My Winter Shawl

My Winter Shawl @ 2009 by N.L. Banks

This pattern is a simple knit shawl, you can use very long needles instead of the circular ones, but they would be easier to work with. If you can knit, purl and do a yarn over, then you can  knit this pattern. You knit back and forth on the circular needles.

Materials:

1 size 10 circular knitting needles,

 two stitch markers,

1 skein (1 1/2  or two skeins if you want it larger, just keep going) Caron One Pound size yarn, any light color.

Note: slip markers as you come to them. pm = place marker.

Cast on 6, 

Row 1: k1, p1, k1, k1, p1, k1

Row 2: k1, p1, k1,yo,  k1, p1, k1

Row 3: k1, p1, k1,(pm) yo, knit to last 3 stitches, (pm),  k1, p1, k1

Row 4: k1, p1, k1, slip marker, yo, knit to next marker, slip marker, k1, p1, k1.

Repeat row 4 until you about 15 to 17 yards left.

Row 5: k1, p1, k1, *yo, K2 tog, from * to last 3 stitches, k1, p1, k1

Row 6 to 8 k1, p1, k1 across row, (you may have to add or dec 1 stitch so that the last 3 stitches are k1, p1, k1)

Bind off, weave in the ends. 

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Double Cross

Double Cross  by James patterson
 great book, lots of suspance, action and of course murder. Really good.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/552887.Double_Crossa