Contains:
- Written and charted pattern
- Instructions in English
- US Imperial and metric measurements
- Suitable for the intermediate knitter
- Links to tutorials by the designer for techniques used
- Gauge is not critical for this design, for the sample shawl 13.5 sts / 25 rows = 10 cm (4 inches) over body pattern after blocking.
- Digital PDF has 4 pages (letter size).
Materials you need at home:
- ONION knit Nettle Sock (70% wool, 30% cellulose; 185 m (202 yds) / 50 g) in the following colors and amounts MC 352 m (385 yds) / 95 g in Gray, CC 260 m (285 yds) / 70 g in Oker. Substitute any fingering weight yarn for a similar result.
- Size 4 mm (US 6) / 80 cm (32 inch) circular needles
- Yarn needle
- 4 stitch markers to indicate the center and edge stitches
Mustard and Slate is the shawl to knit when you just don’t want to choose… Simple or lace? Gray or Oker? Using two colors, Mustard and Slate has a simple textured body and a delightful lace edging. You can really have it all!
This shawl is knitted from the top-down in one piece, starting at the neck edge with a garter tab. Mustard and Slate is finished with an edging that is knitted on sideways and attached to the live stitches of the body as it is being worked. The instructions for the edging are provided charted and written out.
Size and finished measurements: One size: span width of 152 cm (60 inches) along the upper edge and a depth of 75 cm (29 ½ inches), measured after blocking. This shawl can however easily be adjusted in size.
Difficulty level: This shawl is started with a garter stitch tab. Stitches used include knit, purl, skp, k2tog and yo. This pattern is suitable for the intermediate knitter.
Susanne Visch
How lovely to meet you! I’m Susanne Visch and I live in the Netherlands. Not only the country of tulips, cheese, and windmills but also of Dutch Design.
I find it important to provide user-friendly instructions for interesting patterns. In most cases, my patterns feature both written and charted instructions, with detailed explanations of the techniques used.