Biellese Shawl

Biellese is the third of the Seven Sheep. Named after an Italian breed of sheep, because everything sounds so much better in Italian or French! Biellese is worked by knitting a side-ways two-tone ruffle. The ruffle is worked with the simplest of short-rows, no intarsia, no troubles! Then you pick up and stitches and work the slip-stitch body in alternating bands of color. The shawl can be worked up in fingering or DK weight - the DK one will just be bigger and cozier! Remember when working this (or any pattern) that gauge is way more important than needle size. The slip stitch body pattern will work up more tightly than a stockinette gauge.

YARN (fingering): Baah Yarn, La Jolla (100% Merino; 400 yds [366 m] / 4 oz [115g]): Topaz Blue and Tequila Lime - 1 skein each
YARN (DK): Fairway Fibers, Torrey (100% Merino; 230 yds [210 m] / 3.5 oz [100]): Purple People Bridge and Light The Way - 2 skeins each

GAUGE (fingering): 18 sts & 24 rows to 4” [10 cm] in blocked pattern stitch 
GAUGE (DK): 15 sts & 20 rows to 4” [10 cm] in blocked pattern stitch 

NEEDLES & HOOKS (fingering): US #7 [4.5 mm] needles; adjust needle size to achieve gauge
Size 3.75 mm hook for final single crochet edge
NEEDLES & HOOKS (DK): US #9 [5.5 mm] needles; adjust needle size to achieve gauge
Size 5.0 mm hook for final single crochet edge

SIZE (fingering): 60” [152.5 cm] wide and 20” [51 cm] deep 
SIZE (DK): 80” [203 cm] wide and 28” [71 cm] deep 

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