Rák KAL – Part 7 • Über den Traum Blog

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.

There are several ways to work double yarn overs, two of them are:
– work 2 yarn overs the usual way on the RS, and knit 1, purl 1 on the WS
– work 2 reverse yarn overs on the RS, and purl 1, purl 1 through the back loop on the WS.

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 #

Chart
Written Instructions:
Row 1 (RS): k, k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, ssk, yo twice, ssk, k. (10 sts)
Row 2 (WS): p across.
Row 3: k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo twice, ssk.
Row 4: p across.
Row 5: (k2tog, yo) twice, k2, (yo, ssk) twice.
Row 6: p across.