Project Note: The number of Skeins needed to complete this project is 2 - Red Heart® Hopscotch Yarn – Kickball

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 60” (152.5 cm) wide and 15” (38 cm) long, at longest point

GAUGE: 16 sts = 4" (10 cm); 32 rows = 4" (10 cm) in garter st. Check your gauge. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge

SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS

2Yo = Yarn over twice around needle

K2tbl = Knit 2 stitches together through the back loop

Kfb = Knit into the front and then the back of the same stitch – 1 stitch increased.

KyoK = [k1, yo, k1] into same stitch – 2 stitches increased.

NOTES:

To make top edge of shawl stretchy, at beginning of every row, knit first st, place it back onto left hand needle, knit it again, then continue row as instructed.

Circular needle is used to accommodate a large number of stitches; do not join.

Mark right side of shawl with optional st marker.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cast on 5 sts.

Row 1: Knit across.

Row 2 (right side): K1, kfb, k1, kfb, k1 – 7 sts.

Row 3: K2, yo, k3, yo, k2 – 9 sts.

Row 4: K3, KyoK, k to last 4 sts, KyoK, k3 – 4 sts inc.

Row 5: K3, yo, k to last 3 sts, yo, k3 – 2 sts inc.

Repeat Rows 4-5 forty-five times – 285 sts.

Next row: K3, KyoK, *K2tog, 2yo; repeat from * to last 5 sts, k1, KyoK, k3.

Next row: K3, yo, k to last 3 sts (knitting once into each 2yo and dropping extra wrap), yo, k3.

Repeat Rows 4-5 two times.

Stretchy Bind-Off

Knit first st. *knit next st, slip 2 sts from right needle to left needle, K2tbl (1 st remains on the right needle). Repeat from * across to bind off all sts.

Finishing: With yarn needle, weave in loose ends.

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ABBREVIATIONS:

K = Knit

K2tog = Knit the next 2 sts together

Inc = Increase(d)

MM = Millimeters

St(s) = Stitch(es);

Yo = Yarn Over

* = Repeat whatever follows the * as indicated

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