Battigia

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Battigia is a crescent shawl worked sideways that plays with curves and short row colorworks in a way that reminds me of the waves movement on a shoreline (battigia in Italian).

Sideways Construction

The gentle curve of this shawl makes the big short-row motifs look as if they are converging at the top of the shawl, even if they are perfectly parallel.

Short Row Colorwork

This shawl uses a modified motif from the wonderful Woolly Wormhead’s book Short Row Colorwork, applied to a construction that has increases on one side and decreases on the other.

Sizes: One size.

Finished measurements: Wingspan approx 100 cm / 40”; max depth 37 cm / 14.75”, upper side 180 cm / 72.

Yarn

We Are Knitters Finita Yarn (70% Merino wool, 30% Alpaca; 437 yards 400 m/100 g).

MC: Navy Blue, approx 390 m/420 yds.

CC1: Natural, approx 200 m/219 yds.

CC2: Mustard, approx 100 m/109 yds.

Note: Choose the yarn in solid or tonal colors with a good contrast between them.

Needles

One 80 cm / 32” circular needle (or straight needles if preferred) in size needed to obtain gauge.

Suggested needle size: 3.25 mm /US 3.

Notions

13 markers.

Tapestry needle to weave in the first end.

Gauge

23 stitches and 42 rows = 10x10 cm (4”) in garter stitch, measured after blocking.

Note: Gauge is not critical for this project, but can affect yardage and finished measurements.