Cloudy Skies Shawl Pattern
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Cloudy Skies is a fingering-weight triangular shawl that is worked from the top down in a pretty lace pattern repeated throughout. Use a gradient yarn kit with four colours to create a lovely colour effect. Any amount of yarn may be used; be sure to finish at the end of a 12 row repeat. The lace pattern is easy to master and all wrong side rows are purled. This shawl is easy to wear with curved wings that wrap around your shoulders.
Yarn: Red Sock Blue Sock Yarn Comfort Sock Gradient Adventure Kit (80% superwash merino wool, 20% nylon; 725 yd [663 m]/7 oz [200 g]). Four 50 g skeins in kit. Shown in Teal.
Amount of yarn required per colour: approximately 110 yd of MC; approximately 154 yd of CC1; approximately 150 yd of CC2; and approximately 96 yd of CC3. Total: 510 yd.
Needles: US size 6 [4.0 mm] 32” [80 cm] circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
* Shawl is worked flat, but a circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.
Finished measurements: Approximately 27 inches (69 cm) deep at middle point and 46 inches (117 cm) long across the top, after blocking.
Skills required: Knitting lace, blocking lace. Stitches used: k, p, k2tog, SKP, yo, M1 (backward loop cast-on), M1L, M1R.
Pattern includes list of abbreviations, diagram, and the pattern instructions are both written and charted.
Published May 2017.