Modern woman's wardrobe prettydiverse, but often only the use of additional accessories makes her image truly individual. Fashion is characterized not only by new trends, but also by the fact that often long-forgotten pieces of clothing are gaining new life. One of these accessories is shawl.
With the current diversity of colors and diversitytastes choose the right thing is not difficult. And hardly anyone today thinks about where the shawl came from. Meanwhile, the history of the appearance of the first shawls leads us into the 15th century. They were made in one of the valleys of ancient Asia using hand weaving techniques. It is known that several weavers worked on the manufacture of shawls, and it took them up to several months to work. Depending on the complexity of the pattern and on who it was ultimately intended for, the time needed for the work could be increased up to a year.
It is believed that in Europe a shawl appeared dueNapoleon Bonaparte. From his trips, he brought Josephine samples of various items of clothing as a gift. One of these samples was the shawl, the versatility of which was appreciated. True, if in Asia the shawl was rather an ornament, then the harsher European climate changed it a bit. Over time, the shawl from a simple decoration has become a thing of practical use.
Making warm shawls started themnew life. In the cold season, they have become simply indispensable. Since the European trends had a significant influence on the formation of Russian fashion, shawls firmly settled in our country. And despite the fact that steam engines and weaving machines were introduced into production, things made using manual labor are still considered the most valuable and unique. Today, the range of products is striking in its diversity. It can be thick plain shawls and capes crocheted or knitted, lace scarves made from various types of yarn, as well as collected from separately made elements.
With the increasing popularity of this garmentmore and more varied techniques of its implementation were offered. One of these techniques was suggested by German designer Erich Engeln. The peculiarity of its solution is that the shawl has not a simple triangular, but sickle-shaped form. This form allows the shawl to be conveniently placed on the shoulders of its owner and does not slide off them when moving. And it can also be draped easily around the shoulders, thus altering the image. Knit such shawls with needles. From Erich Engeln the idea was borrowed by the masters of many countries of the world, and today such design products are at the peak of popularity. A growing number of needlewomen are interested in the technique of their manufacture.
An unusual item of clothing not immediately, but deservedpopularity and recognition, and also received a name by the name of the author - Engeln's shawl. The layout and job description were initially kept secret. They gained widespread distribution much later. And today almost every knitter considers it necessary to try to tie her.
На первый взгляд может показаться, что выполнить such a masterpiece is incredibly difficult. However, skilled workers are always ready to come to the aid of beginners and willingly post Engeln's shawl schemes on specialized forums. Of course, simple knitting is not enough here. You must be able to understand the schemes, as well as have enough desire and perseverance, because in order to get the desired result, sometimes you have to redo the work more than once. Three types of basic loops are used for knitting, which are easy to master - their designation in the diagrams is always the same. Therefore, having mastered the basics, you can always perform more complex work.
Let's try together to figure out howEngeln shawl is performed. The scheme and description below are standard for all varieties of this model. Therefore, you can only decide what kind of shawl you want to get: more delicate or dense. And also decide on the composition of the thread that you will use. If you want to get an air product, it is necessary that the threads be thin enough, for example, the length of the thread should be about 500 meters in 100 grams. And the needles for such threads should be taken with a diameter of 3-3.5 mm.
The schemes of Erich Engeln's shawls can be found in variousknitting magazines and forums where craftswomen communicate and post pictures of their masterpieces. In these photos, we clearly see that various knitting techniques are used to make shawls. Therefore, the presence of several schemes is understandable.
At the beginning of the work all the main rows are performed.shawls, which are also called the body of the shawl, and then performed her calling card - border. And what seems incredibly difficult at first glance is quite doable. Upon careful consideration of the Engeln shawl scheme, we conclude that a certain loop gain system is used to form the shawl body. So that the canvas does not look unnecessarily loose, loop hinges are made directly at the edge loops and also at the central loop. Conventionally, the body of the shawl is divided into two symmetrical halves, which are knitted in mirror image.
To start working on the needles dial 11 loops,and the first row is knitted with purl loops. Next, you need to conditionally divide the future shawl into two halves. To this end, it is proposed to isolate the central loop with a plastic pin, a marker, or simply a colored thread. Remembering the increase of loops, immediately after the edge of one loop, you should knit three at once, as follows: front, nakid, front. The next three loops knit facial. Before the central loop and after it, respectively, we do nakid. Then again three facial, and from the penultimate loop, similar to the beginning of the series, we knit three loops. Edging completes the series. All loops in the purl row are knitted in the purl. In such a simple way, the Engeln shawl is knitted at first. The scheme and description should always be at hand, it will greatly simplify the work.
Подобным образом шаль вяжется до 42 ряда.Watch carefully for the addition of loops. They are added by 6 in each row - when knitting 42 rows on the needles there should be 137 loops. Such accuracy is very important when performing Engeln's shawls. Schemes, the description and comments of experts allow us thus to control the correctness of work.
The next stage of work - vyvyazyvanie tracerypattern - requires knitters already a little more skill and perseverance. And also more frequent reference to the scheme. Requirements for the increase of loops remain the same. At this stage, the shawl begins knitting diamonds, which will end on the 64 series of work. It should be remembered here that only one part of the shawl is offered to our attention, while the other one is knitted in a mirror image.
And the last stage of the work is vyvyazyvanierims. It gives the product a finished look and personality, and by right this stage of work is the most difficult. Its peculiarity is that there will no longer be a central loop, and the addition of loops is carried out in accordance with the knitting scheme of the border leaves. In order to avoid mistakes and get a real Engeln shawl, the scheme and description on This stage should always be at hand. After all, any mistake can lead not only to the loss of the overall appearance of the product, but also to disappointment.
As you can see, such openwork shawls are knitted with needles.Engelna, with the schemes and description of the works of which we met above, is often called the magician, and the products themselves - tablecloths and shawls - are compared with frost patterns on glass. Let each item you make give you a lot of warmth and pleasure from its use. Successes you in knitting.
