There is treasure to be found on the beach after a storm - not gold coins or messages in bottles, but little shards of glass, polished by the waves and glittering in the sun. The most common colour of sea glass is brown, but if a person is lucky enough, and studies the strand with a keen eye, she might find blue, yellow, purple, or perhaps, just perhaps, the rarest colour of all - a sliver of red.

Sea Glass is a shawl designed to allow variegated yarns to flash and pool, just as the ocean tumbles sea glass to its worn, frosted beauty.

The blue sample shawl is the shawlette, and was knit with Hilori’s Magical Yarnorium’s The BFL (colour: Riddles in the Dark) and measures 13” (33 cm) deep, 72” (183 cm) along the straight edge, and 88” (224 cm) along the curved edge.

The purple and green sample is the small shawl, and was knit with Manos del Uruguay’s Alegria (colour: 9630 A Rambla Sur) and measures 16” (40 cm) deep, 70” (177 cm) along the straight edge, and 82” (208 cm) along the curved edge.

Skill Level
Advanced beginner

Sizes
Shawlette (approximately 72 x 88 x 13 inches (183 x 224 x 33 cm))
Small Shawl – (approximately 70 x 82 x 16 inches (177 x 208 x 40 cm))

Gauge
Crossed Stitch Pattern: 22 st and 26 rows = 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) on 4 mm (US 6)
knitting needles (blocked).

Yarn Requirements
400 - 450 yards (approx.) of fingering weight yarn

Needles
4 mm (US 6) knitting needles, straight (at least 14” long) or circular
4.5 mm (US 7) knitting needles, straight (at least 14” long) or circular

Notions
a tapestry needle for weaving in the ends
blocking pins, wires, and mat
optional: two st markers