Bielha

Bielha is a crescent shaped garter stitch shawl knitted top down. The shawl is knitted holding one strand of kidsilk and one strand of sport or lace weight yarn together. For the stripes you can use some accent yarn or only the kidsilk. The pattern has instructions for both picot and modified picot/bobble bind off.

Yarn:

150 g of sport weight yarn (366m/100g) or 50 g of lace weight yarn (200m/100g) and 50-70 g of kidsilk (199-300 m/25 g).

Gauge:

13-15 sts x 32-36 rows = 10 x 10 cm/ 4” x 4” in garter stitch after blocking.

Finished measurements:

Sport wt yarn & kidsilk:  221-234 x 38-44 cm / 87-94 x 15-17.5”

Lace wt yarn & kidsilk:  218 x 48 cm /86 x 19”