Berrylicious Fun

When I was a child, my parents grew boysenberry vines in our backyard. I remember it was along the back fence, and my dad built a lattice support so the vines could spread out, crawl and wrap around the wood and wires. When the weather became warmer, the boysenberries grew and multiplied. My mom used to send my sister and me to the backyard with containers to pick the berries, and she would make the best boysenberry pies! I have yet to taste pies as juicy and sweet as these! My inspiration for the Berrylicious Fun came from this childhood memory.

Berrylicious Fun is a top-down triangular shawl using a main color for the background and mini-skeins for the textured berry stripes. This shawl can be customized to use any number of mini-skeins or is a great stash buster to use up left over balls of yarn from previous projects!

Finished Measurements

One Size: 70" [178 cm] across top edge and 34.5" [88 cm] deep

Materials

Approx. 840 yds/768 m (MC) and 124 yds/113 m (CC) of fingering weight yarn each in 5 colors

I used Lolodidit Loriginal (85% extra fine superwash merino wool, 15% nylon; 100g/440 yds [402 m]; color: Yeti (MC) 2 skeins; Lolodidit Lil’ Lolo (85% Extra Fine Superwash Merino Wool, 15% Nylon; 28 g [0.99 oz]/124 yds [113 m]; color: Blackberry Jam (CC1) 1 skein, Amazed (CC2) 1 skein, Goody Goody (CC3) 1 skein, Amore (CC4) 1 skein, Sweetness (CC5) 1 skein

US size 5 [3.75 mm] circular needles 40" [100 cm] or longer, or size needed to obtain gauge

One needle one size larger than gauge needle size (circular, straight or double pointed needle for bind-off)

Stitch markers

1 removable stitch marker

Tape measure or ruler

Yarn needle

Gauge

21 sts and 32 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stockinette stitch, blocked