Staggered Steps shawl

I have a stash of the beautiful ITO Kinu tweedy yarn and knew I wanted to use it for a blanket shawl. I chose to hold the ITO Kinu together with a wool/cotton yarn to blend the colours and give some added warmth to the shawl.

This generously sized blanket shawl is a great stashbuster and instructions are included to customize the shawl to your preferred size (or stash amount).

Pattern is 5 pages.

Skills Required:

• Working knits and purls
• Working with charts and written instructions

Finished Size (blocked): Medium (Large)

20 (32)” / 51 (81) cm wide by 84 (112)” / 213 (285) cm long

Gauge: 20 sts and 25 rows to 4 inches/10 cm in Staggered Steps stitch pattern, blocked.

Other Tools:

• Stitch markers - 4 (6)
• Tapestry needle

Yarn, work with one strand of each yarn listed below:

MC: 1,308 (2796) yards/1,196 (2,557) meters in a light fingering weight plied wool/cotton blend that knits up to 6 sts/inch.

CC: 1,308 (2,796) yards/1,196 (2,557) meters of a lace weight plied silk noil yarn that knits up to 8-8.5 sts/inch. Each stripe uses 109 (233) yards/ 100 (213) meters. 12 colours.

Shown in (size Large):

Holst Garn ‘Coast Uld Bomuld’, (55% merino, 45% cotton; 1.76 oz/50 grams; 383 yards/350 meters per skein). Mushroom (Main Colour – 8 skeins)

ITO ‘Kinu’, (100% silk; 1.76 oz/50 grams; 465 yards/425 meters per skein). Contrasting Colours - (12) Colours, 109 (233) yards/ 100 (213) meters per colour.

Contrasting Colours:

CC1: 487 Mustard

CC2: 356 Cream

CC3: 364 Brick

CC4: 490 Pacific

CC5: 360 Cayenne Red

CC6: 353 Pine Soap

CC7: 392 Capri Blue

CC8: 492 Lime

CC9: 391 Violet

CC10: 374 Pool Green

CC11: 486 Gold Oak

CC12: 359 Persimmon