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Adobe Way Shawlette
Bricks, Mexican pavers on patios—this is what inspired me in my Adobe Way shawlette design. It is an asymmetrical shawlette or scarf that is knit sideways. The border is knit at the same time as the body of the shawlette. The edging pattern is a sinous cable pattern that scallops along the bottom edge once it is blocked and pinned. It is asymmetrical because the body of the shawlette is triangular, and the sides of the triangle increase and decrease at different rates. The bottom of the triangle forms a long straight edge at the top of the shawlette. Because it is asymmetrical, it is easy to achieve a nice wrap when wearing the shawlette since one of the sides is shorter. You simply wrap the longer end around your shoulders and neck. I provide instructions within the pattern if you would like to alter it to suit your particular taste—for example, making the shawlette even on both sides of the triangle instead of asymmetrical, making the shawlette longer or shorter than mine is, or using a different weight of yarn. I used two different yarns to create my shawlette because I ran out of the hand-painted Koigu Kersti Merino Crepe Yarn in the variegated rust shade # K1139 (DK Weight, 114 yards each skein…I used 3 skeins). Fortunately, Manos del Uruguay had a complimentary DK shade available in their Silk Blend yarn also in Merino Wool in Rust—shade #300U (I used almost 2 skeins of the 150 yard skeins) that worked with the Koigu yarn. The shawlette as I have worked it ended up being about 6 feet long and a foot and a half wide at its widest point. I have included a chart for the cable edging as well as written instructions. Washing and care for your masterpieces will depend on the type of yarn you work the shawlette in.
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