In helping my friend sort through her mom's stash I came across this lovely skein of silk tucked away in a corner of the closet.  It was begging to be used.  So I begged, well asked to use it, to make her a shawl. 
Why is it that your neighbor’s yarn is more desirable than your own?  My dear friend's mom was born and raised in Montreal so when I came across this stitch pattern that resembled the Maple leaf I knew had to incorporate it in this shawl.

SIZE
One

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 62 inches
Length at center: 30 inches

MATERIALS
Yarn
Lisa Souza Sylvie [100% silk; 750yd/686m per 6oz skein]; color: Petroglyph; 1 skein

Recommended needle size
[always use a needle size that gives you the gauge listed below -- every knitter's gauge is unique]
1 US #6/4mm circular needle, 32 inches or longer
1 US #7/4.5mm needle (any kind - used for binding off only)
1 steel crochet hook, approx. size US #10/1.30mm (small enough to fit through holes in beads)

Notions
2 stitch markers
Approx. 350 6/0 glass beads
Smooth waste yarn, similar weight to working yarn
Yarn needle

GAUGE

PATTERN NOTES
[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here.]

Place Bead: Beads are placed on WS rows using a crochet hook. To apply a bead to a st, slip bead onto crochet hook, slip st from left needle onto hook, slide bead down hook and around st, slip st back onto left needle, then k or p st as indicated. Detailed directions can be found here.

Cluster 3
(worked on WS rows only):
Sl 3 sts with yarn held to front of work, bring yarn between needles to back of work, sl same 3 sts back to left needle, bring yarn between needles to front of work, p same 3 sts.

S2KP: Slip next 2 sts together, knitwise, as if to work a k2tog. Knit next st, then pass both slipped sts over st just knit. This forms a centered double decrease.

Information about blocking lace can be found here and here.

DIRECTIONS

At end of last row, turn work 90 degrees clockwise and pick up and k 3 sts along one long edge of work – this will be 1 st in each garter st ridge along edge. Remove waste yarn from CO edge, placing resulting 2 live sts on left needle; k these sts. 7 sts.

Next Row [RS]: K2, work first row of Set-Up Chart, place marker, k1, place marker, work first row of Set-Up Chart, k2. 11 sts.

The markers now in place indicate the center st of the shawl. From this point on, k this st on RS rows, and p it on WS rows.

The 2 sts at each edge are the border sts; work these sts in garter st throughout.
Charts will be worked twice in each row, as set.

Continue as follows, working center st and edges sts as set:
Work Rows 2-18 of Set-Up Chart. 43 sts.

Work Rows 1-30 of Body Chart three times, then work Rows 1-22 once more. 267 sts.

Work Rows 1-20 of Edge Chart. 307 sts.

FINISHING
Weave in ends, but do not cut tails until after blocking. Block to measurements given (see links in Pattern Notes), then trim yarn tails.

Brenda’s designs are fueled by the creative energy of the San Francisco Bay Area. Her artistic vibe and desire to explore new techniques infuses her various creative outlets of cooking, beading, and most of all, knitting. 

You can find more of Brenda’s designs here and here.

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