Nimh Shawl
This reversible shawl is made out of minimalist elements to create a versatile item that you can wear open or wrapped around your body for extra coziness (Sontag style). The unique shape curves naturally around your shoulders and provides extra warmth leaving your arms free to knit!
The Nimh Shawl is seventh in a series of collaborations with Ontario indie-dyers. Roots & Rain creates wonderfully complex naturally dyed hues with locally sourced yarn and rain water.
This shawl is knit flat from tip to tip in garter stitch. Increases are made to form a triangle; short rows are then worked to form wedges which create a crescent at the back; stitches are then decreased to form the second triangle.
Craft Knitting
Skill Level
Rookie-Apprentice-Virtuoso-Genius
Skills
- knit, purl, German short rows, i-cord
Sizes
- small (large, x-large)
Note: Small can be worn wrapped 36” bust or less; large can be wrapped up to 40” bust without ties and over 40“ bust with i-cord ties; x-large fits 60"+ bust
Yardage and Yarn
- approx 400 (600, 700) yds of Aran weight wool
Suggested Brand
- 2 (3, 4) skeins Roots & Rain Yarns Homestead 100% Dorset and Cheviot wool 184 m (200 yds) per 115 g
Shown in naturally dyed colours Coreopsis, ethically sourced Cochineal and Black Walnut (brown, small); Acorn and Chestnut (grey, large)
Other Suggested Yarns
Needles
- 6 mm (US 10) 60 cm (24”) circs; or 80 cm (32”) circs or straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Gauge 16 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in Garter Stitch
Other Materials
- tapestry needle or teeny crochet hook
- 2 locking markers
- 1-2 buttons of any size or 2 clasps (optional)
- 4 mm (US 6) crochet hook (optional - for making loops to go around buttons)
Video Links
Language English
Published December 2020