Moods of the Sea

It’s always ourselves we find in the sea.

Stormy or calm sea, waves stroking the beach…we wanted to capture it with our shawl design.

How It’s Made

Though the construction appears to be uncommon, it is clean and easy to knit. The shawl is made of 3 sections: Two rectangular scarves surround a center square, each of them representing a facet of the sea.

Yarn weight: Fingering

Gauge: 25 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

Needle size: US 2½ - 3.0 mm, US 6 - 4.0 mm

Sizes available: one size

Yardage: 2274 - 2961 yards (2079 - 2708 m)

Yarn: We used 3 colors of yarn: Main Color (MC), Contrast Color 1 (CC1), Contrast Color 2 (CC2). 

Sample shown in: 

Rosy Green Wool Cheeky Merino Joy (100% organic Merino extra fine (virgin wool), Sport 350yd (320m)/100g), MC (103 garden pond): 2-3 skeins, CC2 (115 air): 2 skeins 

Quince & Co Tern (75% American wool, 25% silk, Fingering 221yd (202m)/50g), CC1 (419 popham): 1 skein 

Yarn alternative: 

Cascade Yarns Heritage (75% Merino/25% Nylon, Fingering 437yd (400m)/100g), MC (5603 marine): 2 skeins CC1 (5610 camel): 1 skein, CC2 (5713 placid blue): 1-2 skeins