BLOSSOM STRIPE SHAWL
Designed by Dee Hardwicke
Field Guide no. 25: BOTANICA
Specs & Details
Stripes are the party here, with a band of flowers—or are they butterflies? Dee’s love of simple motifs lets us enjoy the moment of colorwork, with plenty of simple stripes along the way.
Materials
Atlas by Modern Daily Knitting [2 oz (57 g) skeins, each approx 145 yds (132.5 m), 100% Rambouillet wool]: 2 skeins each Tutu, Barn Red, and Seaglass; 1 skein Truffle
Sizes US 6 (4 mm) and US 5 (3.75 cm) circular needles 40″ (100 cm) long or longer, or sizes needed to achieve gauge
Gauge
22 sts and 27.5 rnds = 4″ (10 cm) in stranded st st, blocked
Knitted Measurements
Approx 58.25″ wide at CO edge x 31″ long at spine (148 x 78.5 cm); shaped sides are approx 42″ (106.5 cm) long
Notes
Shawl is worked back and forth from wide edge to point, with Seed st edges.