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Coastal Walk
This is an asymmetrical shawl with a lace body and an irregular garter stitch border. Worked in DK weight yarn, this project will grow so fast you won’t even believe it’s done already.
I worked on this design while enjoying a family vacation in Australia, visiting the most wonderful places and beaches. Everything about this shawl sends me back to that trip and brings memories of our time there: the colors, the sea-shell lace, the wavy edge. In my mind, even the shape of the shawl looks like one of those beaches.
I hope this shawl reminds you of a paradise you visited. Maybe it’s not a beach, maybe it’s a concrete jungle? I just hope you enjoy the time knitting it and that the finished object will bring you back to a happy time.
This pattern has written and charted directions.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
80” (200 cm) from side to side and 16” (40 cm) from top to bottom at deepest point (after blocking).
MATERIALS
Yarn: 2 skeins of Dreamy DK by House of A La Mode 100% superwash merino; 100g / 250y (229m) or 500y (458m) of DK weight yarn. The sample was made using the colorway Secrets.
Needles: US 7 (4.5mm) needles.
Other notions: Tapestry needle, blocking pins or wires.
GAUGE
14.5 st and 34 rows to 4” (10cm) in Garter st on US 7 (4.5 mm) needles after blocking.
CONSTRUCTION NOTES
This shawl is worked from the centre top down. Stitches are increased at each side on every row to give it its characteristic crescent shape.
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