Summer of Love is a simple to knit and easy to wear shawl. The instructions have been written so that you can tailor them to suit: there’s a lace section and a garter stitch section, and they can be repeated and combined in any order. You can make it as-is or make it bigger, smaller, rearranging the lace sections, add colors…

Have fun designing your own! It is reversible, too!

MATERIALS

YARN

Fingering weight

Shown here: Sunrise Fiber Co. Classic Sock (100% merino wool; 366 m / 400 yds, 100 g / 3.53 oz skein; Main Color (MC) Celestial: 1 skein, Contrasting Color (CC) Holi Festival: 1 skein)

Yardage:

• MC: 395 m / 430 yds, including 10% allowance

• CC: 325 m / 355 yds, including 10% allowance

NEEDLES

3.75 mm / US 5 circular needle of length 60 cm / 24” or longer; adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

NOTIONS

Yarn needle

GAUGE

20 sts and 40 rows = 10 cm / 4” in garter stitch, blocked.

20 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Lace Stitch, blocked.

Gauge is not critical but affects the finished measurement and yardage.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

223 cm / 87.75” in length and 38 cm / 15” in depth.