Zivatar mini-skein shawl – pdf knitting pattern

Zivatar’s gradient bands of lace and texture suggest an afternoon thunderstorm. As the sky darkens there’s a sense of gathering gloom and pressure, until – bam! – the darkness is pierced by dramatic flashes of light and noise. And then it clears, and all is sparkly light…
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This was the November 2018 pattern for the Knitting Goddess shawl club, using a “magnificent seven” mini-skein set (120g total, comprising 6 shades of grey plus a rainbow skein). It can be easily adapted to other colour combinations – you’ll need around 17g/70m of yarn for the special rainbow contrast band. Charted as well as written instructions are provided.

Thanks to Kate Atherley for tech editing, and to my lovely testers.

Size:  
One size, measuring 69 in / 175 cm on longest side.

Gauge: 23 sts x 38 rows = 10 cm / 4 in square in garter stitch

Difficulty: Intermediate
Skills used: Increasing and decreasing, simple lace (from written or charted instructions), mock crochet picot cast- off (instructions included)

You will need:
Knitting Goddess 4-ply BFL/nylon (75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% nylon; 400m / 437 yards per 100g skein): 1 x 120g miniskein set comprising 7 colours

Colours A1-A6: grey gradient set of 6 shades, numbered from lightest to darkest
Colour B: Storm
Note: tips are provided on using a different number of colours – anywhere from two up. You need at least 120g / 470m in total, but the composition is up to you.

3.5mm / US4 needles or size needed to achieve gauge

tapestry needle
stitch marker

Thanks to Kate Atherley for tech editing.