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HTML clipboardIlga Leja's
Straw Into Gold is an
elegant example of how bias knitting can create a luxurious shawl with exquisite
drape. Begin with a few stitches and, using the magic of strategically
placed increases and decreases, you will feel as though you are knitting straw
into gold.
The sample pictured is knit with 3 skeins of Handmaiden Fine
Yarn Flaxen, 65% silk, 35% linen (250 m./273 yds. per 100 g. skein)

HTML clipboardSize:
165 cm./66 in. long and 45 cm./18 in. wide
Level of Difficulty:
Advanced Intermediate
Suggested Yarn:
750 m./820 yds. of sport weight or double knitting yarn
Needles:
4.0 mm. (US 6)
Gauge:
15 sts and 20 rows = 10 cm./4 in. square when knit in the Pattern Stitch
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