What makes this shawl special is the opposition of the thicker yarn of the commanding ‘spines’ to the delicate nature of the ‘webs’ in between. This shallow triangle is started at the small end and grows with every set of spine and web. It’s your choice of the yarn combination, as long as your spine yarn is thicker than your web yarn. It’s also your choice as to the size. It can be done as a small kerchief or as a longer, more dramatic shawl.

Let’s talk gauge! The gauge is more about how you want the thinner yarn to relate to the thicker yarn. A special gauge swatch pattern is given in the instructions. Start with the prescribed needle, then decide if you like it or want to go up or down a size.

Yarn: Pick your combo:
Sport, DK or Worsted with Fingering weight combo
or…
Fingering weight with Lace weight combo
(makes a more delicate piece)

Needles: For Sport/DK/Worsted and Fingering combo:
US 5 / 3.75mm circular, 32” long or longer

For Fingering and Lace combo:
US 4 / 3.5mm circular, 32” long or longer

Yardage:
Spine Yarn: 224 yds / 205m
Web Yarn: 300 yds / 275 m

Shown in:
Spine yarn: Mad Tosh Sport “Harvest” 270 yds / 247 m
Web yarn: Schoppel Zauberball Crazy “Domino” 460 yds / 420 m