Scapolite Shawl by Mindy Wilkes

Scapolite Shawl

Knitting
October 2020
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 23 rows = 4 inches
in cable patt on smaller needle
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
700 yards (640 m)
58" wide and 28½" tall.
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $3.25.

Shawls are a knitter’s best friend, and this cabled shawl is no exception. It’s worked from the top down, starting with a garter-tab cast-on to create a clean neck edge. Learn how to work all the variations on a make-one increase while creating this shawl.

Difficulty Easy

Yarn Weight 4

Finished Size 58” wide and 28½“ tall.

Yarn Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair (70% wool, 30% mohair; 140 yd 128 m/2 oz 56 g): #9307 Spice, 5 skeins.

Needles Sizes 8 (5 mm) and 9 (5.5 mm): 40” circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); cable needle (cn); tapestry needle.

Gauge 15 sts and 23 rows = 4” in cable patt on smaller needle.

For techniques you don’t know, please visit our online knitting glossary at https://www.interweave.com/go/knitting-glossary

NOTES

  • This triangular shawl is worked from the center neck down and outward to the points.
  • A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.

For more information, see: https://www.interweave.com/product/quick-and-easy-knits-no-1-digital-collection/