Deluge

Small moments tied to a memory, that takes you back to a place of tranquility. For me it is listening to the sound of a heavy rain, and the smell of it when it fist hits hot pavement. These moments bring me back to my childhood when the summers were filled with thunderstorms. The streets would flow like rivers and raindrops looked like ballerinas.

Deluge was inspired by this memory, when the water falling would preform a ballet and being a sense of stillness. Starting with the flowing rib stitch that divides into cables that dance along the edge.

Skill Level Intermediate

Finished Size 27” / 68.5 cm deep x 57” / 145 cm wingspan

Yarn
Fingering weight yarn; 823 yds / 753 m, for shawl and swatching
Sample used: Lolodidit, Plush Sock, 75% Superwash Merino, 15% Nylon, 10% Tencel; 430 yards/ 393 m; 4 oz/115g; 2 hanks in Coal Miner’s Daughter (available here)

Needle
US4 / 4.5 mm - 32” / 60 cm circular needle minimum or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge
24 sts x 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm square in Stockinette
Cable Repeat = 12 sts x 56 rows = 1.75” wide x 6.25” tall

Notions
2 stitch markers
Tapestry needle

Skills Required
Basic knitting skills
Increasing
Cabling or willingness to learn