Crossing Twigs Shawl by Natalia Pleshko

Crossing Twigs Shawl

Knitting
November 2023
Sport (12 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in Twisted Candles pattern
US 4 - 3.5 mm
3.5 mm (E)
1125 - 1150 yards (1029 - 1052 m)
One size
low vision format available
English
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Description:
Crossing Twigs Shawl was inspired by trees in the winter. The cable motif of the border with lots of twists and turns is reminiscent of the look of the leafless trees when you can see many single branches and twigs and how they cross each other.
The shawl is a triangular shawl with slightly crescent upper corners, it is worked from the neckline down with the main color for the body and in contrast color for the border. The border connects to the live stitches of the body as it is worked.

Skills:
You need to know how to knit and purl, do left and right knit and purl increases, make 2/2 and 3/3 cables, Provisional cast on, and I-cord.

Size: One size
Finished measurements: width 76”/190 cm, depth 27”/67 cm.

Materials:

YARN
Malabrigo Arroyo (100% Superwash Merino Wool; 335 yds/306 m; 3.5 oz/100 g) in 52 Paris Night (MC) and 27 Bobby Blue (CC)
MC: 2 skeins, or approx. 575 yds/525 m of sport weight yarn
CC: 2 skeins, or approx. 550 yds/500 m of sport weight yarn

NEEDLES
US 4/3.5 mm circular needles 24”/60 cm and 40”/100 cm (or 48”/120 cm) long. Or size needed to obtain gauge.

NOTIONS
Waste yarn (approx. sport weight), crochet hook US E/3.5 mm, 4 stitch markers, cable needle

Gauge:
21 sts x 34 rows = 4”/10 cm in Twisted Candles pattern worked flat, blocked.
The exact gauge is not crucial, but a different gauge will affect finished measurements and yarn usage.

Accessibility Statement:
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