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A wonderfully simple and fun
shawl that is shaped like a giant butterfly.
Knit in a "3-ball"
garter stitch technique from the top-down, this is a great pattern for
using a mix of novelty and "stash" yarns. Shaping is done
with simple yarn overs, and creates the traditional Faroese-style shawl
with center back panel, side front panels, and shaped shoulders.
The
elongated front panels allow you to wear this shawl in lots of ways,
including tied around the back.
The shawl gets wider the longer you
make it. For a shawl in 34" length, you will need
approximately 600 yards of each of three different yarns (or combination
of yarns) in sport to worsted-weight. A nice combination of
textures is recommended such as yarns from the Heritage collection shown
below.
Each of the three yarns are knit for one row each in garter stitch, then
repeated, thus giving you lots of color and textural interaction.
Size 10 and 10-1/2 circular needles in 29" - 32" lengths or size
to produce a supple fabric in garter stitch in your chosen yarns are
recommended.
I knit an extra long, dramatic Troika
as I had the yarn. (-: It required a skein of
Serenity in
Atlantic Moonglow,
3 skeins of cotton/metallic and
a skein of gray mohair that followed me home from Convergence in
Atlanta.
Yarn suggestions:
(M/H)
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