Fields Forever by Meli Alness

Fields Forever

Knitting
March 2022
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
500 - 600 yards (457 - 549 m)
One Size
English
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I set myself the task of designing a shawl with a single skein of Haven plus the remaining contrast color (50 grams) from my triangle shawl pattern, “Another Peacock.” Slipped stitches, eyelets, and garter row sections remind me of both the fields surrounding my Minnesota hometown (corn, soybeans, and goldenrod) and the terraced fields half a world away on the Tibetan Plateau (chartreuse-colored rapeseed flowers). Either way, this shawl is like coming home.

Yarn: Reywa Fibers Haven (100% Tibetan yak down, fingering, 400 yds/110 grams)

Yardage:

200 yards/50 grams C1 (sample shown in Luscious)

400 yards/100 grams C2 (sample shown in Luscious Waters)

Needles: US 5/3.75 mm or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: tapestry needle

Finished Dimensions: Wingspan: approximately 7’

Gauge: 21 sts & 36 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, lightly blocked

Gauge is not crucial to this design, but it will affect yardage and dimensions.