The dark lime color and the cable structure of Softknit Cotton made it so attractive to make a shawl. Sew on buttons if you want to button it into a shrug. Cowls in two different sizes, make attractive collars.

Zest Shawl is available in English and Norwegian (på norsk) to download.

Sizes:
Shawl: One Size.
Cowl: Small (Large)

Finished measurements:
Shawl: 60 cm/23.5” wide and 150 cm/59” long
Cowl: 44 (88) cm/17.25 (34.75)“ wide and 25 (30) cm/9.75 (11.75)” high

Yarn: Rowan Softknit Cotton (92% cotton, 8% polyamide, 50 g, 105 m/ yds). Sample is knitted in Dark Lime 579, http://www.knitrowan.com/yarns/softknit-cotton :
Shawl: 9 skeins; 935 m/1023 yds
Cowl: 2 (3) skeins; 126 (263) m/138 (288) yds

Needles: 4.5 mm/US 7 circular needles (80 cm/32”) or straight needles.
Adjust needles to match gauge.

Notions: 8 buttons (21 mm): Two toned colored mother of pearl buttons from Perlehuset for the shawl. http://perlehuset.no

Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rows in garter st measures 10 cm/4” square.
14 sts and 26 rows in Ridge Lace meaures 10 cm/4” square.

Notes: Make sure you work a yarn around needle (yrn) on pattern row 2. It’s wrapped in the opposite direction to a yarn over. The only sewing required on the shawl is sewing in ends and attaching buttons, while the cowl is sewed together.

Brooches are by Siri Berrefjord, see link.
Bright green is photographed on RS.
Dark green is photographed on WS.

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