Zita by Joanna Ignatius

Zita

Knitting
May 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch after blocking
US 5 - 3.75 mm
864 - 897 yards (790 - 820 m)
Approximately 40.5 x 241.5 cm/ 16 x 95 inches after blocking
English
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Zita-shawl is a shallow slightly asymmetric triangle shawl worked from sideways from one corner to the opposite side. Stripes, eyelets and dots break up the garter stitch.

Yarn

2 skeins of fingering weight yarn app 400 m/ 437 yds per 100 g in two colours.

The sample was knitted with madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (384 m/ 419.9 yds per 100 g) in colourway Black Sea (MC) and (Vi)laines Précieuses fing (400 m/ 437.4 yds per 100 g) in colourway Sugared Almonds in Weddings (CC).

The yardage is an estimate, the sample shawl used 100 of MC and 90 g of CC.

Needles & notions

3.75 mm/ US 5 circular needle (100 cm/ 40 inches or longer) or size to obtain gauge
tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Gauge

21 st x 44 rows (22 garter ridges) = 10 x 10 cm/
4 x 4 inches in garter stitch after blocking

Finished measurements

After blocking 40.5 x 241.5 cm/ 16 x 95 inches