A large rectangular shawl inspired by colorful Indian textiles.

The coloring of the version shown here was inspired by the Indian Festival of Holi, also known as the Festival of Spring and the Festival of Colors, which people celebrate by throwing brightly colored powder at each other.

The pattern was originally published in four parts as knit/lab Mystery KAL 9 in April/May 2022, and features stranding, intarsia and lace stitches.

Knit on 3.25mm/US3 needles with a selection of different yarns.

Dimensions: approximately 184cm/72.5ins x 70cm/27.5ins

Gauge: approximately 20sts & 23 rows = 4ins/10cm in stranded intarsia

Yardage: 1500m/1640yds should be ample.

 

Panels of stranded intarsia are separated by panels of an openwork motif, all framed by simple lace borders. For the “framing” I used mostly Jamieson’s Spindrift, approximately 350 - 400m, 380 - 440yds.

For the lace sections I used Spindrift and yarns of similar weight, along with leftovers of different types of lace weight yarn, including Renaissance Dyeing (now Lã nollin) and Love Story by Hélène Magnusson.

For the stranded intarsia sections, I recommend something like Jamieson’s Spindrift and/or a combination of similar yarns suitable for stranded work in various rich colors. The combination of various weights of yarn creates different degrees of transparency, and adds an uneven homespun quality to parts of the shawl.

 

It’s better to have an abundance of yarn to choose from rather than working with a specific amount, and to work with manageable lengths of yarn, experimenting with color combinations and sequences, splicing when necessary and taking your time! The shawl can be worked in a range of palettes, including chalky pastels, Indian polychrome, autumnal richness, etc.

 

There is a chatting thread for the MKAL here on Ravelry and a spoiler thread here.

The pattern is fully charted, with notes on techniques, instructions, a phototutorial on splicing and a mini tutorial on making marls.

 

$7.00

 

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