Crescent Ruffle Shawl by Kim Alt

Crescent Ruffle Shawl

by Kim Alt
Knitting
September 2019
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
4.0 mm (G)
850 - 1000 yards (777 - 914 m)
Adult
English
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Light and airy, with a ruffle for your feminine side, the crescent shape of this shawl will allow it to stay on your shoulders or it can be wrapped around your body and pinned or belted for more warmth and a cute waist ruffle.

The shawl is knit from side to side in garter stitch (no purling required!) with the ruffle done in short rows as you knit. Two different colors of yarn are used and this can vary quite a bit. I prefer to have one semi-solid color and one with longer color variations but almost anything goes! You could also knit this pattern with handspun yarn or two different yarns (one solid single-ply and one variegated two-ply for instance).

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate

SIZE: Adult

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
About 19” high at center x 80” on upper edge, depending on whether you block the shawl and your yarn choice. 
MATERIALS
Yarn: Main Color (MC): Schoppel Zaubergall Crazy; 75% Wool / 25% Nylon; 420 Meters / 459 Yards, 100 g, Color: #1535, 1 skein
Contrasting Color (CC): Schoppel Zaubergall Crazy; 75% Wool / 25% Nylon; 420 Meters / 459 Yards, 100 g, Color: #2332, 1 skein
Any fingering-weight yarn may be used or, for a slightly lighter version, use a lace-weight yarn
Needles: One set US size 6 (4.00mm) 16-24” circular LACE needles
One crochet hook, size G (optional crocheted edging)
Other: 1-2 stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Blocking wires and T-pins (optional)

GAUGE
22 sts & 42 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch on size 6 needles (unblocked). Gauge is not incredibly important for this pattern, but your shawl may have a slightly different measurement if the gauge is significantly different.