Sprouts - Shawl and shawlette knitting pattern

The shawl was designed for the Progress, hope and happiness 2017 event. New beginnings, spring, sprouts and wavy waters! The swirly cables look just like sprouting fern or waves broken free from the prisoning grasp of ice!

The swirly cables on the edge are adapted from the film Corps Bride. I get a lot of my inspiration from movies, mythology and the worlds beyond ours!
I wanted to make this cable pattern for years! I sketched them in 2009 and just 8 years later I found a way to bring them to life!

Constructions

The shawl is knitted in two parts. First part is the edge with the swirls and an i-cord edge that will prevent rolling. Second part is the body, for that stitches are picked up from the non-icord side of the edge.
Knitting starts from the middle, only a couple of stitches are knitted, using short row method more stitches are added on every row, until all the picked up stitches are knitted and that’s when your shawl is ready and you may cast off!

Every 10th row on the edge is a short row worked only on the i-cord, to prevent the edge from tightening and pulling the edge to the wrong direction.

Yarn

275 m (300 yards) [345 m (377 yards)] of Fingering weight.
Sample uses Sidispinnt; Merino Single, 100% merino, 350 meters (383 yards) / 100 grams (3.53 ounces)

Needles

80 cm (30 inch) long circular needle size 3 mm (2 ½ US) or to obtain gauge

Gauge

20 stitches and 25 rows = 10 cm (4 inch) in garter stitch.

Notions

1 Stitch marker
1 cable needle

Alterations

For an even bigger shawl work one (or more!) extra repeat of the edging and pick up more sts from the edge, find the center of the edge and start the body from there.
For a bigger and warmer shawl use thicker yarn!

Sizing

There are two sizing options, one smaller shawlette, as seen in the pictures and a full sized shawl.

Finished measurements

Shawlette:
120 cm (47 inch) in width
28 cm (11 inch) in hight
Shawl:
160 cm (63 inch) in width
35 cm (13.75 inch) in height