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I truly never understood the value of a small local yarn store and spending time there, until recently. I live in Reno, Nevada, and one of our local yarn stores is the ever-popular Jimmy Beans Wool. Now, I’ve spent my fair share of time in the store, but haven’t ever really considered it a LYS the way some people talk about their LYS, simply because they’re such a big name as an online presence. Tucked away on a little side street in a neighborhood across town from me is our TRUE local yarn store – Yarn Refuge. Pam and her team are knowledgeable, friendly, and always ready to help. When my husband’s work schedule allows it, I attend knit night there on Thursday nights. Game changer for me! This isn’t just about having a store to go shop for pretty yarn, it’s about community. And in that community, I found an indie dyer here in Reno and a semi-local dyer in Lake Tahoe who have both quickly taken up quite a bit of real estate in my stash – Arkaik Fibres and Storyteller Yarn.

After weeks of eyeing their yarns hanging on the wall next to each other, I knew they needed be a shawl.

I had originally made a slightly smaller sample for this pattern out of Amazing Lace by Lion Brand Yarn. It was such a soft, warm-but-not-too-warm shawl, and I knew this was the perfect pattern for these yarns. Instead of releasing the pattern with the original sample, I wanted to wait until this one was done because I felt really strongly about highlighting these local makers in my pattern. Everything about this shawl is 100% Reno-Tahoe local, and I’m so proud of that.

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Don’t let the size of this piece intimidate you! The stitches are basic, beginner-friendly stitches, the pattern spells it out row by row, and if you use a yarn you love, it will fly off your hook! It’s warm, lightweight, and cozy. This would be a great fade project, and would even look lovely in just one color instead of three.

I hope you love this shawl as much as I do!

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BREEZEWAY SHAWL

FINISHED SIZE: Straight Edge = 66 inches; Picot Edge = 70 inches; Wingspan = 82 inches blocked

GAUGE: 4 inches = 18 sts, 17 rows in pattern for section A, blocked

MATERIALS:

• 3 skeins fingering weight yarn. Sample used – Color A: Storyteller Yarn in Ciao, a 75/25 Superwash Merino & Nylon blend, 100g/463 yards per skein; Color B: Arkaik Fibres in Call Me Maybe, a 75/25 Superwash British Bluefaced Leicester & Nylon blend, 100g/464 yards per skein; Color C: Storyteller Yarn in Rein, a 75/25 Superwash Merino & Nylon blend, 100g/463 yards per skein.
• US G/4.25mm (you can easily use a US G/4.5mm hook if that’s what you have on hand)
• Scissors
• Yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS:

• ch(s) = chain(s)
• ch-sp = chain space
• esc = extended single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• RS = right side of work
• sc blo = single crochet in back loop only
• sc = single crochet
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• WS = wrong side of work

NOTES

DIRECTIONS

Section A – worked with Color A

Row 1: Ch 3, 2 sc in 2nd ch from hook and last ch.

Row 2 (RS): Ch 1, sc blo across.

Row 3 (WS): Ch 1, sc across to last 2 sts, 2 sc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 4: Ch 1, sc blo across.

Rows 5-128: Repeat rows 3 & 4.

Row 129: In Color B, ch1, esc across to last 2 sts, 2 esc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 130: In Color B, ch1, esc across.

Row 131: In Color A, ch1, sc across to last 2 sts, 2 sc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 132: In Color A, ch1, sc blo across.

Rows 133-134: Repeat rows 129-130

Row 135-136: Repeat rows 131-132

Row 137-138: Repeat rows 129-130

Row 139-140: Repeat rows 131-132

Section B – worked with Color B

Row 1: Ch 1, esc across to last 2 sts, 2 esc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 2: Ch 1, esc across.

Rows 3-28: Repeat rows 1 & 2.

Row 29: In Color C, ch1, hdc across to last 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 30: In Color C, ch1, hdc across.

Row 31: In Color B, ch1, esc across to last 2 sts, 2 esc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 32: In Color B, ch1, esc across.

Rows 33-34: Repeat rows 29-30

Row 35-36: Repeat rows 31-32

Section C – worked with Color C

Row 1: Ch 1, hdc across to last 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 2: Ch 1, hdc across.

Row 3: Ch 1, hdc in first 2 sts, *ch 1, sk 1, hdc in next*, repeat to last 2 sts, (ch 1, hdc) in each of last 2 sts.

Row 4: Ch 1, hdc in each previous row hdc and ch-sp across.

Row 5: Ch 1, hdc across to last 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of last 2 sts.

Row 6: Ch 1, hdc across.

Rows 7-8: Repeat rows 5 & 6.

Row 9: Ch 1, hdc in first 2 sts, *ch 1, sk 1, hdc in next*, repeat to last 2 sts, (ch 1, hdc) in each of last 2 sts.

Rows 10-27: Repeat rows 4-9 three more times.

Rows 28-29: Repeat rows 4-5 one more time.

(The next part explains the picot edging. If you prefer a straight edge and want to skip the picot, instead of repeating rows 4 & 5 this last time, repeat row 4, and then ch 1 & sc across to last 2 sts, 2 sc in each of last 2 sts.)

Picot Edging

Ch 3, sl st into 3rd ch from hook (the first ch you made), sk 1 st, sc into next st.

Repeat across to end. You should end on a sc in the last st.

I like the look of a picot at the beginning and end, so at that last st, I did one more picot – ch 3, sl st into 3rd ch from hook.

FINISHING

Fasten off Color C.

Block lightly, enough to open the lace in section C and the picot edging.

Weave in ends.

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