{"id":490,"date":"2015-09-18T14:52:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.wordpress.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2018-05-22T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:52:36","slug":"mkal-lenas-shawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"MKAL:  Lena&#8217;s Shawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When my Ravelry group celebrated its first anniversary in June, I let the group members decide what my next shawl should be like. The resulting pattern is now done and we&#8217;re celebrating by having a Mystery KAL!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/placeholder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/placeholder.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Placeholder\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/placeholder.jpg 404w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/placeholder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/placeholder-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/groups\/knitted-in-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\">Join the fun<\/a> and with a little luck win a beautiful prize from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayalana.ch\/de\/garne\/marken\/kaya-yarn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kayalana Yarns<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>About the pattern:<\/p>\n<p>Size:<br \/>\nFaroese: 180 cm 71\u201d wingspan, 80 cm 31.5\u201d deep<br \/>\nTriangle: 165 cm 65.25\u201d wingspan, 80 cm 31.5\u201d deep<\/p>\n<p>Gauge: 20 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm 4\u201d in garter stitch<br \/>\n(Gauge is not vital for this project, but it will affect the size of the FO and yardage.)<\/p>\n<p>Materials<br \/>\nMadelinetosh Tosh Lace (115 g 4.06 oz, 868 m 950 yd, 100 % merino), 1 hank Betty Drapers Blues<br \/>\nOr approx. 870 m 955 yd laceweight yarn of your choice (Faroese version)<br \/>\n765 m 840 yd laceweight yarn of your choice (triangular version)<br \/>\n(Designer\u2019s note: I used only one hank for the Faroese version, with about 10 g left)<br \/>\n4 mm US 6 80 cm (32\u201d) circular needle, or a size that gives you a fabric you like.<br \/>\n(Designer\u2019s note: I\u2019m a loose knitter, so you may want to try bigger needles if you aren\u2019t.)<br \/>\n8 stitch markers (4 of color A, 4 of color B)<br \/>\nOptional: 93 beads (85 for the triangular version) (Size 8, or take a length of your yarn to the store and see if it fits and if you like the look)<br \/>\nSmall crochet hook (I used 0.75 mm) for beading or dental floss<\/p>\n<p>Skills needed:<br \/>\nLace Knitting<br \/>\nJapanese lace stitches (explained in the pattern)<br \/>\nTwisted stitches<br \/>\nKnitting on a border (explained and tutorial linked in the pattern)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/lenas-shawl\" target=\"_blank\">Get the pattern here<\/a> and use the coupon code<\/p>\n<p>Lena<\/p>\n<p>for 50 % off until the KAL starts on October 2nd. Clue 2-4 will be sent out on October 9th, 16th and 23rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When my Ravelry group celebrated its first anniversary in June, I let the group members decide what my next shawl should be like. The resulting pattern is now done and we&#8217;re celebrating by having a Mystery KAL! Join the fun and with a little luck win a beautiful prize from Kayalana Yarns! About the pattern: &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=490\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MKAL:  Lena&#8217;s Shawl<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}