Easy knit late summer stole – perfect – using Red Heart Croquette yarn
This summer lace stole is a good introduction to lace knitting.
As the summer evenings start to cool down, you’ll need a light and ‘drape-y’ lace stole to keep that dewy night air off your shoulders. Red Heart Croquette yarn has some fun color transitions and a little bling, and it will knit up quickly. This particular design is an easy introduction to lace knitting for the beginner knitter, as you work on lace motifs for only few a rows and across a few stitches, and then you get to work in garter stitch for a while. This lace stole is knit with 2 different needle sizes. The lace panel is knit with the larger needles, which provide the drape and sway that will occur where the stole will fall off your shoulders. The smaller needles are used to create the scalloping ridges. These are the stitches you’ll need to work this design.
Only 2 cakes of Red Heart Croquette in this pink colorway, Spice Market, are needed for this design.
k = knit k2tog = knit 2 stitches together p = purl ssk = Slip 2 stitches knitwise, one at a time, then put the slipped sts back onto the left needle tip and knit them together through the back loops. yo = Wrap the working yarn under the right needle (between the needle tips), then over the right needle to the back (counter-clockwise).
It takes 3 cakes of the main color of Croquette in the main color, Stonehenge, to make a 6-foot [183cm] stole.
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(k, yo, k) in 1 = Knit, leaving the stitch on the left needle, then yarn over, and then knit into the same stitch. Slide the stitch off the left needle.
