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Table of contents for BarbaraShawl

1. Proto Shawl
2. The Barbara Shawl: Edging Explained
3. How to Work a Pie Wedge Shawl
4. Barbara Shawl Pattern Calculator.
5. Picot Edge Bind Off
6. Shark’s Tooth Edging
7. Bleg for Edgings.

You’ve found the calculator to create a pattern to knit “Barbara”, a simple pie wedge type shawl. The calculator lets you imitate my design exactly or if you want to substitute another yarn and knit at another gauge, you can enter your own values.

The pattern directions here will be brief. If you need a tutorial for knitting the pattern, click any of the “read series” buttons below!

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Enter Gauge Information
To obtain an accurate pattern, you must knit a garter stitch gauge swatch with an attached edging then enter
values here.

Enter your stitch gauge in garter stitch.		Stitch Gauge: st/inch
Enter your row gauge in garter stitch.		Row Gauge: st/inch
Measure then enter the width of your edging. (See figure below.)		Edging width: inches
Number of edging stitches. (This box is provided just in case you get advernturesome and decide to change the type of edging. The edging for Barbara is 8 stitches wide as indicated in the box.)		Edging stitches:
Enter the row repeat for the edging. (This box is provided just in case you get advernturesome and decide to change the type of edging. The row repeat for Barbara’s edging is 4. )		Edging rows:

Design Your Shawl

Enter the total length (or radius) of your shawl; see figure above. Shawl length is a matter of personal preference. I recommend a length of 7″ to 9″ for a 14″ doll and 28″ to 34″ inches for a full grown woman. (The Lorna’s Lace Pie Wedge Shawl Pattern is 28″ long.)	Shawl Length: inches.
Click to create your pattern.

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2 Comments »

1. [...] The pattern directions created by the calculator will be relatively brief. If you need a tutorials for knitting the pattern, you’ll find a whole bunch in the category shawls. You can also find a lot of tutorials by clicking the numerical links at the bottom of the Barbara Shawl blog post. (Note: The Barbara Shawl has a deep trim, but is not as symmetric as the Sarah. The reason why is discussed in the pie wedge shawl theory post.) [...]

   Pingback by The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Sarah Shawl Calculator — 11/25/2006 @ 10:47 pm

2. I was just browsing by and enjoying and to my pleasant surprise I find a reference to my design, the Pie Wedge Shawl! Nice, thank you. I have had many, many knitters show me theirs and they vary in size greatly, even following the same pattern!
   Great job on all of your generators!

   Comment by Lorna Miser — 1/7/2007 @ 6:32 pm

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