Chubasco Shawl by Kate Barrios

Chubasco Shawl

Knitting
March 2021
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
23.5 stitches and 32.5 rows = 4 inches
in Crossed Loops stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1214 yards (1110 m)
One size
English
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Learn how to knit the Crossed Loops Stitch (and the Front and Back Crosses) on THIS VIDEO

Introduction

The Chubasco Shawl is inspired by unusual symmetry, in this case by the unexpectedness of shower rains, how the sky is clear one moment, and the other, the skies are falling and everything is chaos. By combining the intricate Crossed Loops stitch with its asymmetrical shape, the Chubasco Shawl is and unexpected challenge to knit, but so rewarding.

The Chubasco Shawl features an asymmetrical shape, worked from the shortest side to the opposite corner.

Techniques Required

  • Knit & purl

  • Slip stitches

  • Crossing stitches

  • Cast-on and bind-off

  • Increasing stitches

  • Decreasing stitches

  • Working from written instructions

  • Blocking

Yarn

Julie Asselin Leizu Worsted worsted weight yarn (4 oz/115 g; 200 yd/185 m; 90% superwash merino/10% silk). 6 skeins. Color Echo.

Or

Approximately 24.5 oz/690 g; 1214 yds/1110 m of worsted weight yarn; 90% superwash merino/10% silk.

Needles

US size 6/4 mm needles or size to obtain correct gauge.

Notions

Tapestry needle.

Gauge

  1. 5 sts and 32.5 rows = 4 in/10 cm in Crossed Loops stitch after blocking.

Take the time to save time! Please knit a gauge swatch to check your gauge.

Finished Measurements

Wingspan: 90”/229 cm

Length: 24”/61 cm