Whimbrel by Beatrice Perron Dahlen

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Whimbrel

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

Beatrice Perron Dahlen created a cabled masterpiece with Whimbrel. Bird-like cables take flight across the main body of this crescent-shaped shawl, transitioning into the plaited cable border, topped off with simple garter stitch. Knitted in wool/silk Tern creates a graceful, sweeping shawl to wrap around and within.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

80" [203 cm] wingspan and 18½" [47 cm] deep at center

YARN:

Quince & Co. Tern / mist 413 / 6 skeins

NEEDLES:

32" circular in size US 4 [ 3.5 mm]

GAUGE:

23 sts and 30 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch, after blocking

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Long-tail cast on, cables (links included), increasing. Charted and line-by-line instructions included.