Alva by Sarah Pope

Alva

Knitting
October 2019
Sport (12 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1810 yards (1655 m)
approx 80" [203 cm] wingspan and 36" [91.5 cm] at deepest point
English
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This beauty of a shawl is enormous and features both cartridge rib bands and fun knit/purl motifs for a thoroughly enjoyable knit. Shaped to fit comfortably and stylishly around the shoulders, this piece is almost impossible not to want to cast on and wear immediately after blocking.

yarn
chickadee / chanterelle 118
10 skeins

needles
32” circular in size US 5 / 3.75 mm

skills required
Long-tail cast on, cables (link provided); decreasing. Charts and line-by-line instructions included.