Sweet Relief by Dawn Barker

Sweet Relief

Knitting
June 2026
Barker Wool Silky Solo
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
860 - 870 yards (786 - 796 m)
one size
English
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Sweet Relief is a simple triangle shawl knit with built-in flower stitches made by using the innovative technique of Assigned Pooling. Assigned Pooling occurs when a change in stitch and texture is assigned to changes in color within a quarter-dyed skein of variegated yarn. Sweet Relief pairs carnation stitches with simple stockinette and garter stitches to make a cozy accessory knit from the bottom up. It’s knit flat in two skeins of variegated fingering weight yarn engineered to work with assigned pooling.

Yarn​​ 2 skeins of Sweet Relief on Barker Wool BFL Fingering, or approximately 200g of your favorite colorway dyed for use with assigned pooling.
Barker Wool Silky Solo, or Silky Quatro would also be great options. Find them all at BarkerWool.com
(Please note that substituting other yarns may yield varying results.)

Finished Measurements Approximately 20” deep at center point x 71” wide after blocking
Needles US size 3 (3.0 mm)
Gauge 22 STS x 36 rows = 4” x 4” in stockinette ST after blocking

Sweet Relief is a very special pattern with superpowers!
All summer long, we will donate the profits from Sweet Relief through abolishmedicaldebt.com to relieve the medical debt of people struggling under the weight of unpaid healthcare bills in our community. Read more about it on our Blog at BarkerWool.com.