Silent Soft Slow by Carolyn Macpherson

Silent Soft Slow

Knitting
March 2016
Aran (8 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
600 - 650 yards (549 - 594 m)
size will vary depending on yarn weight, please see notes
English
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Available at LoveCrafts

Silent, Soft, Slow is unbelievably light and warm shawl, worked from the bottom edge up in easy lace and stockinette sections alternating in big short row wedges.

  • Play about with various colour combinations - you could even do each section in various colours, making this a super effective stash buster. There is a colouring sheet included to help you plan your shawl.
  • While the yarn the shawl was designed in is qualified as an “aran” weight, it is still quite unique. If you wish a fuzzy yarn similar to the DROPS Brushed Baby Alpaca Silk, try Debbie Bliss Angel or Rowan Kidsilk Haze held double (double the yardage for the Kidsilk Haze as it must be held double).
  • Light worsted and worsted weight yarn is a fantastic substitute, requiring about 600 - 700 yards.

Yarn
3 color
* DROPS Brushed Alpaca Silk
2 skeins MC
1 skein CC1
1 skein CC2

2 colour
* Patons Classic Wool
2 skeins MC
2 skeins CC

1 colour
* Dream in Color Calm
3 skeins

Needle

  • US 8 / 5mm
  • US 9 / 5.5mm

Gauge
* 16 stitches and 24 rows to 4” / 10cm

Finished Dimensions

  • Approximate size will vary depending on yarn used.
  • Average approximate size (after blocking) is 15” / 38cm deep at center and 62” / 157.5cm wingspan

Skills

  • short rows

  • lace (k2tog, ssk, yo, cdd)