This pattern is available as an exclusive preview pattern when you sign up for my digital workshop, Colorplay the Westknits Way: Stripes & Slip Stitches. Sign up for my workshop here!

This video workshop is filled with over 2 hours of inspirational videos and technique tutorials. In addition to the colorplay video lessons, you will receive the Painting Stripes PDF along with video tutorials to help you knit the Painting Stripes Shawl when you sign up. This Painting Stripes Shawl pattern will be available as an individual download and as part of a new book called Painting Shawls in February!

Gather a colorful array of fingering weight yarns to knit the smooth color pop stripes. Two skeins of the main color in garter stitch frame the contrasting colors in stockinette stitch. The large shawl shape is composed of three sections for a seamless modular construction. Short rows elongate the shape and I-cord frames the edges. You can use as many colors as you like to paint the stripes of this easy to knit shawl.

Finished Measurements: 90″ / 229cm wingspan length, 31″ / 79cm at widest part. Measurements taken after blocking.

Yarn: Fingering Weight

Yardage: MC - 730yds / 668m
CC’s - 700yds / 640m total

Shown in: Blue Green Sample
West Wool Bicycle (90% Falkland Merino, 10% Texel; 390yds / 357m per 100g skein)
MC - Prince (blue)

CC - A variety of fingering weight yarns ranging from solids and semi-solids to speckled colorways from La Bien Aimée, Garn Stories, Qing Fibre, & West Wool

Orange Pink Sample
West Wool Bicycle (90% Falkland Merino, 10% Texel; 390yds / 357m per 100g skein)
MC - Tiger (golden toffee)

CC - A variety of fingering weight yarns ranging from solids and semi-solids to speckled colorways from The Wandering Flock, Republic of Wool, Garn Stories, Qing Fibre, West Wool, & Walk Collection

Needles: US 4 / 3.5mm cicular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle

Gauge: 24 sts & 38 rows = 4″ / 10cm in pattern (4 rows garter stitch + 4 rows stockinette stitch) after blocking