Fairfield Harvest Shawl

Fairfield Harvest Shawl

This shawl is an asymmetrical large cozy triangular shaped shawl, working from side to side, with a cast on of 3 stitches increasing slowly to its point and then decreasing down again to shape the shawl.

It is worked in 3 colours, which move smoothly into each other by way of connecting slipped stitch panels, with stitches picked up all along the shaped edge of the shawl to finish with an applied linen stitch border which brings all the colours together. It’s a very rustic natural un-fussed with style of shawl with a natural waviness due to very minimal blocking, and which also happens due to the construction of the applied linen stitch border being added by picking up stitches along the edges of the garter and slipped stitch panels. It therefore relies on the construction rather than blocking to form all shapes.

The matching hat is also available (and with a introductory discount of 25% off until 23rdOct 2020)

I chose to work the sample in an Alpaca silk blend that has a good halo as I wanted it to be of a soft rustic cozy muted style that lends a very subtle blending effect , but I have worked it in a zero halo more robust yarn for a more stark high contrast look, and it worked great too, offering clear stitch definition over halo to the slipped stitch and linen stitch work.

Materials: (Requires approx 1,100 metres / 1,203 yards of Sport weight yarn)

Mirasol Sulka Nina (60% Merino wool, 20% Alpaca, 20% Silk, 50g, 164 yrds/150mtrs)

Yarn A : Cafe Royale, 2 skeins (actual amount used 297 metres / 325 yards)

Yarn B : Rust (or cinnamon, 3 skeins (actual amount used 408 metres / 447 yards)

Yarn C : Cedar, 3 skeins (actual amount used 339 metres / 371 yards)