Lido West is a small stretch of beach located in the township of Hempstead on Long Island. During the summer, we would try to make it to Lido Beach at least once per week, sunning ourselves until we were bleary eyed and starving for Mediterranean food and cold beers. Having a light wrap to cover up with on the long ride home was essential. It does get cold when the sun goes down, even in the middle of summer in New York. This shawl is inspired by a stitch pattern that I came across in a 1960s Vogue Knitting magazine. It was used for a cardigan, but I modified it to fit in between a simple eyelet border on two ends and garter stitch on the edge. Made from a light rayon metallic yarn, the wrap is warm enough to keep sun-soaked shoulders from getting too chilly and slinky enough to wear to the bar after a hard day at the beach
Gauge
24st/24rws at 4” in stockinette stitch on US 7 / 4.5mm
Sizes and Measurements
Not Applicable
36.5” (93cm) x 20” (50cm) blocked
Materials
- Blue Heron Rayon Metallic Yarn [88% rayon / 12% metallic, 550yd / 503m per 227g skein]; color: Hibiscus; 1 skein.
- 1 US 7 / 4.5mm straight needles or circular needle (knit flat)
- Stitch markers (optional)
- Tapestry needle
- Fray Check (see notes)
Directions
(Popknits uses knittinghelp.com's standard abbreviations)
Please see pattern's other notes.
Special Stitch Instructions
CDD (centered double decrease): slip 1 st knitwise from the left needle to the right needle, k2tog, psso.
Shawl
CO 94st using the long-tail cast-on method. Knit 6 rows. Note that the first 4 stitches and last 4 stitches of the entire shawl will always be knit. Proceed to Opening Eyelet Panel.
Opening Eyelet Panel:
Row 1 (WS): K4, pm, P to last 4, pm, K4.
Row 2 (RS): K4, sm, K1, *YO, CDD, YO, K3 * to 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, K4.
Row 3: K4, sm, P to marker, sm, K4.
Row 4: K4, sm, K1, *K3, YO, CDD, YO * to 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, K4.
Row 5: Repeat row 3.
Row 6 – 11: Knit (6 rows total).
Main Lace Panel: (see notes)
Row 12 (RS): K4, sm, *K6, YO, K2tog, K2, YO, K2tog, K2, YO, K2tog * to 6 stitches before marker, K6, sm, K4.
Row 13: K4, sm, P to marker, sm, K4.
Row 14: K4, sm, *K6, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO, K2, K2tog, YO * to 6 stitches before marker, K6, sm, K4.
Row 15: Repeat row 13.
Repeat Main Lace Panel until piece measures approx 34.5” or 89 cm accounting for growth upon blocking. In sample knit, lace panel was knit 48 times total.
Knit 6 rows and then proceed to Closing Eyelet Panel.
Closing Eyelet Panel:
Row 1 (RS): K4, sm, K1, *K3, YO, CDD, YO * to 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, K4.
Row 2: K4, pm, P to last 4, pm, K4.
Row 3: K4, sm, K1, *YO, CDD, YO, K3 * to 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, K4.
Row 4: K4, pm, P to last 4, pm, K4.
Knit 5 rows.
BO knitwise on WS.
Finishing
Weave in ends. Wet block and pin out to dry. Because of the slipperiness of this yarn, you may need to split yarn and weave ends in in opposite directions (see notes on using fray check.)
Other Notes
Use fray check on ends on wrong side to help keep the ends in place.
Markers can be placed around the lace columns (before and after the K6) in the Main Lace Panel to help keep your place. Be aware that the markers can tend to move because of the YOs that start or end the lace columns.
About the Author
Stephanie is the editor of Popknits, avid knitter, web designer and coder, photographer, mother, and blogger. You can find her most often on flickr and on her blog, gleek.net.
Credits
Photos by Mintyfresh
Model: Stephanie J Pajonas
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Errata
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License
Lido West Wrap by
Stephanie J Pajonas is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at
http://www.popknits.com/index.php/patterns/page/lido_west_wrap/.
