Who says you can’t mix stripes and prints?
Drift is a bias triangle shawl that incorporates single-row stripes paired with a flower-like variation of the spool stitch. It’s the seventh in my series of projects using the concept of Assigned Pooling. Assigned Pooling occurs when a change in stitch and texture is assigned to changes in color within a skein of variegated yarn. Stockinette Stitch is assigned to the main color to create a striped backdrop for the spool stitch assigned to the accent color.

Yarn​​ 1 skein Plum Hill on Barker Wool Silky Solo & 1 skein of Berry Bramble on Barker Wool BFL Fingering
or approx. 870 yards of fingering weight yarn designed for use with Assigned Pooling in two contrasting colors.

Finished Measurements 23” deep at center point x 72” long after blocking
Needles US size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needles on a 24” cable
Gauge 24 STS x 32 rows = 4” x 4” in Stockinette ST
Additional Tools A scale that weighs in gramsColor Note

Drift needs two colorways that have highly contrasting background colors to make the stripes stand out. Base your choice on these background colors before you consider the accent colors. The spool stitch is not dependent on a particular length of accent color making it a versatile stitch for different types of variegated skeins. Assigned Pooling is a way to embrace color pooling by letting the color changes have control of the texture pattern. I hope you enjoy exploring this concept as you create your own unique works of wearable art.