Derecho

Yarn weight - Fingering

Gauge - 22 stitches and 44 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch

Needle size - US 5 - 3.75 mm or size needed to obtain gauge

Yardage - 695 - 1170 yards (636 - 1070 m)

Sizes available - small, large

A triangular shawl knit modularly in two directions to produce a pattern of interconnected stripes. Two circular needles are used to knit on one side at a time while keeping the other side’s stitches live.

Skills required:

• Increasing

• Slipping stitches

• Picking up stitches from slipped-stitch edges

Measurements:

• Small - 51” wingspan, 22” deep

• Large - 66” wingspan, 32” deep

Yardage details (by color value):

Small version (695 yards total):

• Light - 195

• Medium - 370

• Dark - 130

Large version (1170 yards total):

• Light - 390

• Medium - 340

• Dark - 440

Note: If you are using Tosh Merino Light or another yarn with 420 yards/skein for the largest size, you may be able to get by with just one skein of the dark color by leaving off the last stripe on section 7 and then making the border in the medium color instead of the dark. (This is to keep from having a stripe next to the border that is the same color.) You will need about 35 more yards of the medium to do this.