alice's cheshire cat stole

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Alice’s Cheshire Cat stole by Carrie Grifn

You will need

Blue Moon Fiber Arts Silk Thread (1,140m/1,250ydsper 100g/3.5oz). The stole as knitted requiresapproximately 775m/850yds.

1 set 2.75mm/US #2 needles, straight or circularSingle 5mm/US #8 needle for bind-off

If beading the stole:

170 size 6/0 seed beads for the main pattern24 Swarovski “Black diamond” 6mm bicone crystalsfor edges0.75mm crochet hook (1.5mm hook would do for the6/0 seed beads)

Rating

PG mild perilLace, beading, swearing over silk

Finished measurements

Approximately 178cm x 53cm (70" x 21")

Gauge (after blocking by immersion)

28 stitches/36 rows over 10cm/4" in stocking stitch,on size 2.75mm needles.One repeat of chart A is approximately 9 cm/3.5" talland 53 cm/21" wide (averaged)

Alice might have been a skilled knitter,but in Wonderlandnothing is guaranteedto end up as it rst

began. This simplelace stole needs only an increase here, adecrease there, andsuddenly the knittingis carrying on quitebeyond one’s control.The waving columnsof eyelets and the

curves of the edges,so straight at rst,remind Alice of thelanguid icking of theCheshire Cat’s tail.



Cheshire Cat stole page 3 of 4 Published by Purlescence; © Carrie Grifn 2007

R o w 1 : k 7

, * y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7 * 1 2 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

( 1 2 7 s t i t c h e s )

R o w 2 a n d a l l W S r o w s : k 7 , p t o 7 s t b e f o r e e n d o f t h e r o w ,

k 7 . R o w 3 : k

7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 3 ,

k 2 t o g , y o , s k 2 p , y

o , k 1 ,

m 1 ,

k 2 , y o , s s k , k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k ,

k 3 ,

k 2 t o g , y o , s k

2 p , y o ,

k 7 ( 1 2 5 s t i t c h e s )

R o w 5 : k 7

, * y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 5 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o ,

k 1 t b l , y o , s s

k , k 2 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 5 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w 7 : k 7

, * y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 1 ,

k 2 t o g , y o , s k 2 p , y o

, k 3 ,

y o ,

k 3 , y o , k

3 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 1 ,

k 2 t o g , y o

, s k 2 p ,

y o ,

k 7 ( 1 2 3

s t i t c h e s )

R o w 9 : k 7

, * y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 3 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o ,

k 1 ,

K b e a d , k

1 , y o , s s k , k 2 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 3 , y o , s k 2 p ,

y o ,

k 7

R o w

1 1 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k 1

, m 1 ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

s s k , k 2 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7 ( 1

2 5 s t i t c h e s )

R o w

1 3 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k

5 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 4 , y o , s s k , k 3 *

5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 5 , y o , s k

2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w

1 5 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k

1 , m 1 ,

k 3 , m 1 ,

k 1 , y o , s k 2 p ,

y o , s s k , k 5 ,

k 2 t o g * 5 t i m e s , y o ,

s k 2 p , y o ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 3 , m 1 ,

k 1 ,

y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7 ( 1 2 7 s t i t c h e s )

R o w

1 7 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k

7 * 1 1 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w

1 9 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k

1 , m 1 ,

k 2 , y o , s s k , k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 ,

y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 3 ,


k 1 , m 1 ,

k 2 ,

y o , s s k , k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 , y o , s k 2 p , y o , k 7 ( 1 2 9 s t i t c h e s )

R o w

2 1 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , k

2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o ,

K t b l , y o , s s k , k 2 ,

y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 5 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s

k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o ,

k 1 t b l ,

y o , s s k , k 2 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w 2

3 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 3 , y o ,

k 3 , y o ,

k 3 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

s s k , k 1 ,


k 3 , y o ,

k 3 , y o , k 3 , y o ,

s k 2 p , y o

, k 7 ( 1 3 1 s t i t c h e s )

R o w 2

5 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o ,

k 1 , K

b e a d ,

k 1 , y o ,

s s k , k 2 ,

y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 3 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o , k 2

, k 2 t o g , y o ,

k 1 ,

K b e

a d ,

k 1 , y o , s s k , k 2 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w 2

7 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 2 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g ,

y o , s k 2 p

, y o ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 , m 1 ,

k 1 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2

p , y o , s s k ,

k 2 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 2 ,

k 2 t o g , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7 ( 1 2 9

s t i t c h e s )

R o w 2

9 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 4 , y o , s s k , k 3 , y o , s

k 2 p , y o ,

k 5 *

5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 4 , y o , s s k , k 3 , y o , s k 2 p , y o ,

k 7

R o w 3

1 : k 7 ,

* y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 5 ,

k 2 t o g , y o , s k

2 p , y o ,

k 1 ,

m 1 , k 3 , m 1 ,

k 1 * 5 t i m e s , y o , s k 2 p , y o , s s k , k 5 , k 2 t o g , y o ,

s k 2 p , y o

, k 7 ( 1 2 7 s t i t c h e s )

3 2

3 0

2 8

2 6

2 4

2 2

2 0

1 8

1 6

1 4

1 2

1 0 8 6 4 2

k o n R S , p o n W S

p o n R S , k o n W S

K 1 b e a d

k 1 t h r o u g h b a c k l o o p

s s k

k 2 t o g

m 1

y a r n o v e r

s l 1 ,

k 2 t o g , p s s o

I g n o r e b l a n k s q u a r e s .

3 1

2 9

2 7

2 5

2 3

2 1

1 9

1 7

1 5

1 3

1 1

9 7 5 3 1

Chart B



Cheshire Cat stole page 4 of 4 Published by Purlescence; © Carrie Grifn 2007

Begin edging

Repeat rows 1 and 2 of Chart A (page 2)14 times (28 rows total,

not including beaded row or edging).

Main section

Repeat rows 1-32 of Chart B (page 3) 15times or until you are

within 15cm/6" of desiredlength. Work rows 1-16 of Chart B once.

Final edging

Repeat rows 1 and 2 of Chart A 14 times (28rows total after the mainsection).

Beaded edge bind-off

(If not beading, proceed to Bind-off.)Next row (RS): k8, *Kbead, k9* 11 times, Kbead, k8.

Next row (WS): bind off using 5mm loosely asfollows: *p2tog, sl st back to left needle*, repeat untilonly 1st is left from the last p2tog. Cut yarn, leavinga tail of at least 15cm/6" to weave in, and draw itthrough the stitch.

Bind-off

Using 5mm needle, bind off all stitches loosely

using a decrease bind-off as follows:*k2tog, slip stitch back to left needle*, repeat untilonly 1 stitch is left from the last k2tog. Cut yarn,leaving at least a 15cm/6" tail to weave in, and draw itthrough the stitch.

Finishing

Block, then weave in all ends (do this after blocking, orthe ends will pull out).

Notes on blocking

I chose to block this stole by fully immersing it in

water then wrapping the stole in a towel and squeezingout the excess water. I had no problems with the silk thread breaking, although I handled the wet stole very gently and did not stretch it. Be sure to verify thatthe yarn you are using can be washed in water (some

silk dyes are not colourfast in water and require dry cleaning – in this case you may wish to just spritz thestole with a light mist of water).

While the ends are easily pinned out, the waving edgesare more of a problem. I did not pin any of the verticaledges, instead using my ngers to stretch out the stoleto into curves at each point where the stole is widest.

Wet silk lace stretches easily and remains stretched. You may wish to have a spray bottle handy to spritzany sections that become dry, as damp silk driesquickly in a warm room. It’s extremely helpful to block on a surface with regular vertical guidelines, so you canset the width of each curve to about the same as all theother curves just by referring to the lines.

About the designer

Carrie Grifn does indeed have a cat, but the catrefuses to pose for any pictures, let alone with alace stole. Carrie lives in Portland, Oregon withher tyrannical cat and understanding husbandand enough silk yarn to spark a silkmoth vendettaagainst her. She learned to knit 2 years ago. Sheenjoys yarn, gardens, Mai Tais, reading, and freshberries when she can get them.

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