Morehouse Farms Knitting patterns

I receive a regular newsletter from Morehouse Farm and today as I was looking through the free patterns, I came across this shawl pattern that I thought everyone might like to have a copy of....it uses up leftovers!  And we all know there is a growing pile of leftovers when it comes to yarns.....

so here is the pattern - have fun:
Knit bits and pieces of yarn
into something useful and pretty

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Bohemian Shawl



A MOREHOUSE MERINO ORIGINAL PATTERN
Size:
About 70” x 14” or to desired width
(measured after washing & blocking and not including fringe)

Yarn:
6 to 8 different weights and types of yarn, from bulky to fingering weight,
in a pleasing combination of colors (see samples at right); use yarns that
are different thickness for a textured Shawl, 12-16 ounces of yarn total

Needle:
Circular #9 or #10; 29” or longer (Shawl is knit the long way)

Gauge:
About 3 stitches = 1” over pattern as knit

Pattern:
Seed stitch, worked as follows: knit first stitch, *purl 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch;
repeat from * to end of round. Repeat this row throughout Shawl.

With a medium thickness yarn (worsted or DK weight), cast on 175 stitches, leave 8” of yarn at end of row and break off yarn (the 8” piece of yarn at the beginning and end of each row is for fringe). Next, switch to any of the other yarn colors, leave 8” at beginning of row, then work row in pattern; at end of row leave 8” then break off yarn. Switch to a different yarn color every row, leaving 8” at beginning and end of row. If things start loosening up too much at edges, tie two pieces of fringe yarn together— tie knot as close to edge stitches as possible without tightening stitches. Switch yarn colors and yarn types randomly, rather than repeating the same color sequence, for a more unique look. Work until Shawl measures about 14” or to desired width.

After completing Shawl, tie fringe close to edge stitches: tie two pieces
of yarn together from adjoining rows.

Finishing:
Before washing Shawl, you may want to tie fringe into one loose knot to avoid tangled fringe. Soak Shawl in warm for several minutes. Then squeeze out as much water as possible (or spin-dry Shawl in washing machine—no rinsing, just spin cycle). Lay Shawl flat to dry on large surface like bed—stretching Shawl to final size (untie fringe and lay fringe flat and straight to dry). When completely dry, trim fringe to even length.



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New Style Cable Charts

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Today's main article is about a new style of cable charting so I have copied the article to post for everyone here to read.

Honeycomb Cable, Lily Chin's Way

CO 32 sts (8 sets, 4 sts in each set) Work 8 rows in St st. *First crossing row: [Work 4/4 Left Cross (cn in front). work 4/4 Right Cross (cn in back)] 2 times. Work 7 rows in St st. Second crossing row: [Work 4/4 Right Cross (cn in back), work 4/4 Left Cross (cn in front)] 2 times. Work 7 rows in St st. Repeat from * for pattern.

Take a look at the chart to the left of the swatch. The numbers at the bottom of the chart represent the number of stitches you're crossing as each cable is worked. In this case, you're crossing 4 stitches over 4 stitches. The numbers at the right of the chart represent the number of plain (non-crossing rows) worked between crossing rows. (What isn't shown in this chart are the garter stitch edging stitches, which were done just for the swatch.)