Pleat Sleek takes simple garter and mesh stitches and makes a wild and wacky mini shawl shape that’s designed to sit perfectly across your shoulders. The five pleats create a gently curve that rests on the back of your neck, and the deep cut-out shape of the shawl’s left side mirrors your arm.

This design is perfect for solid, semi-solid, and variegated sock yarns.

Yarn
Indigo Dragonfly Wingenhooven, 60% superwash merino, 20% yak, 20% silk, 400 y / 365 m per 100 g hank, Elbotant (1 hank)

Needles
2.5 mm (US 2) circulars (approx 16” / 40 cm length) or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
28 sts and 40 rows = 4” / 10 cm in garter stitch
To ensure size of your finished shawl, please check your gauge

Sizes
40.5” / 103 cm wide and 21” / 53.5 cm at longest point

Skills
simple lace, picking up stitches

Notes
Size listed above is the finished garment’s blocked measurements.
See the Schematic for finished knit measurements.