Rák KAL – Part 5

Pattern Notes
The Rák shawl is worked flat and features a range of different stitch patterns: garter, lace, slipped stitch & cable patterns, while at the same time playing with color. It also includes a novel way to incorporate vertical stripes seamlessly into your knitting. The piece is constructed in a way that allows the easy adjustment of its overall length.

In Section #2, yarn strands can be carried to the next working row, when changing between colors. For all other sections yarn strands should be cut to a short tail, 5 cm / 2 inches in length.

Information on Yarn, Needles, Gauge & Size can be found on the KAL Master page.

References & Techniques
ssk Decrease
Slip the next two stitches, one-by-one, knitwise; insert the tip of the left needle, from left to right, into the fronts of those two stitches and knit them together.

Abbreviations
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• sl st = slip st
• k = knit
• p = purl
• yo = yarn over
• ssk = see References & Techniques
• k2tog = knit 2 sts together
• 1/1 RC = Slip 1 st to cable needle and hold in back of work; k1, then k1 from cable needle.
• 1/1 LC = Slip 1 st to cable needle and hold in front of work; k1, then k1 from cable needle.
• CO = cast on
• BO = bind off
• RS = right side
• WS = wrong side
• MC = main color
• CC# = contrast color #

Directions

With CC5, repeat Row 1 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With MC, repeat Row 1 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With CC4, repeat Row 1 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With CC3, repeat Row 1 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With MC, repeat Row 1 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With CC2, repeat Row 2 for a total of 14 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

With CC1, repeat Row 1 for a total of 22 rows (1 pattern repeat), ending with a WS row.

3-Garter Stripe Pattern:
Row 1 (RS): k across.
Row 2 (WS): p across.
Row 3: k across.
Row 4: k across.
Repeat Rows 1-4 twice more.
Row 13(RS): k across.
Row 14(WS): p across.

6-Garter Stripe Pattern:
Row 1 (RS): k across.
Row 2 (WS): p across.
Row 3: k across.
Row 4: k across.
Repeat Rows 1-4 five times more.
Row 21(RS): k across.
Row 22(WS): p across.