Welcome to the Ghost of the Moon Shawl Mystery Knitalong, hosted by Plymouth Yarn Company and Meghan Jones of Little NutMeg Productions. Join me (Meghan) for weekly clues, spooky poems, and helpful tutorials on how to make this beautiful autumn accessory!
Clue Schedule
CLUE 1: Click here, CLUE 2: Click here, CLUE 3: Click here, CLUE 4: Click here,
CLUE 5: Click here, CLUE 6: Click here, WRAP UP: November 12th
Location
Clues are available for free on the Plymouth Yarn Magazine (right here! you are in the right place!) and also on Ravelry as a free download.
Materials Needed
4-100g skeins of Plymouth Yarn Electra-Lite, sample and tutorials used color #0002 Silver, (this pattern uses a few yards more than 3 skeins, 4 skeins are recommended)
1 set US size 7/4mm 32″ circular needle (pattern is worked flat, circular needle is required to accommodate the large number of stitches).
6 stitch markers.
Tapestry needle, scissors, dpns are optional but nice to have handy.
Gauge
17 sts / 24 1/2 rows = 4 inches after blocking, gauge is not critical but can affect yardage.
PATTERN
CLUE 4: DRIFTING MOONBEAMS
Breaking free for but a moment, moonbeams drift down like an omen. Soon this night will move to dawn, but for now we must knit on…
Row 1 (RS): k3, [work Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern 1 to m, sm] 6 times, k3- 6 sts increased.
Next Row (WS): k3, [sm, work Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern 1 to m] 5 times, sm, work Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern 1 to last 3 sts, k3.
Continue as established, progressing in Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern and keeping the first and last 3sts in Garter Stitch for 26 more rows (1 repeat of Rows 1-28 of the Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern complete). 474 sts
Drifting Moonbeams Lace Pattern
Rows 1 (RS): k1, yo, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 2: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 2 sts, k1, p1.
Row 3: k1, yo, p1 *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 4: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 3 sts, k2, p1.
Row 5: k1, yo, p2, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 6: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2, p2.
Row 7: k1, yo, k1, p2 *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 8: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 5 sts, k2, p3.
Row 9: k1, yo, k2, p2, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 10: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 6 sts, k2, p4.
Row 11: k1, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2 *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 12: *k2, p5; rep from * to end.
Row 13: k1, yo, k1, ssk, yo, k1, p2, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 14: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 8 sts, k2, p6.
Row 15: k1, yo, *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 16: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 2 sts, k1, p1.
Row 17: k1, yo, p1, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 18: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 3 sts, k2, p1.
Row 19: k1, yo, p2, *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 20: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2, p2.
Row 21: k1, yo, k1, p2, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 22: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2, p3.
Row 23: k1, yo, k2, p2, *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 24: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 6 sts, k2, p4.
Row 25: k1, yo, ssk, yo, k1, p2, *k1, yo, cdd, yo, k1, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 26: *k2, p5; rep from * to end.
Row 27: k1, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, p2, *ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 28: *k2, p5; rep from * to last 1 st, p1.
Complete these 28 rows for pattern.
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ABBREVIATIONS: cdd = slip 2 as if to knit, k1, psso, k = knit, k2tog = knit 2 sts together, p = purl, psso = pass slip st over, p2tog = purl 2 sts together, p2togtbl = purl 2 sts together through back loop, pm = place marker, RS = right side, sl = slip, sm = slip marker, ssk = slip 1 st as if to knit, slip a second st as if to knit, knit them together through the back loop, st(s) = stitch(es), tbl = through back loop, tog = together, WS = wrong side, yo = yarn over, wyif = with yarn in front.
TUTORIAL
This clue includes a central double decrease (cdd) also known as a skip 2 knitwise, knit 2 together, passover (sl2tog-k1-psso, or s2kpo). This decrease removes 2 stitches from the pattern with the dominant remaining stitch being the center stitch which is visually vertical (does not lean left or right).
Cdd: central double decrease
In an effort to keep the clues in this knitalong totally secret the tutorials are shown over stockinette stitch.
Work to the 3 sts that will be decreased using the cdd, this pattern has yarnovers on either side of the cdd so make a yarnover.
Insert the right needle tip first into the 2nd stitch from the tip of the left needle, and then into the first stitch on the tip of the left needle (this is as if you are going to work a k2tog, knit 2 together).
Slip both of those stitches off the left needle tip and onto the right needle tip, then insert the right tip into the following stitch on the left tip.
Wrap and pull through, now you can see there is a single knit stitch closest to the tip of the right needle and two slipped stitches as the 2nd and 3rd stitches from the tip of the right needle.
Bring the left needle tip in front of the work and insert into the 2 slipped stitches from left to right.
Using the left tip bring the 2 slipped stitches over the first knit stitch on the right needle.
You have now completed the cdd, as you can see the center stitch absorbs a stitch on either side creating a central double decrease.
Finish up with another yarnover to complete the lace motif from the Drifting Moonbeams Pattern.
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FORUMS: You can also knit along on one of the two Ravelry threads for this KAL, the Mystery forum and the Spoilers forum.
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Meghan Jones is a full-time knitwear designer who lives with her husband and 4 children in the Inland Northwest. When she is not knitting she spends her time nurturing obsessions with gardening, cooking, and sharks. You can find more of her work at www.littlenutmegproductions.com on Instagram, Facebook, and Ravelry.
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