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Barndom
Choose two or three colors of fingering weight yarn for this top down triangular shawl. The entire fabric is worked in garter stitch with columns of stockinette slipped stitches that travel to form bold geometric shapes.
Sizes
2-color medium version (3-color large version)
Finished Measurements
19 (22)″ / 48 (56)cm from CO to BO along center stitch, 80 (90)″ / 203 (229)cm wingspan along top edge stitches. Measurements taken after blocking.
Yarn
Fingering weight
Yardage
2-color version
Color A - 390yds / 357m
Color B - 425yds / 389m
3-color version
Color A - 390yds / 357m
Color B - 280yds / 256m
Color C - 415yds / 379m
Shown in
2-color version
Color A - Juno Fibre Arts Belle (70% UK Alpaca, 30% Bluefaced Leicester; 437yds / 400m per 100g skein), colorway: Latte
Color B - Skein Top Draw Socks (85% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon; 437yds / 400m per 100g skein), colorway: Hazel
3-color version
Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 420yds / 384m per 100g skein)
Color A - Fig
Color B - Antique Lace
Color C - Winter Wheat
Needles
40″ US 4 / 3.5mm circular
Notions
22 stitch markers, cable needle, tapestry needle
Gauge
24 sts & 52 rows = 4′′ / 10cm in garter stitch after
blocking
Errata
Section 2, Note: For the first and last cables in Row 5…
Section 2, Row 77 (RS): Using color A, k3, yo, (k to m, slm) 6 times, k to m, M1R, slm, k2, slm, M1L, (k to m, slm) 6 times, k to last 3 sts, yo, k3.
Abbreviations
C4B: (cable 4 back) slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in back of work, k2, k2 from cable needle.
C4F: (cable 4 front) slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in front of work, k2, k2 from cable needle.
cn: cable needle
CO: cast on
k: knit
k2tog: knit two together
m: marker
M1L: (make one left) with left needle, lift strand between sts from the front, knit through the back loop
M1R: (make one right) with left needle, lift strand between sts from the back, knit through the front loop
p: purl
pm: place marker
RS: right side
sl: slip
slm: slip marker
st/s: stitch/es
tbl: through back loop
WS: wrong side
wyib: with yarn in back
wyif: with yarn in front
yo: yarn over
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