River Lights Shawl by Alison Poteracke

River Lights Shawl

Knitting
October 2025
Aran (8 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 10 - 6.0 mm
One size
English
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Picture a rainy evening out in a quiet town lined with coffee shops and restaurants. Lights reflecting off the wet streets and, in the distance, those same lights streak across a winding river.

The Petaluma River bends through the center of my hometown and one of my favorite things growing up was standing on the docks or the old railroad watching the light dancing on the river. I hope this shawl transports you to your own hometown nostalgia.

SIZE(S)
90” / 225cm wingspan x 20” / 66cm depth

YARN
Aran weight in five colors; 4 skeins of MC and approx. 40g of each of the four CC

SUGGESTED YARN
Sample 1: Blue Sky Fibers, Woolstok Tweed 85% Fine Highland Wool; 15% Donegal (100g / 109yds / 100m)
MC: 400g / 436y / 400m (4 skeins); A-D each: 40g / 44y / 40m (1 skein each)

NEEDLES
US size 10 / 6.0mm – 24” circular needle

GAUGE
15 sts & 27 rows = 4” / 10cm over garter stitch, flat and blocked

EXTRAS
Measuring tape, scissors, stitch marker to mark front RS (opt.), tapestry needle

TEA
STASH Jasmine Green Tea

ALBUM
“Night Lights” title track from the 1963 album Night Lights performed by the Gerry Mulligan Sextet, listen where you like to listen music or check your local record store if you’re lucky to still have one!!!

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