If you compare the last rows of the wing charts of clue 3 and clue 4 you will notice that they are almost identical. They both have the same lace motif of k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k9. Where they differ is how many knit stitches they have at the beginning and end of the rows, and how many times the motif is repeated.
For the right side, clue 3 starts out with k11 and ends with k3 while clue 4 starts out with k9 and ends with a k1.
For the left side, clue 3 starts out with the k3 and ends with the k11 while clue 4 starts out with the k1 and ends with the k9.
Two things are going on here - the start of the motif shifts over 2 stitches to the right, that is it starts earlier, and there are more repeats of the motif. At the end of clue 3 on my Redux version there are 103 stitches in each of the wings, while in the original version there are 121 stitches in each of the wings. And at the end of clue 4 in the original version there are 149 stitches in each of the wings.
So this is where we get to have some fun and get a little creative. All we have to do when we start up again with clue 5 is make sure that our motifs line up by adjusting the number of stitches we knit at the beginning, and then making sure that we mirror those adjustments when we work the left side. We will also have to make some adjustments at the end of the row for the right side wing and the beginning of the row for the left side wing, but I’ll leave that discussion till next time.
Pattern: Rapunzel Shawl by Janine Le Cras
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Eos
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm)
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