Support your country’s star athletes by knitting and wearing this shawl to celebrate 2016’s Summer Games in Rio, Brazil. This lightweight accessory will declare your allegiance to those athletes competing for some of the highest honors of the sports world. This shawl will show off beautifully the colors of the bi-colored and tri-colored flags of many nations, though it will look just as fabulous in a single colorway.

This shawl has been test knitted by the fabulous talents of pjalaska, zillalatte, frillylady, and aquapatty.

Shawl motifs include one for your country’s star athletes, Wheels and Spheres (Balls) events, Water events, and Gymnastics events.

The pattern is charted with written instructions for transitional sections and specifics on working the pattern charts.

Yarn Requirements for the tri-colored shawl: 100 yds / 91 meters of Color A (navy blue), 450 yds / 411 meters of Color B (white) and 350 yards/320 meters of Color C (red).

Yarn Requirements for a bi-colored shawl: 450 yds / 411 meters of Color A and 450 yds / 411 meters of Color B.

Yarn Requirements for a single-colored shawl: 900 yds / 823 meters.

Needle Requirements: Size 4US / 3.5mm OR size 5US / 3.75mm knitting needles (if you are a tight knitter, use the larger size needles; if you are an average or loose knitter, choose the smaller size needles).