Here we are with the Week 4 Knitting Shawl for the Tournament of Stitches Mystery Make-Along 2019 with Marly Bird. The instructions for week 4 are below. Start the TOS today. Grab your needles and yarn and let’s get started.

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Tournament of Stitches Mystery Make-Along:

If you don’t know what the Tournament of Stitches Mystery Make-Along (TOS) is all about, head over to the blog post and learn all the details before getting started.

This weeks instructions will bring it all home 🙂 The final bit to this pattern is a border. I wanted to keep it simple so I chose an attached i-cord border.

Materials

Suggested Yarn: Red Heart Chic Sheep by Marly Bird™, 100% washable merino yarn, 186 yds, 3.5 oz. Marly’s sample colors are listed below:

Lipstick (color A)
Sterling (color B)
Platinum (color C)
Stiletto (color D)
Lace (color E)

Needles: 9 (5.5mm) 24” circular or longer

Notions: stitch marker, tapestry needle

Gauge: 18 sts = 4″ in stockinette stitch

Notes: Always slip as if to knit. As the shawl becomes larger and you want to have more room on your needles, transfer to longer needles.

Don’t forget to add your project to Ravelry!

Special Stitches/Abbreviations:

⭐️Cable Cast-on: Insert right hand needle between first 2 sts on left hand needle, k1 from this position, leave the first sts on left hand needle and slip new st onto left hand needle. Rep from * for desired number of sts.

⭐️Knitted Cast On: *Insert right hand needle knitwise into first st of left hand needle, wrap the yarn around the needle and pull through as to make a knit st, leave the first st on left hand needle and slip st just made to left hand needle (1 st CO); rep from * to required number of sts. Here is a video to help with knitted cast on.

⭐️SSK: slip 1 stitch as if to knit, slip 1 stitch as if to knit, insert left hand needle in front leg of those two slipped stitches on the right hand needle, knit the two stitches together.

Color Sequence for Week 4:

The color suggestions are listed for each section. If you are running low on a color, it might not be a good idea to use that color for the border as you might run out. Choose a color that you have a lot of 🙂

Pattern

We are nearly finished! Just a little more to go and you will have a fun shawl!

GARTER STITCH

With the color you are going to use for the border (see not about color above)

Row 1 (RS): Kfb, kfb, knit to last 2 stitches, k2tog — 192 sts.

Row 2 (WS): Knit.

NOTE: If you have enough yarn and want this garter stitch section to be the same size as the other garter stitch sections (20 rows) you can do that here. Totally up to you. Make this shawl yours.

ATTACHED I-CORD BIND OFF

The applied i-cord bind off is a nice stretchy bind off that will give your shawl that little extra something.

Using the cable cast-on or the knitted cast-on, cast on 4 stitches. Place those 4 stitches on the left hand needle with the other shawl stitches.

Row 1 (RS): K3 (of the cast-on stitches), ssk (1 stitch from the newly cast-on stitches and one stitch from the shawl). Slip the 4 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle (slip them through the back leg so you don’t change the orientation of the stitch).

Repeat row 1 to the end of the row. All the live stitches on the shawl will have been worked and 4 stitches on your needle left hand needle. Do not turn your work.

Note: If you wish to end the i-cord here and not apply it around the entire shawl you could do so by working a row of k2tog’s, then on the next row k2tog and finish off.

First Corner of applied i-cord

The last stitch and the first stitch that you bound off are actually at the 1st and 3rd corners of your shawl. So when we want to turn the corner and work along the edge of the shawl we will need to work another stitch into that same corner.

The corner turn instructions are different for the 2nd corner. I only point this out so when you are sure to follow the instructions.

Row 1 (RS): K4 stitches.

Row 2 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch in the corner of the shawl (the same spot at the last stitch from bind off), slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle. K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch).

You will now be working along the decrease edge of the shawl.

Row 3 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch along the edge of the shawl, slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle. K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch).

Repeat row 3 to the corner of shawl.

2nd corner of applied i-cord

Row 1 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch in the corner of the shawl, slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle. K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch). Slip the 4 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle.

Row 2 (RS): K4 stitches.

Row 3 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch in the SAME corner stitch of the shawl, slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle. K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch).

You will now be working along the increase edge of the shawl.

Row 4 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch along the edge of the shawl, slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle (slip them through the back leg so you don’t change the orientation of the stitch). K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch).

Repeat row 4 to the last corner.

3rd corner of applied i-cord

Row 1 (RS): Pick up and knit 1 stitch in the corner of the shawl (this is the first stitch that was bound off), slip the 5 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle. K3, ssk (1 stitch from the original 4 and the newly picked up and knit stitch). Slip the 4 stitches from the right hand needle back to the left hand needle (slip them through the back leg so you don’t change the orientation of the stitch).

Row 2 (RS): K4 stitches.

FINAL FINISHING

Once all the stitches on the shawl have been worked with the applied i-cord you will have 4 stitches remaining on the needle.

Seam the 4 stitches of the i-cord you have on your knitting needle together with the cast on edge of the i-cord. The easiest way to do it is to use a simple overhand stitch.

The best way to do it is to graft the stitches so that the i-cord looks seamless.

WEAVE IN YOUR ENDS

WASH AND BLOCK YOUR SHAWL 🙂 THIS IS THE FINISHING TOUCH AND ONE YOU SHOULDN’T SKIP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE USING WOOL.

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