Strait of Gibraltar by Linette Grayum

Strait of Gibraltar

Knitting
May 2020
yarn held together
Lace
+ Lace
= Light Fingering ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette, blocked
US 3 - 3.25 mm
840 yards (768 m)
65.5” [166.5 cm] long and 29.5” [75 cm] wide at ends
English
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This unusually-shaped shawl starts from the center and is worked outwards. Holding 2 strands of lace weight yarn together, one in a solid, one in a variegated color, gives a beautiful marled effect, similar to the color changes of the sea. It reminds me of the Strait of Gibraltar or Bonifacio, the latter of which I had the chance to admire as a young teenager. The lace patterning replicates the ripples of water, undulating along the length of the shawl just as the water currents run through the Straits.

Pattern is charted only.

Needle
Size US 3 (3 mm) needles, 40” (100cm) circulars
Or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
20 sts and 30 rows = 4” 10cm in St st, after blocking