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FREE PATTERN -Kenai Skyline Shawl - Ravin Sekai Designs 5

Hey Beautiful people! How’s the winter treating you? We’ve been pretty good in our corner of the world. Montreal got quite a dumping of snow this last week, though. 40cm (16in) in total all in one day! And, unfortunately we’re supposed to be getting a bunch more today! I guess I can’t complain too much though since this winter has been pretty mild as opposed to last year! Luckily Montreal has the infrastructure to deal with all the crazy snow.

This weeks pattern is an absolutely lovely (if I do say so myself, and I do! ha!) shawl called the Kenai Skyline Shawl. Kenai is a city, a river, and a region all in Alaska. The river is what gave me my inspiration for this shawl. I recently saw a picture of the river, which is a lovely turquoise color, at sunset. The colors were breathtaking! And so, inspiration having struck hard, I designed this colorful shawl!

Kenai Skyline is created using only 3 different stitch patterns. The garter stitch, the hurdle stitch, and a lace stitch that I designed specifically for this shawl. For the lace stitch, I really wanted something that was representative of the rays of sun streaking across the sky at either dawn or dusk. I hope with this design I captured that feeling. The hurdle stitch of the design is the river winding through the landscape, and the garter is the encroaching (or receding depending on if you see dawn or dusk) darkness of night.

The yarn I used for my sample pattern is one of my favorites, too. Knit Picks Gloss is one of the yarns I enjoy splurging on, because it is so soft! But, it is by no means the only yarn this shawl can be knit in. Bernat Softee Baby is a close match to gauge and drape. Caron Simply Soft is also a good alternative as it has the light shine to it that Gloss does, but the gauge is a bit different. If you decide to use a substitute yarn, make sure you gauge swatch to make sure you’ll get the results you want.

My testers used King Cole Subtle Drifter DK and Simply Soft.

Thank you to my amazing testers!

Kat and Thora. Thank you ladies. You are amazing!

I love to see what you create!

Please share your creations with the community on social media by tagging @ravinsekaidesigns and hashtag #kenaiskylineshawl

I can’t wait to see the beautiful things you come up with!

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What You Need:

Needles: 4.5 mm, 48” circular needles, Or size needed to achieve gauge.

Yarn: Weight 3 Light Worsted/ Dk Yarn. Sample knit in Knit Picks Gloss DK. 640 yards (246 yards C1, 234 yards C2, and 160 yards C3)

Gauge: 18st/28rows = 4” in garter stitch. (gauge is after aggressive blocking)

Finished Garment Size: 60” wide x 22.75” from top to point.

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Skills Needed/Abbreviations:

RS: right side

WS: wrong side

St: stitch

Sl st kw: slip right-hand needle into the 1st stitch on the left-hand needle like you are going to knit it. Without knitting it, simple slip it to the right-hand needle. Continue knitting as usual.

Yo: yarn over

PM: place stitch marker

SM: slip marker

Cont: continue

K: knit

P: purl

K2tog: knit 2 stitches together

Ssk: slip, slip, knit. slip the first stitch as if to knit onto right-hand needles, slip the second stitch as if to knit, then slide the left-hand needle into the front part of both stitches and knit them together.

Sl1-k2tog-psso: slip one stitch to the right-hand needle knitwise, knit the next 2 stitches together, pass the previously slipped stitch over the k2tog and off the right-hand needle

Sl2kw-k1-ps2so: slip next 2 stitches together knitwise, knit next stitch, pass the 2 slipped stitches over the k1 and off the right-hand needle together.

C1, C2, and C3: color 1, color 2, and color 3. For my shawl, C1 is the Navy, C2 is gold (Masala), and C3 is turquoise (Kenai)

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The Pattern:

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Set Up Row Garter tab:
With C1 CO 3 stitches
k 7 rows garter st (3st)
Turn piece 90 degrees and pick up and k 3 st along the left edge
Turn 90 degrees again and pick up and knit 3 st from your cast on edge
You should have 9 sts on you needles

Row1 (RS): Sl st kw, K1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, PM, k1, PM, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl1 kw (15)

Row 2 and all even Rows (WS): p1, k to last st, p1

Row 3: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k4, yo, SM, k1, SM, yo, k4, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl1 kw (21)

Row 5 - 28: cont. Sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k to Marker, yo, SM, k1, SM, yo, k to last 3 st, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl1 kw on all RS rows until Row 69. You will increase 6 sts every RS. On the WS: p1, k to last st, p1 (93 st)

Row 29 - Row 30: change to C2 (99 st)

Row 31 - Row 32: change to C1 (105 st)

Row 33 - Row 34: change to C3 (111 st)

Row 35 - Row 36: change to C1 (117 st)

Row 37 - Row 38: change to C2 (123 st)

Row 39 - Row 48: change to C1 (153 st)

Row 49 - Row 50: change to C3 (159 st)

Row 51 - Row 52: change to C1 (165 st)

Row 53 - Row 54: change to C2 (171 st)

Row 55 - Row 56: change to C1 (177 st)

Row 57 - Row 58: change to C3 (183 st)

Row 59 - Row 68: change to C1 (213 st)

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Start Hurdle Stitch Section:

Row 69: change to C3, (you will no longer be making the yo on either side of the k1 spine for this portion, but keep the center spine st marked) Sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k to marker, SM, k1, SM, k to last 3 st, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl 1 kw. You will increase 4 st on RS (217 st)

Row 70: p1, k to last st, p1 (217 st)

Row 71: Sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, *k1, p1* across to last 4 st, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (221 st)

Row 72: p1, k4, *p1, k1* across to last 6 st, p1, k4, p1 (221 st)

Row 73 - Row 84: rep Row 69 - Row 72 3 times (245 st)

Row 85 - Row 86: rep Row 69 - Row 70 one more time. (249 st)

Back to garter st

Row 87 - Row 96: change to C1. Sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k to Marker, yo, SM, k1, SM, yo, k to last 3 st, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl1 kw. You will increase 6 st on RS. On the WS: p1, k to last st, p1 (279 st)

Row 97 - Row 98: change to C2 (285 st)

Row 99 - Row 100: change to C1 (291 st)

Row 101 - Row 102: change to C3 (297 st)

Row 103 - Row 104: change to C1 (303 st)

Row 105 - Row 106: change to C2 (309 st)

Row 107 - Row 108: change to C1 (315 st)

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Start lace section

Row 109: change to C2, Sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k to marker, remove marker, k1, remove marker, k to last 3 st, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl 1 kw. You will increase 4 st on RS. (319 st)

Row 110: p1, k to last st, p1 (319 st)

Row 111: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, *yo, ssk, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, k1* rep * * 38 more times, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (323 st)

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Row 112 (and all WS rows until and including Row 130): p1, k4, p to last 5 st, k4, p1 (323 st)

Row 113: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so, *yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so*, rep * * 38 more times, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (327 st)

Row 115: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so, *yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so* rep * * 38 more times, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (331 st)

Row 117: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k3, k2tog, yo, k2, *k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2*, rep * * 38 more times, k1, yo, ssk, k3, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (335 st)

Row 119: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, *k2, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3* rep * * 38 more times, k2, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (339 st)

Row 121: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, k1, *yo, ssk, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so, yo, k2tog, yo, k1* rep * * 40 more times, yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (343 st)

Row 123: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so, *yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so* rep * * 40 more times, yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (347 st)

Row 125: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so, *yo, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, yo, sl2kw-k1-ps2so* rep * * 40 more times, yo, ssk, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (351 st)

Row 127: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, *k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2* rep * * 40 more times, k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (355 st)

Row 129: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k5, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3, *k2, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k3* rep * * 40 more times, k2, yo, Sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k5, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (359 st)

Finish with garter stitch

Row 131: sl st kw, k1, yo, k1, yo, k to last 3 st, yo, k1, yo, k1, sl st kw (363 st)

Row 132: p1, k to last st, p1 (363 st)

Row 133 - Row 134: change to C1, rep Row 131 - Row 132 (367 st)

Row 135 - Row 136: change to C3, rep Row 131 - Row 132 (371 st)

BO loosely

Block aggressively!