Slippery Slope
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Sometimes I fall in love with the colors of a yarn in the skein and I feel compelled to create just the perfect pattern to show it off. This was one of those times. **Slippery Slope** evolved from my desire to showcase the long color changes in a skein that particularly spoke to me do its thing against a velvety soft, all-but-solid background.
The Slippery Slope shawl alternates elongated slipped-stitch sections with simple eyelets to showcase an eye-catching color-changing yarn against a solid background. Once you get going on this shawl it's a slippery slope — you'll want to keep going to see what the yarn is going to do next!
Slippery Slope calls for two worsted-weight yarns: approximately 600 yards of a solid or nearly-solid color for the background, and approximately 250 yards of the contrast yarn, which looks beautiful in a long color-changing yarn or gradient. For the sample, I used Malabrigo Worsted in Black Forest and Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable in Gossamer. The design would work up beautifully using a Noro yarn or hand-dyed gradient for the contrast color, but would also show variegated yarns to great advantage.
Level: Advanced Beginner and up
Skills/Techniques Used: Backwards loop cast on, forming elongated stitches, slipping stitches, integrated I-cord, I-cord bind off, grafting I-cord. Instructions and video links are provided.
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted (100% merino wool; 210 yds [192 m]/100 g): Color #179 Black Forest (MC), 3 skeins
Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable (100% acrylic; 270 yds [246 m]/100 g): Color #1975 Gossamer (CC), 1 ball.
Or a smooth worsted-weight yarn in your choice of two strongly-contrasting colors: approximately 600 yards (549 m) of a solid or tonal color for MC and 260 yards (238 m) of a solid, tonal, variegated, or long gradient colorway for CC.
Needles: Size US 8 (5.0mm) straight needles, or 32" (80cm) circulars for knitting flat; or size to obtain gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle
Gauge: 14 stitches and 23 rows per 4”/10 cm
in stockinette stitch after blocking
Sizes: One size
Finished Measurements: 67.25” [171 cm] wide and long and 37” [94 cm] long
The Slippery Slope shawl alternates elongated slipped-stitch sections with simple eyelets to showcase an eye-catching color-changing yarn against a solid background. Once you get going on this shawl it's a slippery slope — you'll want to keep going to see what the yarn is going to do next!
Slippery Slope calls for two worsted-weight yarns: approximately 600 yards of a solid or nearly-solid color for the background, and approximately 250 yards of the contrast yarn, which looks beautiful in a long color-changing yarn or gradient. For the sample, I used Malabrigo Worsted in Black Forest and Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable in Gossamer. The design would work up beautifully using a Noro yarn or hand-dyed gradient for the contrast color, but would also show variegated yarns to great advantage.
Level: Advanced Beginner and up
Skills/Techniques Used: Backwards loop cast on, forming elongated stitches, slipping stitches, integrated I-cord, I-cord bind off, grafting I-cord. Instructions and video links are provided.
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted (100% merino wool; 210 yds [192 m]/100 g): Color #179 Black Forest (MC), 3 skeins
Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable (100% acrylic; 270 yds [246 m]/100 g): Color #1975 Gossamer (CC), 1 ball.
Or a smooth worsted-weight yarn in your choice of two strongly-contrasting colors: approximately 600 yards (549 m) of a solid or tonal color for MC and 260 yards (238 m) of a solid, tonal, variegated, or long gradient colorway for CC.
Needles: Size US 8 (5.0mm) straight needles, or 32" (80cm) circulars for knitting flat; or size to obtain gauge.
Notions: Tapestry needle
Gauge: 14 stitches and 23 rows per 4”/10 cm
in stockinette stitch after blocking
Sizes: One size
Finished Measurements: 67.25” [171 cm] wide and long and 37” [94 cm] long
