Voyager Stole and Mitts

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Voyager Lace Stole &Mitts

by Shui Kuen Kozinskiand Benne Ferrell

"Those who are not already able to knit a

sock or a mitt, will find some kindneighbor ready and willing to teach

them, it will be nice work on the voyage

outEvery young woman is prized in

this country according to herusefulnessIn the new country to which

they are going, knowledge of the simple

art of knitting must form one of theoccupations of the femaleswho reside

in the agricultural portion of the

colony."(i)

The young women emigrants of more

than a century ago stepped on a ship and

began their voyage to a new home inCanada. They brought with them their

skills as knitters and spinners and the

willingness to use those skills to clothetheir families. Despite the need for

utility items of clothing, they

incorporated creativity, skill and beauty

into the garments needed for warmth inthe cold Canadian winters.

The Voyager Lace Stole was designedby two modern wilderness knitters with

thoughts of those women of the

Canadian wilderness long ago. It was

adapted from Mitten, Pattern #11, foundinHome Work, a Choice Collection of

Useful Designs for Crochet and Knitting

Needle.(ii)

The mitten pattern, which was knit in the

round, was modified to knit flat. Theheart shape motif for the body of the

stole is used for the edging and gives the

stole a balanced and wavy edge.

Shawl Sizes: (size medium pictured)

Small: 38 cm (15") x 152 cm (60")

(5 x 13 + 8 = 73 st)

Medium : 43 cm (18") x 152 cm (60")(7 x 13 + 8 = 99 st)

Large: 52 cm (21") x 152 cm (60")(9 x 13 + 8 = 125 st)

Mitt Sizes: Small, medium, large -approximately 15 cm (6"), 18 cm (7"),

20 cm (8") in circumference. The lace

pattern is very stretchy, depending on

blocking. You may wish to make onesize smaller than normal glove or mitt

size.
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Materials:

- Shawl: 800, 900, 1100 m (872, 981,

1199 yards) of fingering weight yarn(27-29 sts to 10 cm/ 4").

- Mitts: 200 m (218 yards) of fingeringweight yarn (27-29 sts to 10 cm/ 4").

- 3.75 mm (US 5) straight or circular

needle for shawl, OR SIZE NEEDED

TO OBTAIN GAUGE

- 2.75mm (US 2) double point needles

for mitts, OR SIZE NEEDED TO

OBTAIN GAUGE- stitch markers

Gauge Shawl:

21-22 st/ 4" gauge is not critical

Gauge Mitts:

9 sts = 1 inch over pattern stitches

unstretched

Repeat rows 1-10 until desired length.For medium size stole as shown, repeat

rows 1-10 44 timesNotes:1) Stole is knitted from end to end with

scalloped picot edgings.

2) For scalloped picot edging, begin withprovisional cast on. Wind 10 yards of

stole yarn into a small ball, do not break

yarn. This ball will be used later for thepicot edging on the first end (bottom

end).

3) Every row starts with a slip stitch. On

the right side rows (rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).Slip 1 purlwise. On the wrong side rows

(rows 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), slip 1 knitwise

4) Always count the row stitchesbecause each row has a different stitch

count.

6) YO before purl wrap yarn aroundneedle purlwise

7) Lace stitch pattern is a multiple of

(13+8)

8) Stitch count is at end of rows(large,medium,small)

9) If desired, place markers at beginning

and end of stitch repeat sequence. Thesemarkers will remain in same position

throughout stole pattern.

10) Stitch repeat pattern is in boldtype

in written instructions.11) Odd numbered rows on chart are

knit from right to left. Even numbered

rows are knit from left to right.12) Odd numbered rows are right side

rows, even numbered rows are wrong

side rows.

Instructions:

Cast on: using provisional cast on, with

contrast color waste yarn and crochethook, chain 73 (99, 125). Using shawl

yarn with small ball hanging as the tail,

pick up and knit 73 (99, 125) sts in thebumps on the backside of the chains

(73, 99, 125) sts.SHAWL

The first end (bottom end) edging:

Cast on 73 (small), 99 (medium), 125(large) sts.

Knit 6 rows (3 garter ridges)

Pattern Rows:

From * to * is one pattern repeat. Work

size small - 5 repeats, medium - 7repeats, large - 9 repeats

Row 1: Sl 1, *(K4, K2tog, P2, K3, P2)* ,K4, K2tog, P1 - (67, 91, 115 st)

Row 2: Sl 1, P2tog, P3, *(K2, P1, YO*,P1, YO*, P1, K2, P2tog, P3)* , K1 - (71,

97, 121 st)

Row 3: Sl 1, *(K2, K2tog, P2, K5, P2)* ,


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K2, K2tog, P1 - (65, 89, 113 st)

Row 4: Sl 1, P2tog, P1, *(K2, P2, YO*,P1, YO*, P2, K2, P2tog, P1)* , K1 - (69,

95, 119 st)

Row 5: Sl 1, *(YO, K2tog, YO*, P2,

K5, K2tog, P2)* , YO, K2tog, YO, P1 -

(70, 96, 120 st)

Row 6: Sl 1, P3, *(K2, P2tog, P4, K2,

P3)* , K1 - (65, 89, 113 st)

Row 7: Sl 1, *(K1, YO, K1, YO, K1, P2,

K3, K2tog, P2)* , K1, YO, K1, YO, K1,

P1 - (72, 98, 122 st)

Row 8: Sl 1, P5, *(K2, P2tog, P2, K2,

P5)* , K1 - (67, 91, 115 st)

Row 9: Sl 1, *(K2, YO, K1, YO, K2, P2,

K1, K2tog, P2)* , K2, YO, K1, YO, K2,

P1 - (74, 100, 126 st)

Row 10: Sl 1, P2tog, P5, *(K2, YO*,

P2tog, YO, K2, P2tog, P5)* , K1 - (73,99, 125 st)

Top end edging:

Knit 6 rows (3 garter ridges) and bindoff all sts using picot bind off.

Picot bind-off: Insert the right-hand

needle into the first stitch on the left-

hand (LH) needle, and knit a stitch butdo not slip the stitch off the left needle.

Slip the new stitch back onto the LH

needle, then make a second new stitch asbefore. Cast off four stitches, and then

slip the remaining stitch back onto the

LH needle. Repeat along the row,making two stitches and casting off four

each time.

The first end (bottom end) edging:Slowly "unzip" crochet chain beginning

with last chain. Put 73 (99, 125) st onto

needle and using small ball wound at

beginning, work picot bind off same as

top end.

Finishing:Weave in yarn ends. Soak the scarf in

warm water for 20 minutes. Roll in a

towel to remove excess water, spread outon a flat surface, smooth into shape and

pin. Leave in place until thoroughly dry.

Trim yarn ends.

Cast on 44 for small, 56 for medium, 64stitches for large. Divide stitches evenly

on 3 needles. Place marker to indicate

beginning of round.

Cuff: (worked in the round)

Baby Cable Ribbing(iii)Rnd 1 - *p2, k2*, rep between **saround.

Rnds 2 & 3 - Rep round 1

Rnd 4 - (p2, RT) - 11, 14, 16 times

Rep rnds 1-4 six more times or until cuffis 3 inches long, ending with rnd 2

Both Hands: (worked in the round)

Set up as follows:Rnd 1:

Small - knit one row even - 44 stsMedium - knit one row, decreasing 1 st -

55 sts

Large - knit one row, increasing 2 sts

evenly - 66 stsRnd 2: *(k6, p2, yo, k1, yo, p2)* (4, 5,

6) times - 52, 65, 78 sts.

Start Voyager pattern

Rnd 1: *(k4, k2tog, p2, k3, p2)* (4, 5, 6times) - 48, 60, 72 stsRnd 2: *(k3, k2tog, p2, k1, yo, k1, yo,k1, p2)* - 52, 65, 78 sts

Rnd 3: *(k2, k2tog, p2, k5, p2)* - 48,60, 72 sts

Rnd 4: *(k1, k2tog, p2, k2, yo, k1, yo,k2, p2)* - 52, 65, 78 sts

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Rnd 5: *(yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k5, k2tog,p2)* - 52, 65, 78 sts

Rnd 6: *(k3, p2, k4, k2tog, p2)* - 48,60, 72 sts

Rnd 7: *(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2, k3,

k2tog, p2)* - 52, 65, 78 stsRnd 8: *(k5, p2, k2, k2tog, p2)* - 48,

60, 72 sts

Rnd 9: *(k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,

k2tog, p2)* - 52, 65, 78 stsRnd 10: *(k5, k2tog, p2, yo, k2tog, yo,p2)* - 52, 65, 78 sts

Rnd 11-14: Repeat rnds 1-4 one moretime

Rnd 15: *(yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k5, k2tog,

p2)* , yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k5, k2tog, p1.

Transfer the last purl stitch on needle #3to #1 needle.

Note: Total 15 rows before thumbopening. Thumb section of mitt is knit

flat, not in round.

Turn and start the flat knitting. There is apurl stitch at the beginning of the row on

the first needle and ends with a purl

stitch on the third needle. Repeats are in

bold text. Odd # rows are wrong side

(WS) rows, even # rows are right side

(RS) rows.

Row 1: (WS) k1, p2tog, p4, k2, p3, *(k2,p2tog, p4, k2, p3)* , end k1 - 48, 60, 72

stsRow 2: (RS) p1, *(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1,p2, k3, k2tog, p2)* , k1, yo, k1, yo, k1,

p2, k3, k2tog, p1 - 52, 65, 78 stsRow 3: k1, p2tog, p2, k2, p5 *(k2,p2tog, p2, k2, p5)* , end k1 - 48, 60, 72

stsRow 4: p1 *(k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,

k2tog, p2)* , k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,

k2tog, p1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 5: k1, yo, p2tog, yo, k2, p2tog, p5,

*(k2, yo, p2tog, yo, k2, p2tog, p5)* ,

end k1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 6: p1, *(k4, k2tog, p2, k3, p2)* ,

k4, k2tog, p2, k3, p1 - 48, 60, 72 sts

Row 7: k1, p1, yo, p1, yo, p1, k2, p2tog,

p3, *(k2, p1, yo, p1, yo, p1, k2, p2tog,

p3)* , k1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 8: p1, *(k2, k2tog, p2, k5, p2)* ,

k2, k2tog, p2, k5, p1 - 48, 60, 72 stsRow 9: k1, p2, yo, p1, yo, p2, k2, p2tog,

p1, *(k2, p2, yo, p1, yo, p2, k2, p2tog,p1)* , k1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 10: p1, *(yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k5,

k2tog, p2)* , yo, k2tog, yo, p2, k5,

k2tog, p1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 11: k1, p2tog, p4, k2, p3, *(k2,

p2tog, p4, k2, p3)* , end k1 - 48, 60, 72

sts

Row 12: p1, *(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2,

k3, k2tog, p2)* , k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2,k3, k2tog, p1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 13: k1, p2tog, p2, k2, p5, *(k2,

p2tog, p2, k2, p5)* , end k1 - 48, 60, 72sts

Row 14: p1 *(k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,

k2tog, p2)* , k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,k2tog, p1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Row 15: k1, yo, p2tog, yo, k2, p2tog, p5,

*(k2, yo, p2tog, yo, k2, p2tog, p5)* ,end k1 - 52, 65, 78 sts

Top:After row 15, joint and knit in round

again for palm

Note: Before starting to knit in round,

return the purl stitch from needle #1

back to needle #3

Rnd 1: p1 *(k4, k2tog, p2, k3, p2)* (4,

5, 6 times) - 48, 60, 72 sts (The last purlstitch is from the first stitch of first

needle. Now the round is joined.)

Rnd 2: *(k3, k2tog, p2, k1, yo, k1,yo,

k1, p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78 sts

Rnd 3: *(k2,k2tog, p2, k5, p2)* (4, 5, 6

times) - 48, 60, 72 sts

Rnd 4: *(k1, k2tog, p2, k2, yo, k1, yo,


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k2, p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78 sts


p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78 stsRnd 6: *(k3, p2, k4, k2tog, p2)* (4, 5, 6

times) - 48, 60, 72 sts

Rnd 7: *(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2, k3,k2tog, p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78

sts

Rnd 8: *(k5, p2, k2, k2tog, p2)* (4, 5, 6

times) - 48, 60, 72 sts,Rnd 9: *(k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k1,k2tog, p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78

stsRnd 10: *(k5, k2tog, p2, yo, k2tog, yo,p2)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 52, 65, 78 sts

Rnd 11: *(k4, k2tog, p2tog, k3, p2tog)*

(4, 5, 6 times) - 40, 50, 60 sts(Rnd 11 narrows the top slightly by

working p2tog around instead of p2.)

Rnd 12: *(k3, k2tog, p1, k1, yo, k1, yo,

k1, p1)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 44, 55, 66 sts

Rnd 13: *(k2, k2tog, p1, k5, p1)* (4, 5,

6 times) - 40, 50, 60 stsRnd 14: *(k1, k2tog, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo,k2, p1)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 44, 55, 66 sts


p1)* (4, 5, 6 times) - 44, 55, 66 sts

Start baby cable ribbing, work rounds 1-4 once and rounds 1-2 once more. AT

SAME TIME, work even for small

(increase 1 st for medium, decrease 2 sts

for large) - 44, 56, 64 sts.Bind off in rib.

For the thumb opening, pick up 36stitches, work 2x2 ribbing for 3 rows and

bind off in rib. To lengthen and narrow

thumb, pick up 36 stitches, decrease 4

stitches on rnd 1 of baby cable ribbing,

work for desired length and bind off inrib.

Weave in yarn ends. Soak in warm waterwith wool wash and block, smoothing

lace design to desired size, and blocking

for right and left hands.

Abbreviations:

K - knit, P- purl, YO- yarn over. Towork yarn over before a purl stitch -

wrap yarn around needle purlwise,

K2tog- knit 2 together, P2tog - purl 2

together, St- stitch, Rnd- round, RT-

right twist - k2tog, leave sts on leftneedle and insert right needle from front

between two sts just knit together, knitfirst stitch again and slip both sts from

needle together

Footnotes:(i) Traill, Catherine Parr, The Emigrant

Housekeepers Guide to the Backwoods

of Canada, (Imprint: Toronto, 1857, 7thEdition), pg. 178-179(ii) Collected, corrected and arranged

by A.M., Home Work, A ChoiceCollection of Useful Designs for Crochet

and Knitting Needle, (Rose Publishing

Co., Toronto, 1891), pg 355-356(iii) Walker, Barbara G., A Treasury of

Knitting Patterns, originally published

by Charles Scribners and Sons, 1968,

Schoolhouse Press edition, copyright1998, Barbara G. Walker, pg 40


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