Electric Violet

The Electric Violet shawl, was inspired by the gorgeous hand-dyed yarn from RMR Yarn Co. it’s knit with. It combines a relaxing-to-knit stockinette body, with a delightful lace section, followed by a twisted rib edging. The shawl as shown in size L, uses 300 g of fingering weight yarn. A smaller 2 skein shawl (size S in this pattern) is made by omitting the twisted rib section.

This shawl is knit from the top-down in one piece, starting at the neck edge with a garter stitch tab. The instructions for the lace are both charted and written out.

Difficulty level

This shawl is worked from the top down, starting with a garter stitch tab. The patterning in the edging is worked on both right side and wrong side rows.

Stitches used include knit, purl, k tbl, p tbl, skp, k2tog, k2tog tbl, p2tog, p2tog tbl, yo and a wrapped stitch. This pattern is therefor suitable for the intermediate to advanced knitter.

Sizes and finished measurements

Size S (L): Wingspan of 196 (235) cm (77 ¼ (92 ½) inches) and a depth of 89 (106) cm (35 (41 ¾) inches), measured after blocking. The shawl pictured is a size L.

The size of the Electric Violet shawl can be changed by using lighter or heavier yarn and/or working fewer (or more) repeats of the various sections of the shawl. This will, of course, change the amount of yarn needed. 

Pattern details

• Gauge: Approx. 14 sts / 25 rows = 10 cm (4 inches) over stockinette stitch, measured after blocking. Gauge is however not critical for this design but should give you a fabric that you like with the yarn used.
• Pattern languages included: English.
• Digital PDF has 7 pages (letter size)

Yarn

RMR Yarn Co. Micaela (75% SW extra fine merino, 25% Mulberry silk; 400 m (437 yds) / 100 g) in the following colors and quantities:

C1: 400 (800) m (437 (874) yds) / 100 (200) g) in Para Harumi

C2: 400 (400) m (437 (437) yds) / 100 (100) g) in Jalea De Uva

Substitute a fingering weight yarn in a speckled color for C1, and a solid or tonal colorway for C2 for a similar result.

Materials

• Size 3.5 mm (US 4) / 80 cm (32 inches) circular needles were used for the sample shawl. Use needles appropriate for the yarn chosen.
• 4 stitch markers to indicate the center stitch and the edge stitches
• Cable needle
• Stitch markers to indicate repeats of the lace patterning (optional)
• Yarn needle