Whether you love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day will be here in about a week. What better way to prepare than by knitting yourself (or someone else who is sweet) a shawl? We’ve got you covered – to celebrate Valentine’s Day, we’re offering the Be Mine Shawl for free!
You could ask anyone in the office and they would probably tell you that I have an unrelenting sweet tooth. It is just so difficult for me to turn down sugary sweet snacks. What does this have to do with our Valentine’s freebie? Well, the inspiration for the Be Mine Shawl came from conversation heart candies. (In case you were wondering, I prefer the white, wintergreen flavored hearts.)
Be Mine is a triangular shawl comprised mostly of garter stitch. It is knit in Fibra Natura Papyrus, a yarn with a luxurious blend of cotton and silk. This yarn is velvety soft and creates a beautifully drapey fabric.
After working the body of the shawl, three bold stripes featuring a lace heart motif are worked to create a lovely border. Small, brightly colored stripes break up the lace sections. Finally, the shawl is finished with a delicate crochet-picot edging. (By the way, back in December Amy posted a tutorial on a Crochet Picot Edging here, but please note that instead of entirely skipping a stitch between picots as directed in the tutorial, you will instead work a slip stitch in the stitch between picots.)
You can find this gorgeous shawl pin by Jul Designs here.
Because Be Mine uses garter stitch, it’s nice to have a beautiful, elastic bind off. As a bit of a tight knitter, I like to use the Suspended Bind-off whenever I want a neat, elastic edge. I highly recommend this technique for this shawl design, and I call for it in the pattern. The method is nearly as simple as your standard bind off. It really just involves holding onto a stitch just a moment longer. If that sounds confusing, don’t worry, because I’ll show you exactly what I mean.
I know that I have to missing something but I can’t figure this out. The pictures seem to clearly show that when one gets to the center, before the first marker there should be a YO, slm, K1, slm, YO. Yet the writen instructions and chart show YO only at the beginning and end of a row and state only 2 sts inc’d. Yet, how do you continue to keep the Center design from top to bottom?
I am having trouble with this pattern after I stitch the two rows of the first stripe . What am I doing wrong to get the correct number of stitches?
Hello Anne,
I’m happy to help you with this problem, but I’m going to need a bit more information from you. Can you please email me at rbrockman@universalyarn.com? I’m not sure if you’re referring to the stripe with the first set of lace hearts, or if you’re referring to the first color change.
Thanks so much!
I just commented on an issue with a pattern and fear that it is not connected with the pattern I pulled up Be Mine Shawl. So it is to this project that I refer. Thanks Janne
I am working on the Be Mine Shawl and have run into an issue at the end of Chart A going into Chart B. At the end of Chart A it shows K14 with a K14 repeat to center which is a K13. At the beginning of Chart B you have a YO, K13 to start at edge. How can you start Chart B with that when you ended up with 14 stitches at the end of Chart A. A YO would add an extra stitch plus the 14 already there from Chart A. I’m confused. I’m not sure if I did something wrong in Chart A. I followed it to a tee I thought and ended up exactly what the chart shows. Can you help with this issue?
Thanks,
Carol