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OPERETTA Two Skein Knitting Kit
lace weight
SHAWL and worsted weight yarn
CARMEN PASTEL knitted with the same needle
COSI FAN TUTTE
COSI FAN TUTTE PASTEL using our
DAPHNE SINGLE PRECIOUS
DAPHNE PASTEL Worsted weight yarn
DESERT 40% Silk and 60% fine Merino
DON CARLOS 300 yards
DON GIOAVANNI PASTEL 5.1 oz.
FIDELIO PASTEL
IDOMENEO and our KID MOHAIR lace yarn
LA BOHEME PASTEL
70% Kid Mohair
LOHENGRIN PASTEL
30% Silk
MADAMA BUTTERFLY PASTEL
450 yards
NABUCCO PASTEL
1.6 oz.
NORMA
NIGHT PASTEL
OTELLO PASTEL easy yarn changes
ORFEO PASTEL
PARSIFAL PASTEL GAUGE:
RIGOLETTO PASTEL 14 Stitches / 24 Rows
SIEGFRIED = 4 x 4 inches
TANNHAUSER in Garter Stitch
TOSCA PASTEL
TURANDOT PASTEL on # 10 Needle
circular 28”
FINISHED SIZE
32” (center line) x
64” (shoulder line)
OPERETTA SHAWL
Materials:
SKEINO Operetta Shawl Kit
• Yarn 1, 1 hank Single Precious (60% fine merino, 40% silk, handpainted)
• Yarn 2, 1 hank Kid Mohair (70% kid mohair, 30% silk, handpainted)
Two size 10 US (6mm) double-pointed needles
Size 10 US (6mm) circular needle, 24-32” long
Two stitch markers
Gauge: 14 stitches and 24 rows in Garter Stitch = 4 inches
Finished Sizes:
Medium: centerline is 32” long, shoulder line is 64” long
Large: centerline is 42” long, shoulder line is 84” long
Pattern notes:
This shawl is knitted top-down, beginning at the back/center of the neck.
There are three center stitches, between two markers.
Increases are 4 stitches every-other row, made by knitting the bar below (Kb).
Abbreviations:
S1: slip 1 stitch as if to purl
Kb: knit bar below
K2tog: knit 2 together
YO: yarn over
K-YO-K: knit into the stitch and do not drop from left needle, YO, and knit into the stitch again. Then slip
“old” stitch from the left needle
PM: place marker
SM: slip marker from L needle to R
SLW: slide work to other end of circulars or DPNs
Setup Rows:
Using DPNs, cast on 3 stitches with Yarn 1.
Row 1: (RS, Yarn 1) S1, K-YO-K, K1 (5 sts)
Row 2: (WS, Yarn 2) S1, K4
Row 3: (RS, Yarn 2) S1, (K-YO-K) 3 times, K1 (11 sts)
Pattern:
You will knit one row with Yarn 1, and two rows with Yarn 2.
Increase every-other row.
Pay attention to RS/WS, some rows start without turning work.
Row 1: (WS, Yarn 1): S1, K10
Row 2: SLW (WS, Yarn 2): S1, K1, Kb, K2, Kb, PM, K 3 center stitches, PM, Kb, K2, Kb, K2 (15 sts)
Row 3: (RS, Yarn 2): S1, K14
Row 4: SLW (RS, Yarn 1): S1, K1, Kb, K4, Kb, SM, K3, SM, Kb, K4, Kb, K2 (19 sts)
Row 5: (WS, Yarn 2): S1, K18
Row 6: (RS, Yarn 2): S1, K1, Kb, K6, Kb, SM, K3, SM, Kb, K6, Kb, K2 (23 sts)
Continue the rest of the shawl, as established above:
Row 1: (WS, Yarn 1): S1, K to end
Row 2: SLW (WS, Yarn 2): S1, K1, Kb, K to marker, Kb, SM, K 3 center stitches, SM, Kb, K to last 2 stitches,
Kb, K2 (4 sts increased)
Row 3: (RS, Yarn 2): S1, K to end
Row 4: SLW (RS, Yarn 1): S1, K1, Kb, K to marker, Kb, SM, K3, SM, Kb, K to last 2 stitches, Kb, K2 (4 sts
increased)
Row 5: (WS, Yarn 2): S1, K to end
Row 6: (RS, Yarn 2): S1, K1, Kb, K to marker, Kb, SM, K3, SM, Kb, K to last 2 stitches, Kb, K2 (4 sts
increased)
Repeat Rows 1-6, as many times as you have yarn, leaving enough yarn to bind-off loosely. Weave in all
ends.
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