Source: Fleisher's Knitting and Crocheting Manual, 10th edition. 1912. Page 172.
This is my favorite shawl pattern from this book. It has a square center with alternating strips of two different lace patterns, a lace border, and a lace edging.
MATERIAL-9 skeins Fleisher's Highland Wool. 1 pair knitting needles No. 6.
The shawl is made of a square center formed of 4 stripes of A and 3 of B placed alternately and a heavy border worked around this center.
STRIPE A (19 stitches wide).
PATTERN-
1ST Row-Knit 2, over, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1,
over, knit 2.
2D, 4TH, 6TH, 8TH ROWS-Purl.
3D Row-Knit 2, over, knit 1, over, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, over, knit 1, over, knit 2.
5TH Row-Knit 2, over, knit 3, over, knit 3 together, knit 1, knit 3 together, over, knit 3, over, knit 2.
7TH Row-Knit 2, over, knit 5, over, knit 3 together, over, knit 5, over, knit 2.
STRIPE B (16 stitches wide).
PATTERN-
1ST Row-*Knit 1, purl 1, knit 1 in next stitch, purl 3 together*. Repeat.
2D AND 4TH Rows-Knit.
3D ROW-*Purl 3 together, knit 1, purl 1, knit 1 in next stitch.
CENTER-Cast on 124 stitches, knit *1st row of A, 1st row of B*. Repeat twice, end with 1st row of A. Turn, purl 2d of A, knit 2d row of B. Continue in this way until work is 18 patterns of A deep.
BORDER INSERTION-Pick up stitches on two sides of shawl, knit 1st and 3d rows, purl 2d and 4th and 5th rows.
6TH ROW-Knit 1, *knit 2 together*. Repeat between stars to end of row.
7TH ROW-*Knit 1, pick up a loop between each stitch*.
8TH ROW-Knit.
9TH ROW-Purl.
10TH ROW-Same as 6th row.
IITH ROW-Same as 7th row.
12TH ROW-Knit.
13TH AND 14TH ROWS-Purl.
15TH ROW-Knit.
16TH ROW-*Purl 6, over, knit 1, over*. Repeat between stars to end of row.
17TH ROW-*Knit 6, purl 3*.
18TH ROW-*Purl 6, over, knit 3, over*.
19TH ROW-*Knit 6, purl 5*.
20TH ROW-*Purl 6, over, knit 5, over*.
21ST ROW-*Knit 6, purl 7*.
22D ROW-*Purl 6, knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together*.
23D ROW-*Knit 6, purl 5*.
24TH ROW-*Knit 6, knit 5 together*.
25TH ROW-Knit.
26TH AND 27TH ROWS-Purl.
28TH ROW-Same as 6th row.
29TH ROW-Same as 7th row.
30TH ROW-Plain.
31ST ROW-Purl.
32D ROW-Same as 6th row.
33D ROW-Same as 7th row.
34TH AND 35TH ROWS-Knit.
36TH ROW-Purl.
37TH ROW-Knit.
38TH ROW-Purl.
Bind off. This finishes one-half of border. Pick up stitches for other half and join ends together.
LACE-Cast on 476 stitches for one-half of border. Knit A, leaving off "knit 2" at end of each row. There are 28 patterns of 17 stitches each. Make lace 7 patterns deep and sew to insertion, gathering at corners.
Could you please give me an approximation of what ply yarn is equivalent, and are the needle sizes English? Thanks. Julia
Posted by: Julia Ward at August 15, 2005 2:00 AMcan you tell me what the term "over" means in your pattern?
Posted by: Nancy at August 15, 2005 5:35 PM"over" means to yarn over. Unfortunately, I've found errors in the other patterns, so there may be errors in this one as well. I'll post more if I figure it out.
Posted by: cookie at August 16, 2005 11:07 AMDo you have a yarn equivalent: ie: lace weight or sports weight and are those American needle sizes or British?
I am absolutely *delighted* to have found this website. I shall return often. Many thanks!
Annette
Here's an educated guess (not a sure answer) about the yarn for this pattern. I asked Laurie Kynaston of Vintage Knits, and she said:
The only info I have on this yarn is that it is 2 fold and came 12 to a box. Not very helpful. I'm guessing it was comparable to a DK or sport weight yarn. I'm looking at the pattern now (I have this book) and at least it tells you to use #6 needles (one pattern in the book calls for needles the size of a lead pencil!), so I think that a DK or sport weight yarn would work for this. And Fleisher sport weights seem to have been put up in around 170 yd skeins, so maybe that is a good guesstimate.
She's put a wonderful resource on line -- a chart of equivalents for discontinued yarns. Though this highland yarn wasn't there, a lot of Fleisher yarns are, and many others. The URL is:
http://www.vintageknits.com/
Click on the third picture down on the right to go to the yarn charts. There are five, one each for light, medium, heavy, bulky and extra bulky yarns.
Posted by: Mary at October 10, 2005 9:02 AMCan anyone tell me if this sounds like a mistake in the Pattern B instructions?
The B pattern keeps on losing width (from 16 stitches at cast on down to 1 stitch after 6 rounds of it). The A pattern, on the other hand, gets back to the original number of stitches by the end of a round.
So as far as I can tell, you'd end up with a triangle, not a square (or rectangle) for the center part.
That doesn't sound right. But maybe it is, and I'm just a...
KnitWit ?!
p.s. Row 1 of Pattern B doesn't match the number of stitches. A hint that there's something wrong????????
Posted by: KnitWit at December 6, 2005 10:22 PMKnitWit, the 1st row of Pattern B is *(K1, P1, K1) all in one stitch, then P the next three together* repeated across the row. Each time through those directions uses up four stitches, making three stitches out of one, then making one stitch out of three. Row 3 is the same, except the dec is first. By my calculations, you end up with 4 stripes of A and 3 of B for the center.
Posted by: Diana at December 19, 2005 7:36 AMThese old patterns are lovely. I'm curious about copyright. How did you get to reprint them? Permission? I especially like the Munich.
Good knitting,
MEM
I need a black shawl and love the way this pattern looks. But I have no business spending any money on yarn right now, so can someone give me a more educated on REALLY how many yards I need. I like working in DK and sports and want the lacey look so the #6 needles will probably be just about right. But do I really need 9 skeins of 170 yards, for a total of 1530 yards?
Thanks, all, so much!
Posted by: MamaCee at March 26, 2006 12:46 PMHas anyone actually made this? I have almost completed the Center section (which looks like the part of the shawl at the shoulders of the picture) but now I'm trying to figure out the rest. Do you bind off the center section. And then on the Border Insertion section, do you actually "pick up stitches on two sides" of the square center piece and then do the same for the other side? It seems like it would distort the corner to me. It doesn't look like the shawl is square shaped. Any insights? TIA, Marlene
Posted by: marlene shelton at July 17, 2006 10:34 PMHas anyone actually made this? I have almost completed the Center section (which looks like the part of the shawl at the shoulders of the picture) but now I'm trying to figure out the rest. Do you bind off the center section. And then on the Border Insertion section, do you actually "pick up stitches on two sides" of the square center piece and then do the same for the other side? It seems like it would distort the corner to me. It doesn't look like the shawl is square shaped. Any insights? TIA, Marlene
Posted by: marlene at July 17, 2006 10:36 PM