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Cherry Stone Shawl

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Now updated to include a new version for Maddie’s 5th Anniversary KAL beginning NOV 1st - to find out more join Maddie’s mailing list at www.maddieharveydesigns.com

Cherry Stone has arisen out of several necessities and an ever-so teeny tiny yarn addiction. Like you, I have a stash full of lovely variegated yarns, but find it hard to pick patterns to use them in.


Cherry Stone is an asymmetric shawl, which showcases variegated yarn and is also a solution to several shawl knitting conundrums:
  • it makes use of a gorgeous skein of variegated yarn
  • it features a ‘picot-on-the-go’ edging without a lengthly picot cast off
  • the bold stripes are cleverly knitted without lots and lots of ends to weave in
  • it uses simple short rows, with no ‘wraps and turns’, to create an easy-to-wear longer, scarf-shape shawl
  • the short rows are closed using a row of contrasting bobbles, mirroring the bobble i-cord cast off
The pattern contains tips on completing the ‘picot-on-the-go’ edging, including a link to a YouTube tutorial and tips for blocking. It is fully tech-edited, and contains clear photographs, and a schematic.

YARN 

Yarn A: 100g/400m (approx.) 4ply/fingering-weight yarn in a solid colour
Yarn B: 100g/400m (approx.) 4ply/fingering-weight yarn in a variegated colour

2021 Dark Red/Blush Version:
Cookston Crafts, Merino Silk Singles Fingering Weight, (4ply / fingering-weight; 400 m / 437 yds per 100 g; 70% Merino wool, 30% silk)
Yarn A: Cherry Cola
Yarn B: Rubus

2016 Yellow/Black Version:

Yarn A: 2 balls of Rowan Fine Lace, 934 Black (80% Baby Alpaca, 20% Merino Wool) held double to make a 4ply thickness, 400m/437yd per 50g
Yarn B: 1 skein of Countess Ablaze, Lady Persephone Sock, Exile Colourway (75% Blueface Leicester, 25% Nylon), 424m/464yd per 100g

GAUGE, NEEDLES & NOTIONS
18 sts x 36 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches measured over stocking stitch after blocking
3.75 mm / US 5 circular needles, 100 cm / 40”
two removable stitch markers in different colours

SIZE
One Size: 55 cm / 21.5" deep x 230 cm / 90.5" wide

PATTERN ATTRIBUTES
asymmetric
bobble-or-popcorn
picots
rectangle
schematic
short-rows
stripes-colorwork
top-down
video-tutorial
worked-flat

First published Nov 2016
You will get a PDF (1MB) file