This dramatic crescent-shaped shawl uses a single skein of fingering weight yarn. Simple yarnovers highlight the featured colour in pools of dropped stitches giving a maximum show-stopping effect. This is a project which takes full advantage of no two skeins being exactly alike, allowing you to create a truly unique shawl.
YARN
To The Macks Yarn Co. Fingering weight yarn (now discontinued)
80% Superwash merino, 20% nylon; 365m/ 400yds per 100g
Yellow shawl is Golden Plum and navy shawl is Midnight Rainbows.
Other yarn dyers who offer assigned pooling yarns include: Blue Barn Fiber, The Wool Kitchen, What Mustard Made and Inky Fingers Yarn. Choose a skein where your feature colour takes up around a quarter, to a maximum of a third, of the unwound hank.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approximately 63″ (160cm) from side to side and 14″ (35cm) from top to bottom at the centre of the shawl, after blocking.
NEEDLES AND GAUGE
US 7 (4.5mm) needles on 32” (100cm) cable.
5 sts and 9 rows in garter stitch over 1″ (2.5cm), after blocking.
NOTIONS AND SKILLS
You will need two stitch markers and a tapestry needle.
This shawl uses garter stitch, knit increases and (intentional!) dropped stitches.
Links to instructional videos are available.
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