Watergate Bay - PDF knitting pattern

The Watergate Bay is a crescent-shaped shawl, designed for using up a single skein of hand-dyed yarn waiting in your stash for a perfect pattern. 

The shawl is worked top down, starting from the small centre I-cord tab, increasing rapidly on each RS row. The lace pattern is written out and charted. 

The pattern is tech-edited and test knitted. 

The pattern uses metric and imperial systems.

Yarn weight

Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi)

Gauge

24 stitches and 28 rows = 10 cm in lace pattern after blocking

Needle size

US 4 - 3.5 mm

Yardage

437 - 525 yards (400 - 480 m)

Size 

Top edge 162(167,172) cm / 63¾ (65¾,67¾)’’ 

Centre depth  39 (39.5, 40) cm / 15¼ (15½, 15¾)’’

The sample was made using one skein of hand-dyed yarn from Down Sheepy Lane, 75% merino, 20% nylon, and 5% stellina, 100 gr / 3.5 oz. = 400 m / 436 yards in Ned Starks Bastard colourway. 

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