Ennui lace shawl, a free knitting pattern from Knitty.com. Free knitting pattern for a lace shawl in bands of color. Features a perpendicular knit-on edge and a picot finish.

INTRODUCTION

Ennui

beauty shot

by Justyna Lorkowska

Tangy

You'll get a kick out of this engaging and colorful shawl, ironically named for the feeling of listlessness and tedium that it's sure to banish. Be daring with your color choices or remain comfortably reserved – either way your excitement will grow along with the shawl as you create textured stripes and gently undulating waves.

Worked outward from the top center, it is edged with a perpendicular lace border which is joined as you go and punctuated with playful picots.

spacer model: Justyna Lorkowska

spacer photos: Whiteberry

SIZE

One

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Width: 74 inches/188cm
Length: 25 inches/63.5cm

MATERIALS

Yarn
Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino [51% silk, 49% merino; 150yds/137m per 50g skein]
[CC1] 076 Manzanilla Olive, 2 skeins
[CC2] 063 Natural, 1 skein
[CC3] 426 Plum Blossom, 2 skeins
[CC4] 400 Rupestre, 1 skein.

Recommended needle size
[always use a needle size that gives you the gauge listed below - every knitter's gauge is unique]
32-inch/80cm US #6/4mm circular needle

Notions
2 stitch markers
yarn needle
blocking pins

GAUGE

14 sts/28 rows = 4 inches/10cm in garter stitch (after washing, stretched)

PATTERN NOTES

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

S2PPO: slip 2 sts together purlwise tbl, purl next st, pass 2 slipped sts over st just worked

Cable Cast On: *Insert right needle between the first two stitches on left needle, wrap and bring through. Transfer the newly created stitch onto the left needle. Repeat from * until you have cast on the specified number.

Picot: worked at the beginning of every other RS border row. Using Cable CO method, CO 2 sts, then bind them off (1 st remains on right needle).

Joining Stitch: The border is worked horizontally to the shawl and attached as you go by means of a RS ssk which joins the last border stitch to the next live body stitch. This joining stitch is then slipped in the next WS row.

Garter Section
Row 1 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 2 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Rep Rows 1-2 six times more. 28 sts increased total.

Wave Section
Row 1 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 2 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 3 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, [k1, yo, k5, S2KPO, k5, yo] to last 4 sts, k1, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 4 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, p2, [p1, yo, p4, S2PPO, p4, yo, p2] to last 4 sts, p1, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 5 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k2, [k3, yo, k3, S2KPO, k3, yo, k2] to last 6 sts, k3, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 6 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, p4, [p3, yo, p2, S2PPO, p2, yo, p4] to last 6 sts, p3, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 7 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k4, [k5, yo, k1, S2KPO, k1, yo, k4] to last 8 sts, k5, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 8 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, p6, [p5, yo, S2PPO, yo, p6] to last 8 sts, p5, yo, sm, k3.
Row 9 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
Row 10 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 2 sts increased.
20 sts increased total.

Border
Worked over 14 sts.
Row 1 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, ssk, k5, p1, ssk.
Row 2 and all following even-numbered rows [WS]: Sl1 wyif, k1, p7, k1, p1, k3.
Row 3 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, k1, ssk, k4, p1, ssk.
Row 5 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, k2, ssk, k3, p1, ssk.
Row 7 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, k3, ssk, k2, p1, ssk.
Row 9 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, k4, ssk, k1, p1, ssk.
Row 11 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, yo, k5, ssk, p1, ssk.
Row 13 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k5, k2tog, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 15 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k4, k2tog, k1, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 17 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k3, k2tog, k2, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 19 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k2, k2tog, k3, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 21 [RS]: K2, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k1, k2tog, k4, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 23 [RS]: Picot, k1, p1, sl1 wyib, p1, k2tog, k5, yo, p1, ssk.
Row 24 [WS]: Sl1 wyif, k1, p7, k1, p1, k3.
Rep Rows 1-24 for pattern.

CHARTS

DIRECTIONS

Garter Tab
Using CC1, CO 3 sts.

Knit 6 rows.
At the end of last row, do not turn work but rotate piece 90 degrees clockwise so that the long side of the Garter rectangle is at the top. Pick up and knit 3 sts along this edge (1 st in each of the Garter ridges). Rotate piece another 90 degrees.
Pick up and knit 3 sts along the CO edge. 9 sts
Turn work.

Setup row [WS]: K3, pm, kfb 3 times, pm, k3. 12 sts

Body
Body Row 1 [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 14 sts
Body Row 2 [WS]: K3, sm, yo, k to m, yo, sm, k3. 16 sts
Work Body Rows 1-2 four times more. 32 sts

Next row, increase [RS]: K3, sm, yo, k3, [m1R, k2] 11 times, k1, yo, sm, k3. 45 sts
Work Body Row 2, and then work Body Rows 1 & 2 twice more. 55 sts.

Break CC1.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 59 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC3 and work Wave Section once. 79 sts
Break CC3.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 83 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC1 and work Garter Section once. 111 sts
Break CC1.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 115 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC4 and work Wave Section once. 135 sts
Break CC4.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 139 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC1 and work Garter Section once. 167 sts
Break CC1.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 171 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC3 and work Wave Section once. 191 sts
Break CC3.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 195 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC1 and work Garter Section once. 223 sts
Break CC1.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 227 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC4 and work Wave Section once. 247 sts
Break CC4.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 251 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC1 and work Garter Section once. 279 sts
Break CC1.
Change to CC2 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 283 sts
Break CC2.
Change to CC3 and work Body Rows 1 & 2 once. 287 sts

Border
With RS facing, using CC3 and the Cable Cast-On method, CO 16 sts.
Setup Row 1 [RS]: BO2, k12 (13 sts on needle including st left over from BO), ssk, turn.
Setup Row 2 [WS]: Sl1 wyif, k13, turn.
Reading from the Border Chart or Written Instructions, work Rows 1-24 of Border 23 times total, then Rows 1-17 once. 15 sts remain (1 body st, 14 border sts)
Next row [WS]: Sl1 wyif, k13, turn.
Next row [RS]: BO all sts knitwise.

FINISHING

Weave in loose ends with tapestry needle. Wash the shawl and block it to a crescent shape. Pin the shawl body to the blocking board, stretching the shawl from the middle outwards and pinning it in all picots along the edge. Make sure to open up lace sections.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

designername Justyna is a full-time mother, former teacher and a knitwear fanatic. She learned her first stitches from her mom when she was a teenager, but she gave up knitting quickly afterwards. Having her first baby brought back her passion with great impact and this time she also started designing knitwear for adults and children. She lives with her husband and two kids in Poland.

Her patterns can be found on Ravelry on the Lete's Knits designer page or on her website, Lete's Knits.