Surf Escapades receives its inspiration from the waters of Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. Waves, sea foam peaks and abundant fish caught along the surf line are all represented.

The Atlantic Waves to the Seafoam portions of the shawl combine a variety of stitches, short rows and changes in needle size to create an attractive crescent shaped shawl from a single skein of hand dyed yarn.

Sizes 7 (4.5mm), 6 (4.0mm), 5 (3.75mm), 4 (3.5mm) 32” circular needles are used. A size F crochet hook is used for the front edging. The gauge is not essential to this project. Skill level is for an intermediate knitter.

The pattern includes both written and charted instuctions.

Chincoteague Colors yarn in the Cove Collection (fingering wt) is recommended for this shawl. A soft, 100% merino yarn, it is perfect for a soft shawl to toss about your shoulders. It is dyed on Chincoteague Island by Carodan Farm and reflects the many colors found on the Island.

Moving Markers 04/16/2013
Knitters often use markers to differentiate edgings from the body of the pattern in addition to marking the lace pattern repeats for the body of the particular pattern.

When working lace patterns it is sometimes necessary to borrow a stitch from one section to complete another. There are two separate ways this may be worked. One way is when the stitch is borrowed from the next lace section to complete
the area currently being worked (usually a multiple stitch requirement such as ssk or k2tog). Secondly an extra stitch may be needed from the current section in the next section to perform a multiple stitch (for example ssk or k2tog).

My suggestion is to use open sided moveable markers (either open ring or coil less pin versions) in these situations to avoid having to add and remove ring types which might cause confusion when moving stitches from one needle to another.

Use of moveable markers in Surf Escapades in the Atlantic Wave Peaks Chart
Rows 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31 and 35 make it is necessary to “borrow” a stitch from the edge section to create an ssk in the lace pattern repeat. Three edging stitches are maintained throughout this section by adding a yarn over in the edging section on these rows.
On Row 25 a stitch is borrowed from the lace pattern by the edging area to create the k2tog to create a consistent three stitch edging.