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Free Knitting Pattern - Prayer
Shawl
This lovely knit prayer shawl pattern was kindly contributed by
designer
Amanda Steves of Amandas Happy
Hearth. Please email
Amanda with any questions regarding this pattern.
© Amanda Steves
Please do not
alter or redistribute this document or use it for commercial purposes.
Super simple garter stitch makes this shawl a fast, easy knit
that’s perfect when the need arises. Large-sized
needles and skinny yarn give a fabulous drape when worn.
The yarn used in the picture is crimped sportweight with lots of slubs,
which makes it very huggable. It’s
also a machine-washable and dryable wool blend, to make life easier for the
recipient.
Finished Measurements:
at least 5-1/2 feet long by about 2 - 3 feet
wide
Materials: Approx. 1200 yards light weight yarn,
such as sport, DK, or mohair; US 10 / 6.0 mm long or circular needles.
Gauge: 20 st = 4 to 5
inches in garter st
Pattern Notes:
Garter
St – knit every stitch, on both the right side and the wrong side.
Cable
Cast-On – provides a neat-looking edge.
Cast-on the first two stitches in the standard way, and for each of
the remaining stitches, insert the right needle between
the top two stitches already cast-onto the left needle, instead of into the
top cast-on stitch. Your right
needle will be inserted from the front of the work straight through to the
back. Wrap the yarn over the
right needle tip and proceed as if knitting a regular stitch, taking the
loop created on the right needle, over to the left needle.
Directions:
Cable cast-on 108 st. Regular casting-on is okay too.
Work in garter stitch until work
measures at least 5-1/2 feet long. Bind off. Work in ends.
The Blessing:
This can be done however you are most
comfortable. You can say a little
prayer for the recipient with every stitch, or with every 3 or 4 stitches.
Alternatively, you can hold good thoughts for the recipient while you
knit. Some folks bring finished
prayer shawls to their church for blessing by the minister.
The important thing is to do something nice for someone who needs
comfort--that’s a blessing all by itself.
Enclosure:
When the prayer shawl is sent or
brought to the recipient, a tag or card is a nice way to communicate the
background of the gift. Here’s one
that I found online, with slight modifications:
Knitted
by hand with prayers of hope and love,
This
shawl is a gift to you.
May
it bring blessings of comfort, gifts of warmth,
And
the knowledge that you are loved.
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