Aman

“The design was inspired by an image on the moodboard — an autumn setting with a path winding through the trees.

I like working with twisted stitches and many of my designs have an element of twisted rib in them. In this design, twisted stitches meander through the wrap as though forming pathways through tall trees of twisted rib, sometimes unevenly broken by a clearing of sorts.“ – Nidhi Kansal

Aman is an asymmetric triangular shawl. It begins with 1x2 twisted rib. Then, 1x1 twisted cables form zigzag lines that separate the twisted rib from the stockinette. As the shawl widens, a combination of right- and left-twisted stitches are introduced to break the twisted rib pattern in timely repeats. The design ends with a broad section of 1x2 twisted rib.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• Width across top: 93 cm / 36.5”

• Length along straight side: 172 cm / 67.75”

YARN

Ginger Twist Studio Masham Mayhem 4 Ply (75% British Blueface Leicester, 25% British Masham; 400 metres / 437 yards per 100 g)

1200 metres / 1310 yards

Sample shown is knit in colourway Toffee Apple.

NEEDLES

3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

GAUGE

26 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in stockinette stitch, after blocking)

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern but will impact finished measurements.

NOTIONS

• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)

• Darning needle

• Removable stitch markers (optional)

• Stitch markers (at least 13)

• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES

• Cable Cast-On

• Reading charts (optional)

• Reading your knitting

• 1x2 Twisted Rib

• 1/1 Twisted Cables

CONTRIBUTORS

• Tech Editing: Jen Hurley, Rachael Prest & Isabell Dröse