Skill level: Advanced Beginner
The Flash Shawl dazzles with stripes of stars and bold contrasting colors. With its crescent edges and a triangular center, it’s a comfortable shawl to keep on the shoulders and wraps beautifully around the neck. It tucks in nicely underneath jackets in the fall and drapes over dresses in the summer on chilly evenings.
Construction Details:
The Flash Shawl is worked from the center top towards the outer edge. Increases are worked as closed eyelet increases and two colors are striped for most of the body of the shawl, with a star stitch row creating texture and visual interest.
Skills Required:
Triangular Shawl Cast On
Bind off
Knit/Purl
Knit through the back loop
Increasing (yo)
Star Stitch
Sizes: One size (there are notes in the pattern about increasing the size)
Finished measurements: approximately 60”/152 cm span across the top & 23”/58 cm depth from center top to lower center point.
Gauge: 24 sts and 42 rows = 4”/10 cm in Color Pattern, unblocked; 18 sts and 38 rows = 4”/10 cm in Color Pattern, blocked, using size needle to obtain gauge.
Needles: US 6 (4 mm) 32”/80 cm circular needle or size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Yarn: 780 yards total of fingering weight (CYCA #1) yarn in the following quantities: 390 yards of one Main Color and 390 total yards in one or more Contrast Colors.
Sample made with Shaina’s Shawl Bundle (85% superwash extrafine merino wool, 15% nylon, 390 yds /100 g) in “Flash Tattoo”, 1 full skein (100g) and 5 mini skeins (20g each) in assorted colors.
Other Materials: stitch marker, tapestry needle.
Please note: this listing is for a downloadable PDF pattern for you to knit your own Flash Shawl
