Maddala Shawl
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Maddala Shawl has a traditional triangular construction worked from neck down with increases along the sides and the center featuring stranded colourwork panels and picot edge bind-off. The colourwork is knit on right as well as on wrong side of the project.
Maddala Shawl has been inspired by the Latvian stranded knitting tradition I grew up with and the passage of the Sun throughout the seasons in Latvian folklore. It is sort of a homecoming to me - to return to the familiar, that was too heavy to lift and had been left dormant for too long. I’ve been dreaming of knitting this shawl for years, but it took some time to find the perfect yarn for it.
Important Note: pattern requires skills to work from both - written instructions as well as colour charts.
SKILLS INCLUDED
Knitting stranded colourwork on right and wrong side of the project, keeping colourwork tension even across large sections, picot bind-off.
SIZE
Wingspan (length along the longest edge) 74” (188 cm)
Depth: 33” (85 cm)
YARN & YARDAGE
Hinterland Dusk 70% Canadian Rambouillet, 30% home grown alpaca; 395 yds (360 m) per 112 gr skein. Total of three skeins – 1185 yds (1080 m).
Main Colour: Honey, 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 1: Snow, 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 2: Maple, 395 yds (360 m).
OR
a single ply fingering weight yarn in:
Main Colour: 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 1: 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 2: 395 yds (360 m).
NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5 mm) circulars with 40” (100 cm) cable.
US 6 (4 mm) circulars with 40” (100 cm) cable.
GAUGE
24 sts x 32 rows = 4” (10 cm) in larger size needles in colourwork after blocking.
Maddala Shawl has been inspired by the Latvian stranded knitting tradition I grew up with and the passage of the Sun throughout the seasons in Latvian folklore. It is sort of a homecoming to me - to return to the familiar, that was too heavy to lift and had been left dormant for too long. I’ve been dreaming of knitting this shawl for years, but it took some time to find the perfect yarn for it.
Important Note: pattern requires skills to work from both - written instructions as well as colour charts.
SKILLS INCLUDED
Knitting stranded colourwork on right and wrong side of the project, keeping colourwork tension even across large sections, picot bind-off.
SIZE
Wingspan (length along the longest edge) 74” (188 cm)
Depth: 33” (85 cm)
YARN & YARDAGE
Hinterland Dusk 70% Canadian Rambouillet, 30% home grown alpaca; 395 yds (360 m) per 112 gr skein. Total of three skeins – 1185 yds (1080 m).
Main Colour: Honey, 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 1: Snow, 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 2: Maple, 395 yds (360 m).
OR
a single ply fingering weight yarn in:
Main Colour: 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 1: 395 yds (360 m).
Contrast Colour 2: 395 yds (360 m).
NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5 mm) circulars with 40” (100 cm) cable.
US 6 (4 mm) circulars with 40” (100 cm) cable.
GAUGE
24 sts x 32 rows = 4” (10 cm) in larger size needles in colourwork after blocking.
