Pattern available free with yarn kit purchase at thepluckyknitter.com.

A simple shawl where your yarn choices shine! Stripe or marl colors, play with different yarn textures, double up on a favorite yarn--it’s all possible! We started with a yummy finished fabric we think balances drape and coziness, paired it with simple texture, and it just went from there…

Finished Measurements

Three Seasons: Approx. 54” / 137 cm wingspan by 21.5” / 54.5 cm deep along center spine

Deep Winter: Approx. 78” / 198 cm wingspan by 33.5” / 85 cm deep along center spine

Yarn

Fingering-weight and lace-weight yarn to hold together throughout:

Three Seasons: Approx. 400 yds / 366 m each yarn held together throughout

Deep Winter: Approx. 990 yds / 905 m each yarn if using throughout; five-color version uses approx. 200 yds / 183 m each yarn for C1, 150 yds / 137 m each yarn for C2, 180 yds / 165 m each yarn for C3, 205 yds / 187 m each yarn for C4, and 255 yds / 233 m each yarn for C5

Marled version shown in size Three Seasons: 1 skein of Plucky Knitter Legacy Fingering (100% Shaniko wool, 450 yds / 410 m in 100 g) in color Oatmeal and 2 skeins of Plucky Knitter Plume Lace (74% baby suri alpaca, 26% silk; 328 yds / 300 m in 50 g) in color Velvet Hour

Five-color stripe version shown in size Deep Winter: 1 skein each Plucky Knitter Legacy Fingering held together with 1 skein each Plucky Knitter Plume Lace in colors C1-5: Scuttle, Bartlett, Henley, Drift, and Bunny

Needles

US 10 (6mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needles, or size needed for gauge
US 9 (5.5mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needle, or one size smaller than gauge needle for border

Notions

4 markers and tapestry needle

Gauge

Gauge is not critical for this project, although you do want a balanced fabric that drapes and holds its shape in the 2x2 rib stitch. Our samples were approx. 14 sts / 22 rows = 4” / 10 cm in k2, p2 rib, blocked

Notes

Shawl is knit with one strand of each yarn held together throughout. Use a fingering-weight and a lace-weight yarn together for an airy and light fabric; use a dk-weight and a lace-weight together for more drape and warmth. Changing yarns will affect your yardage requirements.

Shawl is written for two sizes: The smaller three seasons shawl offers the opportunity to play with marled fabrics; the larger deep winter shawl is written for either marled fabrics or a five-color stripe sequence.

Shawl fabric is made up of a k2, p2 allover rib and set off with a three-stitch k1, p1 rib edge and spine.

Shawl border is defined by changing needle sizes and working two rows of simple twisted stitches on both the right and wrong sides of the work.