Riptide135 Shawlette and Knit for Food Knit-a-thon Nobody should be without food!

The Riptide135 Shawlette is FREE when you purchase, or have previously purchased its sister pattern, Riptide135 - the first of the Riptide Collection.

100% of the profits from the sales of this and Riptide135 will go to Laura Nelkin’s Knit for Food Knit-a-thon, until midnight Saturday April 11th (New York time).

If you are receiving the Riptide135 Shawlette for free (i.e you have already previously purchased Riptide135 before today) PLEASE consider giving a few dollars to this worthy cause today! Here’s the link to where you can donate. Huge thanks in advance for supporting this global initiative. Every little helps!

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Be aware of the automatic tip that’s added to your amount. You can manually reduce this tip to zero.

YARN proceeds! For my sample I used the original scrumptious yarn, Crave Caravan DK by YARN CULTURE. Patti is very generously donating 20% of all Caravan DK yarn sales to the Knit for Food Knit-a-thon, until midnight Saturday April 11th (New York time).

To receive your free pattern:
Pop both patterns, Riptide135 and Riptide135 Shawlette, into your cart and you will recieve the Shawlette for Free at check out.

If you have previously purchased Riptide135, just pop Riptide135 Shawlette pattern into your cart and it will reduce to zero at checkout. As a thank you for receiving this free pattern, please do consider giving a little donation of $4. Thank you!

RITIDE135 SHAWLETTE KAL

Before we delve into the pattern, as I’m teaming up with vivcrest for this fundraiser, we’d like to invite you to a spontaneous KAL that we will host over the weekend. We thought it would be nice to cast on this pattern together and try to raise some money for a basic necessity in life: FOOD!

LINK TO KAL

RIPTIDE135 SHAWLETTE
Riptide135 Shawlette is a little sister to the Riptide135 pattern, just using 1 skein of DK yarn.

It is worked lengthwise, tip to tip, producing a long, shallow, triangular shawlette/ scarf. The neat smooth edges envelop strips of simple increases and decreases, producing a chain-like textured pattern that rips through the stocking stitch - ode to my tennis injuries of ripped muscles ;)

SIZE:
Sample measurements:
Length: 130cm/ 52”
Width: 17.5cm/ 7”
Measurements are taken with relaxed fabric after blocking.
Size is adjustable depending on yarn quantity you have available.

YARN
Crave Yarn, Caravan DK, 100g (210m/ 230 yds, 70% Superwash Extrafine Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Camel, 10% Mulberry Silk). Sample colour in Idyll.

1 Skein, 100g (210m/ 230 yds).
Should you wish to create a larger shawl, more yarn is required.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
- Size 4.0mm / US 6 circular needle, 100 cm / 40” length (or size needed to obtain gauge).
Tapestry/Darning needle, Stitch markers: 3 total.
Weighing scales.

GAUGE
23 sts x 32 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4”x 4”) in stocking stitch, after blocking.
Gauge is not crucial for this project, but it will affect meterage and final size if different.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Advanced Beginner