Contains:
- Knitting pattern for simple log-cabin style shawl
- Schematic, coloring page, and instructions for mini sample version included
- Suitable for advanced beginners
Materials you need at home:
- Seven colors of fingering weight yarn: three lights (L1, L2, L3), three mediums (M1, M2, M3), and one dark (D). For the small size, you will need 95 m of L1, 45 m of L2, 75 m of L3, 80 m of M1, 75 m of M2, 150 m of M3, and 180 m of D for a total of 700 m. For the large size, you will need 200 m of L1, 80 m of L2, 155 m of L3, 160 m of M1, 165 m of M2, 285 m of M3, and 265 m of D for a total of 1310 m. Samples were knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light, a single ply superwash merino
- 3.75 mm/US 5 needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. It will be helpful to have several different cable lengths available
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Cushy garter stitch and your favorite colors come together in a simple but interesting knit. Don’t worry – no intarsia! Just simple decreases and picking up stitches from slipped stitch edges – easy!
Instructions are included for a miniature version so you can practice your techniques, check your gauge, and "audition" your colors.
Sizes: small (129.5 cm across and 63.5 cm deep) and large (178 cm across and 84 cm deep)
Gauge: 22 stitches and 44 rows to 10 cm in unblocked garter stitch
Note: Though conversions to the metric system have been made on this page for your convenience, the pattern itself uses American measurements.
Laura Aylor
If ‘knitting designer’ had been one of the job choices for those aptitude tests they give you in high school, I wouldn’t have spent so many years trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. My best subject in high school was math; my best classes in college were logic, drawing, and a commercial art class. After careers in computer programming/analysis and child-rearing, knit design snuck up on me, but I think it’s the perfect use of my odd skill set! I love every step of the process, from figuring out how to actually make what I’ve envisioned to putting the finishing touches on a pattern, not to mention all the knitting that comes in between!
I also love reading and hiking and spending time on Brier Island in Nova Scotia every summer.