We loved the stitch pattern on our Ebb Tide skirt but not everybody wants to wear a knitted skirt so we decided to adapt it to make a shawl. link text

This is a long narrow crescent shawl with a sawtooth bottom edge. The stitch pattern is a version of the skirt which uses short rows to make a ripple pattern inspired by the texture of the beach when the tide goes out. The shawl is worked from one side point to the other and uses a series of wedges to create the shape.

This shawl uses two colours worked in alternating two row stripes of colour A in garter stitch and colour B in stocking stitch with short rows worked within the stocking stitch rows. The smooth side of the stocking stitch sections is the right side.

A relatively plain yarn (colour A) is used to make the garter ridges with a second yarn (B) with a strong colour or texture contrast. The design uses the entirety of a single skein of Woolly Wumpkins merino 4-ply for yarn B which has 425m per 100g. We also made a version of the shawl using Katia Atenea (which just went into the third ball) as the contrast (a cotton/cashmere blend) which gives a slightly different feel to the project.

Similar yarns may have less metres per 100g and will not complete the shawl as with our turquoise sample shawl -- the picture of it pinned out shows that the ending tip was worked in another yarn. The shawl can be made smaller by reducing the number of centre wedges worked.

When substituting, bear in mind that it takes approximately 170m of yarn B to work the decreasing and ending sections. Monitor your yarn usage as you work the three centre section wedges and consider working fewer if necessary.

Tension is not critical for this project but you should expect to have 22 stitches to 10cm on the stocking stitch rows

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