Two Roads Diverged
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Yarn: Fingering weight, approximately 450-475 yds./411-434 m
Shown in FatCatKnits Tough Sock (75% superwash wool/25% nylon; 462 yds./422 m per 3.53 oz./100 g skein) in Freestyle, one skein (garter stitch version) and handspun (stockinette stitch version)
Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge: 21 stitches & 42 rows = 4 in./10 cm in garter stitch, after blocking
or
20 stitches & 38 rows = 4 in./10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
Finished Dimensions: Garter Stitch Version: Approximately 44.5 in./113 cm wide across top edge and 15 in./38 cm deep at center after blocking
Stockinette Stitch Version: Approximately 46 in./117 cm wide across top edge and 17 in./43 cm deep at center after blocking
I am always drawn to highly variegated yarns yet never know what to knit with them because the colors always seem to compete with the pattern. So when Ginny of FatCatKnits approached me about designing a pattern with one of her variegated colorways, I was intrigued. I thought that the best way to avoid potential pooling was to play with the increases on a top-down shawl and keep the stitch pattern simple. Two Roads Diverged (named after one of my favorite Robert Frost poems) has increases that change in their location and frequency as you get further along in the shawl, resulting in a very wearable “rounded trapezoid” shape.
This pattern contains directions for both variations of the shawl: garter stitch and stockinette stitch. The garter version uses directional increases (m1L and m1R), while the stockinette version uses yarnover increases for a more delicate look. Both versions can be completed using one skein of sock yarn -- commercial, hand dyed, or handspun -- and it’s easy to adjust the pattern to your yarn supply, as it can be ended at any point or enlarged by continuing the established pattern of increases.
To knit this pattern, you need to know how to:
- do a provisional cast on and work a garter tab,
- do directional increases (garter version) or yarnover increases (stockinette version), and
- do a cable cast on (for the picot bind off).
This pattern has been professionally tech edited.
Shown in FatCatKnits Tough Sock (75% superwash wool/25% nylon; 462 yds./422 m per 3.53 oz./100 g skein) in Freestyle, one skein (garter stitch version) and handspun (stockinette stitch version)
Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge: 21 stitches & 42 rows = 4 in./10 cm in garter stitch, after blocking
or
20 stitches & 38 rows = 4 in./10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
Finished Dimensions: Garter Stitch Version: Approximately 44.5 in./113 cm wide across top edge and 15 in./38 cm deep at center after blocking
Stockinette Stitch Version: Approximately 46 in./117 cm wide across top edge and 17 in./43 cm deep at center after blocking
I am always drawn to highly variegated yarns yet never know what to knit with them because the colors always seem to compete with the pattern. So when Ginny of FatCatKnits approached me about designing a pattern with one of her variegated colorways, I was intrigued. I thought that the best way to avoid potential pooling was to play with the increases on a top-down shawl and keep the stitch pattern simple. Two Roads Diverged (named after one of my favorite Robert Frost poems) has increases that change in their location and frequency as you get further along in the shawl, resulting in a very wearable “rounded trapezoid” shape.
This pattern contains directions for both variations of the shawl: garter stitch and stockinette stitch. The garter version uses directional increases (m1L and m1R), while the stockinette version uses yarnover increases for a more delicate look. Both versions can be completed using one skein of sock yarn -- commercial, hand dyed, or handspun -- and it’s easy to adjust the pattern to your yarn supply, as it can be ended at any point or enlarged by continuing the established pattern of increases.
To knit this pattern, you need to know how to:
- do a provisional cast on and work a garter tab,
- do directional increases (garter version) or yarnover increases (stockinette version), and
- do a cable cast on (for the picot bind off).
This pattern has been professionally tech edited.