Description
This shawl was born out of my need to self soothe. When life feels hard and complicated, I want to find comfort in a knit that is easy, mindless, and meditative: the opposite of hard. My hope for you is as you knit this shawl, you feel the comfort and support that a dear friend would provide.
Dear Friend begins with a garter tab cast-on and then is worked back and forth. To add interest, I have switched between fingering, fingering held double, and DK. While you change the weight of yarn used, you also change the needle sizes. Simple eyelets are inserted to break up the garter stitch. This shawl is bound off using both weights held double using Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off method, resulting in an elastic, but firm edge. Dear Friend Shawl is a great transitional piece and can be worn in many seasons
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Beginner
Materials
DK weight yarn
Total approx. yarn used:
- 251 yards
- 230 meters
Sample Shown in Union Fibre, Union DK, 100% Superwash Extra Fine Merino, 230 meters/251 yards per 115g, Colorway: Hellebore, (1 skein)
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Fingering weight yarn
Total approx. yarn used:
- 427 yards
- 391 meters
Sample Shown in Union Fibre, Union 4ply, 100% Superwash Merino,
400 meters/437 yards per 100g, Colorway: Hellebore, (1 skein)
Sample Shown in Union Fibre, Union 4ply, 100% Superwash Merino,
400 meters/437 yards per 100g, Colorway: Hellebore, (1 skein)
NOTE: Yardage/Meterage used is dependent on matching your gauge to pattern. Both skeins were used almost completely.
Needles
- 3.5 mm/US #4 circ (circ needles used to accommodate growing amount of sts)
- 3.75 mm/US #5 circ, or size to obtain gauge
- 4 mm/US #6 circ, or size to obtain gauge
- 4.5 mm/US #7 circ, or size to obtain gauge
Notions
- 2 stitch markers of one color to denote border sts
- 1 removable marker to denote right side of fabric
- Blocking mat & blocking pins or wires
Gauge
- For 3.5mm/US #4 circ needles: 21 sts/52 rows= 4 in (10 cm) square in Garter Stitch worked flat and after blocking in fingering weight yarn
- For 3.75 mm/US #5 circ needles: 20 sts/44 rows= 4 in (10 cm) square in Garter Stitch worked flat and after blocking in fingering weight yarn held double
- For 4 mm/US #6 circ needles: 19 sts/40 rows= 4 in (10 cm) square in Garter Stitch worked flat using and after blocking in DK weight yarn
Size Information
Dear Friend is a crescent shaped shawl with a long wingspan to easily wrap around your neck and shoulders. It is worked in a loose gauge to give it wonderful drape. The eyelets created in the body give Dear Friend a rippling effect as the body increases more than the edges. This also produces delicate curls on the tips of the shawl.
Finished Measurements
Total Wingspan
- 60 in
- 152.5 cm
Center Depth
- 25.5 in
- 65 cm
NOTE
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