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Triangle Entrelac Shawl 
Starting with One Square Instead 
of Triangle Base Row
With

Lace Patterns Inserted in Rectangles

Entrelac has such an intriguing knit structure. 
With this project, I explored how to create Entrelac fabric without using the traditional row of base triangles. 

Seven different lace stitches are used in the body of the shawl
and a lace edging is incorporated into the cast off triangles.
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Yarn: Sample used 16 ounces of Hand spun 2 ply fingering weight yarn.  Larger and smaller yarns can be used.

Gauge: 5 sts to the inch and 6 rows to the inch.  
Gauge is not real important for this project.  
It is more important to match needle size to yarn size to make a light flexible fabric.  
Since Entrelac  creates a bias fabric, this also effects finished size more than the guage.

Needle Size:  American size 6 Knitting Needles or the size needed to match yarn used.

Finished size: Measurements of sample are 44 inches on short edge and 72 inches on long edge.  
If a larger shawl is desired, lace pattern rows can be repeated with addition repeats of the 
pattern squares in the center of the shawl.  
Again the bias effect of the entrelac makes for a shawl that drapes easily on the body.