Garter Stripe Shawl

This generous shawl—it can double as a throw—uses our favorite, the humble garter stitch in wide stripes that go on and on, with a subtle structure and order. This might be the largest project in this Field Guide, but it’s also the easiest and the most playful.

In this pattern, we show yarn colors and quantities to replicate the photography sample, but we also heartily endorse the idea of gathering up a bunch of colors of Felted Tweed and playing with a color arrangement to create your own magical Kaffe creation.

Materials
Felted Tweed by Rowan [50 g skeins, each approx 191 yds (175 m), 50% wool/25% viscose/25% alpaca]: 3 balls each Turquoise, Vaseline Green, Treacle, Iris, and Cinnamon; 2 balls each Zinnia, Pink Bliss, Mineral, Barbara, Celadon, and Electric Green; 1 ball each Scree, Clay, and Lotus Leaf
Size US 5 (3.75mm) circular needle, 40″ (100cm), or size needed to achieve gauge

Knitted Measurements
42″ wide x 71″ long (106.5cm x 180.5cm)

Gauge
24 sts and 44 rows (22 ridges) = 4″ (10cm) garter stitch, after blocking