Wild Pinstripes Shawlette
Wild Pinstripes Shawlette
The Wild Pinstripes Shawlette was designed to highlight that pair of skeins of irresistible handpainted yarn sitting in your basket looking gorgeous while waiting for you to figure out what to do with them.
The easy slip-stitch pattern creates vertical pinstriped columns that play with the beautiful colors you fell in love with in the skein. The shaping creates a lovely curve that makes it easy to wear and gives you an opportunity to use that special piece of shawl jewelry that you love.
Beginning with a Garter Tab Cast On (don’t worry, it’s easy), the shawlette is worked flat from the top down, ending with a simple garter stitch border. This pattern is easily adjusted if you have a little more or less yarn to work with. The wrong side is attractive, so if you weave your ends in carefully, the piece is reversible.
Stitch pattern is written and charted.
Finished Measurements (blocked)
Width at widest point: 29.5 “ [75 cm]
Depth at center back: 12.25” [31 cm]
Length at top edge: 43” [109 cm]
Length at lower edge: 85” [216 cm]
Gauge
19 sts and 37 rows = 4“/10 cm in Pinstripes Stitch Pattern (blocked).
To save time, take time to check gauge.
Note: Gauge is not crucial but will affect finished size and yardage requirements.
Yarn
460 yds [421 m] of DK/8 ply yarn
Shown in Wonderland Dyeworks Wild (85% Superwash Merino Wool/15% Nep), 3.5 oz [100 g], 231 yds [211 m] per hank: 2 hanks in Seascape. Alternate colorway: Summer Nights
Needles
US size 7 [4.5 mm] 40-inch [100 cm] circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge
Note: The piece is worked flat, but a circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.
Notions
• Tapestry needle
• 4 Stitch markers
Techniques Used
• Knit, purl
• Slip 1 wyib, slip 1 wyif
• Increase: kfb
• Garter Tab Cast On
• Elastic Bind Off
Tech Edited by Kephren Pritchett
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Suggested yarn: Wonderland Dyeworks Wild (85% Superwash Merino Wool, 15% Nep), 3.5 oz [100 g], 231 yds [211 m] per hank
Yarn weight: DK/8 ply
Gauge: 19 stitches and 37 rows = 4 inches in Pinstripes Stitch Pattern
Needle size: US 7 - 4.5 mm needle 40-inch [100 cm] circular needle
Yardage: 460 yards (421 m)
