Maine Coast Shawl by Alicia Plummer

Maine Coast Shawl

Knitting
October 2024
Sport (12 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
984 yards (900 m)
English
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Down, downeast by the edge of the state, warm winds from the southwest send rusted weathervanes set high on tin roofs spinning. Past the miles of blueberry barrens, old whitewashed farmhouses, laundry lines and earthen pine trees lies the Atlantic. She sparkles in the sunlight and reflects it back up the rugged oceanside edge, off red topped lighthouses and grazing the shale cliffs. Up the road a bit, a small nostalgic diner with vintage seating (matching the lighthouse, of course) and checkerboard flooring serves stacks of pancakes topped with cream salt butter and real maple syrup. The blueberries? Freshly picked from the barrens, of course. It smells like freshly brewed coffee, mingling with the dried-leaves of autumn air. The tide hangs heavy in the air, and a lone shawl rests on the side of an old rocking chair on the porch of one of those houses, waiting for its owner to come wrap away the coastal chill of October’s air.emphasized text**

Notions: 4 stitch markers, darning needle for weaving ends.

Notes: Shawl is cast on using a garter tab and worked from the top down flat.

Yarn
Little Fox Yarns Willow 70% fine organic merino wool, 30% hemp; 328 yd/ 300 m per 100 g/3.5 oz skein), shown in colorways Major Tom & Mallow

Gauge is after blocking