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Pattern by Martina Behm 12/2010

Trillian
Trillian is the leading female character in
Douglas Adams great book The Hitchhikers
Guide to the Galaxy. Shes a mathematician
and astrophysicist, and if she took up knitting,
no doubt she would enjoy the unusual
construction of this shawlette: You start
knitting at one corner, adding wider and wider
rows, thereby forming a long, shallow, slightly
asymmetrical triangle. Just perfect for
wrapping around your neck several times or
hug your shoulders with a little warmth. Due to
the shallow-but-long shape, you will get
something useful to wear, no matter how much
yarn you have. The garter-stitch center is
perfect for showcasing a beautiful hand-dyed
yarn, because it makes the colors flow into
each other naturally. The fishnet-lace border
Measurements on both short sides of the triangle adds just a
Length : 200 cm, Depth: 38 cm bit of femininity without being frilly.
Manageable even for beginning knitters.
Materials & Tools
1 skein of Wollmeise 100 % Pattern notes
Merino Superwash multicolor To achieve the size shown in the pictures,
150g (570 yards /520 m) (shown in you will need about 520 m (570 yards) of
colorway Koralle im Meer). sockyarn, which corresponds to 150 g of
3 mm circular needle, length 80 Wollmeise 100% Merino. If you use less, you
cm. 4.5 mm needle for binding will end up with a neckerchief or smaller
off. shawlette.
Tapestry needle

Gauge
21 sts/27 ridges = 10 cm (4 inches)
in garter stitch

Skills needed
Casting on, knit and purl,
increasing by knitting into the
front and back of one stitch,
knitting two together, yarn over,
binding off.

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Pattern by Martina Behm 12/2010

Trillian
Instructions

Setup Rows
Cast on 10 stitches.
Row 1: kfb, (k2tog, yo) three times, k2tog, k1.
Row 2: p8, k1, kfb (this is the back side).
Row 3: kfb, k1, (k2tog, yo) three times, k2tog, k1.
Row 4: p8, k2, kfb.

Body Pattern
Row 1: kfb, then knit until 9 stitches remain on the left
needle, (k2tog, yo) three times, k2tog, k1.
Row 2: p8, knit to last stitch, kfb.

Repeat two rows of body pattern until your shawlette has a

Edging
Row 1: kfb, then knit until 9 stitches remain on the left Abbreviations
needle, (k2tog, yo) three times, k2tog, k1 (like Row 1
k: knit.
of Body Pattern.)
p: purl.
Row 2: purl all stitches (no kfb at the end!)
Row 3: k2, yo, (k2tog, yo) until three stitches remain on the kfb: knit once into
left needle, k2tog, k1. front of loop, leave
stitch on the needle,
Row 4: purl. knit once into back
of loop, slip stitch
Repeat only rows 3 and 4 three more times (four rows of off.
holes!).
k2tog: knit two
stitches together.
Bind off fairly loosely (I suggest using a needle 2-3 sizes
yo: yarn over.
bigger) on the next row in knit stitch.

Finishing
Weave in ends invisibly, wash and block (ideally stretching
the edge, but not so much the garter stitch body).

Enjoy!

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Pattern by Martina Behm 12/2010

Trillian

This Mini-Sample
illustrates Trillians
construction

Questions? Bugs? I am happy to help!

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