In Puccini’s beautiful opera La Bohème, Musetta is coquette and lively and has many suitors who give her gifts. Her shawl is a study in flirtation.

It is worked from the long bottom edge to the top edge in a panelled lace pattern. Its geometric arrangement of knit and purl stitches create a reversible fabric. The ruffles, bordering each side, mimic and resolve the main pattern.

Shown in Fleece Artist Woolie Silk 3-Ply (65% wool, 35% silk), 230 m. per 100 g. skein, colour: “Straw”.

SPECIFICATIONS

Size: Two versions of this shawl are given.

Regular-Size Shawl as pictured:
Finished length: 131 cm./51.5 in.
Finished width: 46 cm./18 in.
XL Shawl :
Finished length: 170 cm./67 in.
Finished width: 56 cm./22 in.

Level: Intermediate

Suggested Yarn: 690 m./755 yds. (1100 m./1203 yds.) of double knitting or light worsted weight yarn (in a solid or mottled solid colour)

Needles: 4.0 mm. (US 6) circular needle, at least 120 cm./47 in. long

Gauge: 17 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm./4 in. square when knit in Pattern Stitch

ALTERNATE COLOUR SUGGESTIONS

SCHEMATIC