Valtigarth

There are two sizes for this shawl and either can be knit in sport or lace weight yarn using the appropriate needle size to get gauge.

This shawl is constructed using a traditional Shetland method. The center triangle is worked from the bottom up first, beginning with 1 stitch. Stitches are increased by working a yarn over at the beginning of every row. For the edging, stitches are then picked up from the yarn over loops on the edges of the center triangle, and the edging section is worked perpendicular to these stitches and attached at the end of every other row.

The stitch pattern in the center triangle is a twisted stitch pattern called Chain Mesh adapted from Norah Gaughan’s “Twisted Stitch Sourcebook”.

**Sizes**
Medium (Large) - 50 (61)” / 127 (155) cm wingspan, 26 (35)” / 66 (89) cm depth

**Needles**
US 4 / 3.5mm 24in and 40in / 60cm and 100cm circular needle (for the center triangle of Lace Weight version)
US 5 / 3.75mm 24in and 40in / 60cm and 100cm circular needle (for the center triangle of Sport Weight version and edging of Lace Weight version)
US 6 / 4mm 24in and 40in / 60cm and 100cm circular needle (for the edging of Sport Weight version)

**Yarn**
Sport Weight or Lace Weight yarn in the following amounts:
Large Shawl: 1100 yds / 1006 m
Medium Shawl :750 yds / 685m
Large shawl shown in: Myak Tibetan Cloud (100% Wool; 300m / 328 yds; 100g) in “Cannella”
Medium shawl shown in: Myak Baby Yak Lace (100% Baby Yak; 350 m / 380 yds; 50g) in “Petrol”

**Gauge**
21 sts and 36 rows = 4” / 10cm in Chain Mesh Stitch Pattern blocked using yarn US 5 / 3.75mm for Sport Weight version
22 sts and 42 rows = 4” / 10cm in Chain Mesh Stitch Pattern Blocked using US 4 / 3.5mm for Lace Weight

**Notions**
Scrap yarn/stitch holder, stitch markers (optional for separating out repeat of charts), tapestry needle