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Sportweight/dk Modulator 3 is the easiest of the modulator series to knit! It’s still got some interesting shaping to engage more intermediate/advanced knitters, though, and is a nice way to show off some good handspun. The knitting is multi-directional, and you end up with a nice curved-ends crescent shape.

The charm of this one is all in the shaping, and the sportweight handspun yarn lends it extra coziness and makes it a faster knit. Although anything include natural/neutral tones will work, the simple lines used here look great in flashy handspuns, kettle-dyed tonals like Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo, scraps, or, if you don’t spin your own but like the look, handspun-like yarns like Noro Silk Garden Sock.

There’s also some flexibility in yarn weights with this pattern. Sport yarn gives you the full-size scarf or shawl as shown in the sample, but you can use sock yarns for a lighter mini-shawl, or go up to dk or worsted for more emphasis on the heavy textured coziness of garter stitch.

Whatever your approach, Modulator 3 is a good canvas for showing off your yarn choices and personal style. It has minimal purling and shaping, making it ideal comfort or tv knitting for many.

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Materials:

• About 400-440 yards of sportweight yarn, ideally in a soft wool for next-to-the-skin wear; sample shown in handspun merino blend
• 1 40”+ circular needle in US 5-7/3.75-4.5mm, or size needed for gauge
• tapestry needle for weaving in ends
• removable stitch markers—optional, but nice to have to easily keep track of progress/stitch counts.

Gauge:
Gauge is 19 sts and 26 rows over 4”/10cm of garter stitch, worked flat and blocked. This
measurement is taken from the triangle section of the shawl. Please be sure to check your gauge.

Measurements:
As shown, this scarf measures 72/1.8m long and about 8.5”/22cm wide at its widest, after light wet blocking. This design can be knit in various yarns, but these measurements will vary considerably between yarn weights.