Shindig

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Originally published in Pom Pom Quarterly, Issue 21: Summer 2017

SIZES

One Size

195.5 cm / 77” wide at outer curve x 32.5 cm / 12¾" deep

Recommended Yarn

Julie Asselin Leizu DK (DK weight; 90% merino wool, 10% silk; 238 m / 260 yds per 115 g skein)
Shades:
A: Biscotti; 2 skeins
B: Olea; 1 skein

Needles

  • 4 mm / US 6 circular needle, 100 cm (40”) length

  • 4.5 mm / US 7 circular needle, 100 cm (40”) length

Budget Yarn Substitute Ideas

(smooth wool / wool blends in a solid or semi- solid colour suggested, but not limited to)

  • Knit Picks Gloss DK

  • Drops Lima

  • West Yorkshire Spinners Wensleydale Gems

Notions

  • 2 stitch markers

GAUGE

21 stitches and 27 rows = 10 cm in Stockinette stitch

NOTES

Shindig is knit from the bottom edge upwards, beginning with the Lace section before working a striped pattern with decreases up to the top edge. When working stripe sequence, do not break yarn, instead carry yarn up along the side.

Woman wearing the shindig Shawl wrapped around the neck.
Woman holding the Shindig Shawl outstretched.
Women holding the shindig Shawl outstretched.
Shindig Shawl laid on the ground.