Everyday Calico (sample)
Finished
August 9, 2022
August 19, 2022

Everyday Calico (sample)

Project info
Calico by Dawn Barker
Knitting
Neck / TorsoShawl / Wrap
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light
1.6 skeins = 672.0 yards (614.5 meters), 176 grams
Black
Northfield Yarn in Northfield, Minnesota
August 19, 2022
Notes

Went up one needle size from pattern suggestion because I’m a tight knitter. Used cable cast-on to better blend with slip-stitch edge.

I needed 3 sts per pooling color to make one cluster.

Because this is a single-ply yarn, the Russian join suggested in the pattern isn’t feasible. I spit-spliced the ends of my skeins together to join the second skein when I used up the first.

Ribbed border and bind-off used 66g of second skein. Did not use stretchy bind-off as suggested by pattern because I’ve found that this causes my shawl edge to flare.

Wet-blocked flat; only used four pins to hold corners and center in place. Blocked to exact pattern dimensions -- miracle!

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Finished
August 9, 2022
August 19, 2022
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100% Merino
421 yards / 107 grams

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  • Originally queued: August 3, 2022
  • Project created: August 9, 2022
  • Updated: August 19, 2022