Aunt Joan Shawl by Debbie Hostos

Aunt Joan Shawl

Knitting
February 2017
Aran (8 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette lightly blocked
US 8 - 5.0 mm
530 - 600 yards (485 - 549 m)
One size
English
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This is a winged triangular shawl. What’s special about this construction? Have you ever had a triangular shawl that just didn’t want to sit on your shoulders? This one has a little bit extra so that it stays on better. It kind of hugs your shoulders with just a little extra material to help it stay put. This pattern has enough flexibility in it that you can either follow it or use the pattern as a guideline for designing your own.

Skill level: The main construction is a winged triangular shawl.
Dimensions of shawl: Width 61 inches / 155 cm, length 27 inches / 69 cm
Materials:
• Needles: US 8 / 5 mm
• Yarn: Three skeins of my amazing Aunt Joan’s yarn. 100% wool. 189 yards / 173 m / 3.4 oz each skein. Hand dyed. Substitute with aran weight or like weight yarn. Differing weight yarn can change the yardage needed to complete the project and finish the finished size.
• Yarn needle
• 4 stitch markers
Swatch: 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette lightly blocked 14 stitches/ 21 rows. Exact gauge not critical, but can affect size of garment and yardage needed to complete garment.
Definitions:
• CO – Cast on
• DYO – Double yarn over
• K - Knit
• K2tog – Knit 2 together
• P - Purl
• PM – Place Marker
• RS – Right side
• SM – Slip Marker
• St – Stitch
• SL – Slip stitch purl wise, then move yarn to back
• WS – Wrong side
• YO – Yarn over