Etretat Shawl by Luisa Puccini

Etretat Shawl

Knitting
December 2020
Sport (12 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in cable pattern
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1312 - 1422 yards (1200 - 1300 m)
one
English
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The inspiration for this shawl comes from a place in France that I visited last summer. Etretat is in Normandy and is famous for the incredible beauty of its coastline and cliffs. The white rocks stand out against the blue of the ocean, while the intricate design of the stones plays with the foam of the sea.

This landscape made me think of a shawl with an overall texture, and stripes of mosaic and corrugated ribs that remember the texture of the cliffs and the waves.

The triangular shawl is knitted flat from side to side. It starts from a tip and grows adding 1 stitch at the beginning of every RS row. The easy cable stitch can be worked without cable needle and you will find a link in the pattern to great video. The colorwork is done with the slip stitch technique (mosaic knitting) which is carefully explained (charted and written) and that allows you to work with only one strand at a time.

YARN
250 gr / 8,8 oz of Drops Baby Merino (175 m - 190 yards in 50 gr - 1,8 oz ball) or 875 m or 950 yards total for MC,
100 gr / 3,6 oz of Drops Baby Merino or 350 m (380 yards) total in CC

SIZE
The shawl is 2 m (2.2 yards) on the long side and 70 cm (27.5 “) deep.

NEEDLE
3,5 mm needle (US 4 )

GAUGE
20 sts in 28 rows in cable stitch pattern after blocking