"One day, I decided to knit a lacy triangular shawl, not the traditional way, but from the side, corner to corner, using a few basic elements from the Orenburg style of lace knitting. When I mentioned this idea to my friend and mentor Galina Khmeleva, I was surprised to learn that this style of knitting shawls has been used for a long time by pukhovnitsy (Orenburg lace shawl knitters). "This type of shawl does not have an edging of decorative knitted scalloped teeth, a style that first appeared in the late 1940s. Before this, shawl edges were usually finished with fringe or scalloped by blocking, not knitting, or blocked evenly." -Inna Voltchkova Finished Size: 77 inches (195.6 cm) wide and 31 inches (78.7 cm) long, after blocking Pattern Requirements: Dark Starz Design Cygni Lace, 50% merino/30% angora/20% silk yarn, laceweight, 430 yards (393.2 m)/1 ounce (28.3 g) skein, 3 skeins of Natural; www.darkstarz.us Addi Needles, size 2 (3 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge; skacelknitting.com Stitch marker Tapestry needle Fiber Fantasy Knitting Products Blockers Kit (contains stiff and flexible blocking wires, T-pins, and yardstick) for traditional blocking method; www.woolstock.com Gauge: 27 sts and 42 rows = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in chart patt, after blocking Originally Published: Knitting Traditions Fall 2013
