CLEARWATER  RAPIDS  SHAWL
DESCRIPTION:
Medium Half Circle Shawl with a Knit Around Border constructed Center Out: Rays in 7 wedges
A quick and easy to make shawl worked in one piece on circular needles.  The pattern is simple, to accent the texture of the yarn.  This shawl is suitable for
beginners and experienced knitters alike.  I knit the sample while on holidays in the interior of BC, and found that the growing shawl in my lap mirrored the
rushing white water of the many rapids and waterfalls on the Clearwater River beside which we camped.
YARN:    Pinguoin Pacifique, white, 210 gm (a double knitting weight nubbly thick-and-thin yarn)
GAUGE:  (stocking stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 10.5 sts by 19.0 rows on 6.5 mm needles.
FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (ins)
Main Panel:               46 (W) x 23 (L)
Border:                       3 (W)
Total:                          52 (W) x 26 (L)
ABBREVIATIONS:
yf:              yarn forward (increases one stitch as a lace loop between two knit sts)
yrn:            yarn round needle (inc one st as a lace loop between two purl sts)
M1:            make (increase) one stitch without a lace loop (e.g. purl/knit twice into same stitch or pick up a stitch from the bar below).
MOSS STITCH: (on an odd number of sts)
Row 1: K1, *p1, k1; rep from * to end.
Repeat this row.
MAIN PANEL:
Cast on 3 sts on size 6.5 needles.  Start work in Stocking Stitch.
Row 1(right side): Inc evenly to 7 sts.
Row 2:  Inc evenly to 14 sts.  Row 3-5: Work even.
Row 6: P1, [yrn, P2] 6 times, yrn, P 1.  Total 21 sts.  Row 7-9: Work even.
Row 10: P2, [yrn, P3] 6 times, yrn, P 1.  Total 28 sts.  Row 11-13: Work even.
Row 14: P2, [yrn, P4] 6 times, yrn, P 2.  Total 35 sts.  Row 15-17: Work even.
Row 18: P3, [yrn, P5] 6 times, yrn, P 2.  Total 42 sts.  Row 19-21: Work even.
Row 22: P3, [yrn, P6] 6 times, yrn, P 3.  Total 49 sts.  Row 23-25: Work even.
Row 26: P4, [yrn, P7] 6 times, yrn, P 3.  Total 56 sts.  Row 27-29: Work even.
Row 30: P4, [yrn, P8] 6 times, yrn, P 4.  Total 63 sts.  Row 31-33: Work even.
Row 34: P5, [yrn, P9] 6 times, yrn, P 4.  Total 70 sts.  Row 35-37: Work even.
Row 38: P5, [yrn, P10] 6 times, yrn, P 5.  Total 77 sts.  Row 39-41: Work even.
Row 42: P6, [yrn, P11] 6 times, yrn, P 5.  Total 84 sts.  Row 43-45: Work even.
Row 46: P6, [yrn, P12] 6 times, yrn, P 6.  Total 91 sts.  Row 47-49: Work even.
Row 50: P7, [yrn, P13] 6 times, yrn, P 6.  Total 98 sts.  Row 51-53: Work even.
Row 54: P7, [yrn, P14] 6 times, yrn, P 7.  Total 105 sts.  Row 55-57: Work even.
Row 58: P8, [yrn, P15] 6 times, yrn, P 7.  Total 112 sts.  Row 59-61: Work even.
Row 62: P8, [yrn, P16] 6 times, yrn, P 8.  Total 119 sts.  Row 63-65: Work even.
Row 66: P9, [yrn, P17] 6 times, yrn, P 8.  Total 126 sts.  Row 67-69: Work even.
Row 70: P9, [yrn, P18] 6 times, yrn, P 9.  Total 133 sts.  Row 71-73: Work even.
Row 74: P10, [yrn, P19] 6 times, yrn, P 9.  Total 140 sts.  Row 75-77: Work even.
Row 78: P10, [yrn, P20] 6 times, yrn, P 10.  Total 147 sts.  Row 79-81: Work even.
Row 82: P11, [yrn, P21] 6 times, yrn, P 10.  Total 154 sts.  Row 83-85: Work even.
Row 86: P11, [yrn, P22] 6 times, yrn, P 11.  Total 161 sts.  Row 87-90: Work even.
Row 91: K11, [yf, K23] 6 times, yf, K 12.  Total 168 sts.  Row 92-95: Work even.
Row 96: P12, [yrn, P24] 6 times, yrn, P 12.  Total 175 sts.  Row 97-100: Work even.
Row 101: K12, [yf, K25] 6 times, yf, K 13.  Total 182 sts.  Row 102-105: Work even.
Row 106: P13, [yrn, P26] 6 times, yrn, P 13.  Total 189 sts.  Row 107-110: Work even.
Leave sts on needles for border.
BORDER PANEL:
Row 1-4:  Work 4 rows in moss stitch.
Row 5:  K13, [M1, K27] 6 times, M1, K14.  Total 196 sts.
Row 6:  P7, [P2tog, yrn, P8] rep to last 9 sts, P2tog, yrn, P7
Row 7:  Knit
Row 8:  P6, [ [P2tog, yrn] twice, P6] to end of row.
Row 9:  Knit
Row 10:  P5, [ [P2tog, yrn] 3 times, P4] to end of row, P1.
Row 11: K14, [M1, K28] 6 times, M1, K14.  Total 203 sts.
Row 12-15:  Work 4 rows moss stitch
Cast off loosely in moss stitch.
TOP EDGING:
Using 5 mm circular needle, pick up and knit 252 sts (one stitch for each row, plus a couple in the centre) along the top edge.  Work in moss stitch for 5 rows.  
Cast off in moss stitch.
FINISHING:
1.  Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2.  BLOCK.  Really, it makes all the difference.
Pattern designed by: Janet Tombu, August 2002
with KNITWARE SKIRTS AND SHAWLS DESIGN  (Version 2.40)
horizontal rule
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