: yo, k2tog, k5, yo, (p2tog) 2X, yo, k2tog, yo, double inc, *(yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, double inc)*, yo, ssk, yo, (p2tog) 2X, yo, k1, yo, (p2tog) 2X, yo, k2tog, yo, double inc, *(yo, ssk, yo, p2tog, p3tog, p2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, double inc)*, yo, ssk, yo, (p2tog) 2X, yo, k7 (total sts 117, 141, 165, 189, 213, 237, 261, 285, 309, 333) R10: yo, k2tog, k5, p1, k2tog, p5, *(p4, k3tog, p5)*, p4, k2tog, p1, P1, p1, k2tog, p5, *(p4, k3tog, p5)*, p4, k2tog, p1, k7 (total sts 101, 121, 141, 161, 181, 201, 221, 241, 261, 281) R11: yo, k2tog, k5, yo, k1, p1, (k2tog, yo) twice, double inc (see “Abbreviations” at end), *((yo, ssk) twice, p1, (k2tog, yo) twice, double inc)*, (yo, ssk) twice, p1, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1, (k2tog, yo) twice, double inc, *((yo, ssk) twice, p1, (k2tog, yo) twice, double inc)*, (yo, ssk) twice, p1, k1, yo, k7 (total sts 121, 145, 169, 193, 217, 241, 265, 289, 313, 337) R12: yo, k2tog, k5, p2, k1, p6, *(p5, k1, p6)*, p5, k1, p2, P1, p2, k1, p6, *(p5, k1, p6)*, p5, k1, p2, k7 (total sts 121, 145, 169, 193, 217, 241, 265, 289, 313, 337) Repeat R1- R12 nine more times, or additional times for the desired length, working additional sts into pattern repeats as established. K 8 rows (4 garter ridges). Bind off all sts very loosely using one size larger needle with picot bind off. Picot bind-off: Insert the right-hand needle into the first stitch on the left-hand (LH) needle, and knit a stitch but do not slip the stitch off the left needle. Slip the new stitch back onto the LH needle, then make a second new stitch as before. Cast off four stitches, then slip the remaining stitch back onto the LH needle. Repeat along the row, making two stitches and casting off four each time. Finishing: Weave in loose ends. Soak shawl in warm water for 20 minutes, wrap in towel to remove excess water. Lay flat on a big towel and pull the picots between two moonlight motifs out to form a scallop, and pin to measurement. Let dry thoroughly, and trim yarn ends to flush. Abbreviations: double inc - (k1-b, k1) in one stitch, then insert left-hand needle point behind the vertical strand that runs downward from between the 2 sts just made, and k1-b into this strand to make the 3rd st of the group, inc - increase, k – knit, k1-b - knit into back of st, k2tog - knit 2 sts together, k3tog - knit 3 sts together, p – purl, R - round or row, Sk2p - sl1, k2tog, psso, S2kp - sl2, k1, p2sso, SSK - a left-slanting single decrease, 1. Slip 2 stitches separately to right needle as if to knit, 2. Insert tip of left needle into fronts of these stitches, from left to right. Knit them together. One stitch has been decreased, P2tog - purl 2 sts together, P3tog - purl 3 sts together, sl - slip, st(s) - stitch(es), yo – yarn over. Please note this pattern is copyrighted material and the entire contents of this pattern are copyrighted as a collective work under the copyright laws of Canada and the United States. 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