Today is Grandma's Birthday - Happy Happy Birthday to Grandma - a lot of year's Grandma's Birthday is on the first day of Spring - but this year it is one day later...
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I made Grandma a Prayer Shawl - I matched the leftover Bay Columbia Minerva with some Caron Eco and using the same size 13 needles and 60 stitches I knit in St St for 250 rows - Mom said because Grandma is short I shouldn't make it too long...
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...the pockets were also Mom's idea (as was the color - blue - Thanks for all your help) - I picked up the center 15 stitches on each end - with wrong side facing and knit in St St over those stitches for 30 rows - then stitched the pockets to the shawl - then did a Single Crochet border around the entire shawl for 5 rows and on the tops of the pockets for 3 rows...
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...vertical gauge is 18 rows = 4 inches
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...horizontal gauge is 13 stitches = 4 inches
Pocketed Prayer Shawl Patternfor the body of the shawlUsing size 13 needles cast on 60 stitches.
Knit in Stockinette Stitch (knit one row; purl one row) for 250 rows - bind off.
for the pocketWith wrong side facing pick up center 15 stitches at each end and knit in Stockinette Stitch for 30 rows - bind off.
Lining up the vertical rows - stitch pocket in place on front of shawl.
for the borderUsing a contrasting/complimenting yarn - starting at one corner crochet a border around the shawl using Single Crochet for 5 rows. Also single crochet a smaller border at the tops of the pockets - single crochet for 3 rows. Pull yarn through last loop and weave in ends.