Tidewater Shawl and Cowl

$7.50

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

This shawl and cowlfeatures decorative diamond motifs, interspersed with bold chevrons that mimic crashing waves. The border is deeply scalloped with a delicate picot bind off that is not only visually appealing but also helps prevent a bind off that is too tight. Blue is an obvious choice for this piece but any solid or nearly solid shade should show off the stitch pattern well.

The shawl and cowl will use just under 2 skeins of Sundara Silky Merino, leaving plenty for swatching, knots or mistakes. Yardage is slightly rounded up to account for subtle differences in gauge.

Purchase just the cowl here or just the shawl here.

Size

Finished Shawl Size – Approximately 86" / 218.5 cm wide by
43" / 109 cm tall.

Finished Cowl Size – Approximately 24" / 61 cm circumference at top (narrower end), 44 1/2" / 113 cm circumference at border, 19" / 48.5 cm long.

Note: Actual width and height will be impacted by gauge, choice of fiber and means of blocking. Lace blocked out wider will be less tall and vice versa. Fibers with less (or no) wool will block out more and continue to grow while yarns with more wool and/or nylon will tend to contract over time. Keep this in mind when preparing to knit your piece.

Yarn

Sundara Fingering Silky Merino (50% Silk, 50% Merino) – 500 yd / 457 m, 5 ¼ oz / 150 g in Cerulean Seas.

May be substituted with almost any fingering weight yarn that can be blocked. Wool, wool bends, silk, sea silk, linen or linen blends would all be suitable.

Supplies

  • US 5 / 3.75 mm circular knitting needle
  • Stitch markers (you may need as many as 28 to mark all repeats and selvage stitches)
  • Tapestry needle
  • Optional smooth cotton thread for life lines
    * Or size to obtain gauge

Gauge

18.25 sts x 26.5 rows over 4" / 10 cm in Stockinette stitch, worked flat, washed and laid flat to dry.

Gauge is not hugely important to the success of this project, but it may impact yardage requirements, and size of your finished piece. If you are gauge swatch averse, my gauge is on the looser side of average. If you know you knit tightly, you may wish to go up a needle size or two.

What you get

You are purchasing a PDF download. You will need a free copy of Adobe Acrobat to open and print the file. I accept Pay Pal payments only. This pattern is 7 pages plus a cover and is provided in color that should print well in black and white. To knit this pattern, you must have the following skills.

Skills required to knit this garment:

  • Knitting
  • Purling
  • Reading a chart
  • Working in the round
  • Yarn over
  • Decreasing
  • Increasing
  • Blocking lace

 

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