Go with the Flo

Go with the Flo is a sideways knit crescent formed with garter stitch, stockinette, ridged stockinette on the right and left side of a center lace panel and edged with a mock i-cord stitch that provides a neat, polished edge.
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The pattern is written as a recipe that allows you to make the most of a precious skein of yarn (or you can use the details from my sample to follow it exactly as I did). 2018-03-27 18.52.00-1

Yarn

This pattern can be customized to use almost any commercially available or handspun yarn. Recommend a minimum of:

600 yards (550 meters) or 150 grams of fingering weight
350 yards (320 meters) or 135 grams of DK weight
400 yards (366 meters) or 185 grams of worsted weight

Fingering Weight Sample: 150 grams used

Gauge

Gauge for this project is not critical. You will need a scale to weigh your yarn before starting and while working on this project. Reserve approximately 40% of yarn for the right side, 15% for the center and 40% for the left side.

Fingering Weight sample: 22 stitches & 24 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette

Finished Size

Your shawl’s finished size will depend on the yarn weight, gauge and number of repeats you choose.

Fingering Weight sample: 89.5 in. (227.3 cm) wide | 14 inches (35.6 cm) deep at center lace

Check out project pages to see results from my test knitters

Pattern Info

This pattern has been tech edited & test knit.
There is a schematic available in the pattern.
All instructions are written (not charted) with my handy checkbox format.

About the Name

EDAF5F7D-ECDF-4B99-A15E-D63C852F57E6 The design is inspired by my beautiful, strong, resilient Aunt Florence, who, at 90 years young, is still learning new things and challenging herself. I admire her willingness to change with the times and be open to all the excitement this world offers.