Caterpillar Girl by Riin Gill for Happy Fuzzy Yarn

Caterpillar Girl
by Riin Gill for Happy Fuzzy Yarn

As soon as we got Merino Mono at Happy Fuzzy Yarn, I knew I had to design something with it! I loved the way it took the dye, and I decided the soft singles would make a good scarf or shawl. I have a fondness for triangles (doesn’t everyone have a favorite polygon?), and I thought ruching would give visual interest as well as extra warmth (I came up with the idea during a really cold Michigan winter!).

As I was knitting it, the ruched sections began to look more and more like caterpillars to me, which of course triggered Robert Smith singing … cata cata cata cata cata cata caterpillar girl in my head. (I’ve been a Cure fan for over 30 years, so these things happen.)

SIZE
One Size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
58 in/147 cm long edge
29 in/74 cm short edge

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
58 in/147 cm long edge
29 in/74 cm short edge

Yarn
Happy Fuzzy Yarn Merino Mono (100% superwash merino wool ; 385yds/350m per 3.5oz/100g skein) ; colorway: approx 900yds (3 skeins) Callicarpa

Needle Size
24-inch or longer US #5 / 3.75mm circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions
stitch markers
tapestry needle

GAUGE
26 sts/35 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch before blocking

REQUIRED SKILLS
basic knitting skills (casting on, knit and purl stitch, basic increases and decreases, binding off)
knitted cast on
reading charts