Desdemona’s Handkerchief
This lacy square handkerchief scattered with strawberries was inspired by Desdemona’s handkerchief. Although Othello describes the handkerchief as being made from silk, I chose to use a light cotton and linen blend because that seemed more like handkerchief material to me. It can be worked in plain white and left plain or dyed, or it can be worked in intarsia. To demonstrate that this project could be decorative and useful, I also made a blanket with worsted-weight yarn.
Designer: Natalie Servant
Finished Measurements:
Lace handkerchief: 14″ / 35.5cm square
Worsted-weight blanket: 42″ / 106.5 wide
× 45″ / 114.5cm long
Materials:
HANDKERCHIEF
Diamond Yarn Luxury Collection Pima Lino Lace (60% cotton, 40% linen; 464 yds / 424m per 50g skein)
[MC:] White #157; 1 skein
[CC1:] Orange Red #267; 1 skein
[CC2:] Olive #270; 1 skein 40-inch US #2 / 2.75mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge
BLANKET
Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 (100% wool; 220 yds / 201m per 100g skein)
[MC:] Van Dyke Brown #7822; 3–4 skeins
[CC1:] Bright Red #8414; 1 skein
[CC2:] Granny Smith #8914; 1 skein
67-inch US #8 / 5mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge:
HANDKERCHIEF
22 sts and 37 rows = 4″ / 10cm in background lace patt
BLANKET
14 sts and 18 rows = 4″ / 10cm in background lace patt
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