Houses of Reykjavik Shawl by Stephen West

Houses of Reykjavik Shawl

Knitting
June 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch after blocking
US 5 - 3.75 mm
One size
English

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This colorful stashbuster is knitted with fingering weight yarn for light and flowy fabric. I held coordinating shades of lace weight mohair together with my fingering weight yarns for an optional fluffy halo in the fabric. The shawl begins with garter stitch parallelograms and short row wedges in the center of the shawl. Once the long color blocked strip is created, triangles fill in the negative space with a seamless modular technique. Each section is picked up or knitted together with the previous section for a bold quilt-inspired effect. The center of the shawl continues with tiny bobbles and brioche stitch with playful color pops decorating the textured stitches. Once the top section of the shawl is complete, stitches are picked up for a brioche chevron section followed by wavy stripes. This eclectic design is inspired by the colorful houses of Reykjavik, capturing that cozy feeling of cafe knitting and warm woolly walks to the local pool.

Finished Measurements
76″ / 193cm wingspan length, 30″ / 76cm from CO to BO edge measured along the center of the shawl. Measurements taken after blocking.

Yarn
Fingering weight

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Shown in
A variety of fingering weight yarns and lace weight mohair silk (optional)

You can knit this shawl with 1 strand of fingering weight yarn OR you can hold coordinating colors of lace weight mohair together with the fingering weight wool for a fluffy mohair halo.

The sample features several colors of Life in the Long Grass Singles, Punk Rock Uniocorn Soul, West Wool Bicycle, & Mominoki Sock Fine 4ply held together with coordinating shades of West Wool Glowhair. Use as many colors as you like to customize this stashbusting shawl. I used about 19 colors of fingering weight wool in my shawl.

Needles
US 5 / 3.75mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
14 stitch markers, 1 split ring marker, tapestry needle

Gauge
22 sts & 44 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch after blocking

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