Shoal
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Plot your course with Shoal, an ever familiar triangular shawl made anew with a unique asymmetrical side-to-side construction. Then, watch seas of garter stitch, plunging waves, and the wings of waterfowl come together in a beautiful triumvirate, balancing textural and openwork stitches for a beautiful seascape to drape about your shoulders.
This shawl is worked flat from the upper right point to the opposite side; the lace motif is worked from charts only. The Vale and Peerie versions are worked from the same charts and instructions, at differing gauges.
Skill Level 4 of 5
YARN
Laceweight Version
- 2 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet wool; 450 yards/50 grams)
- Laceweight sample photographed in color Vernal
Fingering Weight Version
- 4 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino wool; 210 yards/50 grams)
- Fingering weight sample photographed in color Hammock
YARDAGE
Laceweight Version
- 815 total yards of laceweight wool yarn
Fingering Weight Version
- 710 total yards of fingering weight wool yarn
Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.
GAUGE
Laceweight Version
- 24 stitches & 36 rows = 4? in garter stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
Fingering Weight Version
- 28 stitches & 56 rows = 4? in garter stitch with Size A needle, after blocking
NEEDLES
Size A (for Main Fabric)
- One 32? circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
- Suggested Size, Laceweight Version: 4 mm (US 6)
- Suggested Size, Fingering Weight Version: 3¼ mm (US 3)
Size B (for Bind Off )
- One needle in knitter’s preferred style, two sizes larger than Size A
- Suggested Size, Laceweight Version: 5 mm (US 8)
- Suggested Size, Fingering Weight Version: 3¾ mm (US 5)
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Laceweight Version
- 70¾” [179.5 cm] by 65? [165 cm] by 45¼” [115 cm]
Fingering Weight Version
- 57¼” [145.5 cm] by 50? [127 cm] by 34¼” [87 cm]
Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking.
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
- Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off