Today I’m sharing my design and pattern instructions for the Neapolitan Ice Cream Stole using two solid colors of Angora Lace yarn (the coffee and the white) and one speckled colorway (Spicetree). Yesterday, we looked at the way to make a knit-through-decrease, which will help us make the easy to learn lace panels for this stole. Of course, use any 3 colors you like and change the name, but working with this lovely, soft, fingering weight yarn will make any stole warm and comfortable next to your neck.
A combination of wide and narrow stripes, slipped stitch columns, reverse stockinette stitch motifs and lace panels keeps every knitter from getting bored without leaving their brain drained.
Materials Needed
Size US 6 [4mm] needles or size necessary to achieve gauge.
Wisdom Yarn Angora Lace, 1 ball each in 3 colors
Gauge: 22 sts and 32 rows = 4” [10cm]
Abbreviations:
K = Knit
P = Purl
Ktd (Knit-Through Decrease) = Insert RH needle through next stitch purlwise, grab second stitch with needle point and knit it while pulling the new stitch through the first stitch, drop both old stitches from left-hand needle (makes 1 st from 2 sts).
Pm = place marker
Sm = slip marker
YO = yarn over
Slipped stitches and some purls define the vertical panels which feature the lace work and other textured motifs.
Directions:
With Col A (multicolor), cast on 108 sts.
Row 1: S1, [k9, pm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 2: Sm as you come to them, s1, k3, p15, k2, [p32, k2] twice, p15, k4.
Row 3: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5, p4, k5, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 4: S1, k3, p13, k6, [p28, k6] twice, p13, k4.
Row 5: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k3, p8, k3, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 6: S1, k3, p13, k6, [p28, k6] twice, p13, k4.
Row 7: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5, p4, k5, s1, p1, sm, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 8: S1, k3, p15, k2, [p32, k2] twice, p15, k4.
Row 9: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 10: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Change to Col B (White) the first time and at each odd repeat of Rows 1-90; change to Col C (Brown) at each even repeat.
Row 11: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 12: S1, [k9, p3, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 13: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 14: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 15: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 16: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 17: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 18: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 19: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 20: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 21: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 22: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 23: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 24: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 25: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 26: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 27: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 28: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 29: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 30: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 31: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 32: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 33: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 34: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 35: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 36: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 37: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 38: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 39: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 40: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 41: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 42: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 43: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 44: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 45: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 46: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 47: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, yo, ktd, k6, yo, ktd, k2, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 48: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 49: S1, k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, [k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k2, [k2, yo, ktd] twice, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1] twice, k14, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 50: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 51: S1, k3, [k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, yo, ktd] 5 times, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k10.
Row 52: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 53: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 54: S1, [k9, p3, k5] 6 times, k5.
Change to Col A (multicolored) yarn.
Row 55: S1, k9, sm, P3, [sm, K14, p3] across, ending with K10.
Row 56: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 57: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, p2, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 58: S1, k3, p14, k4, [p30, k4] twice, p14, k4.
Row 59: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k4, p6, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 60: S1, k3, p12, k8, [p26, k8] twice, p12, k4.
Row 61: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k4, p6, k4, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 62: S1, k3, p14, k4, [p30, k4] twice, p14, k4.
Row 63: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k6, p2, k6, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 3 times, k5.
Row 64: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 65: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 66: Repeat row 64.
Change to Col C (Brown) the first time and each odd repeat; change to Col B (White) each even repeat.
Row 67: Repeat row 65.
Row 68: S1, [k9, p3, sm, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 69: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 70: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 71: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Rows 72-77: Repeat rows 70-71.
Row 78: S1, [k9, p3, sm, k5] 6 times, k5.
Change to Col B (White) the first time and each odd repeat; change to Col C (Brown) each even repeat.
Row 79: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Row 80: S1, k3, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 81: S1, [k9, sm, s1, p1, s1, k5] 6 times, k5.
Rows 82-89: Repeat rows 80-81.
Row 90: S1, [k9, p3, sm, k5] 6 times, k5.
Change to Col A (multicolored) yarn.
Repeat rows 1-90 until stole measures 52 inches.
Bind off all stitches.
The rich texture of this design and of the yarn itself, will warm the neck and shoulders of the lucky person who gets to wear it.
I hope you try this stole or at least, try the knit-through decrease or Angora Lace yarn. I’m off to have some Neapolitan Ice Cream before the weather gets any cooler.
