Project Note: The number of Skeins needed to complete this project is 2 - Caron® Cakes™Yarn – Rum Raisin

MEASUREMENTS: Approx. 25" x 55"

GAUGE: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4" in stocking st

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cast on 106 sts. Do not join. Working back and forth across needle in rows, proceed as follows:

**1st row: (RS). *K1. P1. Rep from * to end of row.

2nd row: *P1. K1. Rep from * to end of row.

Rep last 2 rows for Seed St Pat until border measures 1½" , ending on a WS row.**

Increase row: (RS). (K1. P1) 3 times. (K12. Kfb. K13. Kfb) 3 times. K13. (K1. P1) 3 times. 112 sts.

Next row: (P1. K1) 3 times. Purl to last 6 sts. (P1. K1) 3 times.

Proceed in Zigzag Pat as follows:

1st row: (RS). (K1. P1) 3 times. (K20. M1. K18. ssk) twice. K20. (K1. P1) 3 times.

2nd row: (P1. K1) 3 times. Purl to last 6 sts. (P1. K1) 3 times.

Rep last 2 rows for Zigzag Pat until work from beg measures approx 53" , ending on a WS row.

Decrease row: (RS). (K1. P1) 3 times. (K12. K2tog. K13. K2tog) 3 times. K13. (K1. P1) 3 times. 106 sts.

Next row: (P1. K1) 3 times. Purl to last 6 sts. (P1. K1) 3 times.

Rep from ** to ** as given above.

Cast off in Seed St Pat.

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ABBREVIATIONS:

Approx = Approximately

K = Knit

K2tog = Knit next 2 stitches together.

Kfb = Increase 1 stitch by knitting into front and back of next stitch.

M1 = Make 1 stitch by picking up horizontal loop lying before next stitch and knitting into back of loop.

P = Purl

Pat = Pattern

Rep = Repeat

RS = Right Side

St(s) = Stitch(es)

Ssk = Slip next 2 stitches knitwise one at a time. Pass them back onto left-hand needle, then knit through back loops together.

WS = Wrong Side

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Caron® Cakes™ Zig Zag Knit Shawl in Rum Raisin

Instructions