Bobble Kite by Marion Bulin

Bobble Kite

Knitting
November 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
12 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 10 - 6.0 mm
657 yards (601 m)
One size
English Finnish

This cosy, reversible shawl is fun to knit and wear! It is all about the yarn — a chunky mohair — and the eye-catching bobble i-cord edges.

SIZE
One size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Left Edge (Sections 1 and 2): 75.5” / 192 cm.
Shortest Edge (Section 1): 35.5” / 90 cm.
Right Edge (Section 2 and BO Edge): 58.25” / 148 cm.

MATERIALS
Yarn: 3 skeins of Big Fiffi by Frida Fuchs (78% mohair, 13% merino, 9% nylon, 219 yds / 200 m – 100 g), colourway Anis.

Or approx. 657 yds / 600 m of chunky-weight yarn. Alternative yarn suggestions are for example Malabrigo Mecha or 2 strands of Wooldreamers Manchelopi held with 1 strand of a lace-weight silk mohair.

Needles: US 10 / 6 mm 40” / 100 cm circular needles.

Notions: Waste yarn, stitch marker.

GAUGE
12 sts x 18 rows to 4” / 10 cm in Garter St, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
This shawl has a kite shape and begins with a Provisional Cast-On, after which the 3-stitch i-cord bobble edge is established. The shawl is worked flat, in two sections, with the 3-stitch i-cord bobble edge at either side. In section 1, increases are worked on every row while, at the same time, a central double decrease is worked in the centre on every WS row. In section 2, increases are only worked at the left edge. The total number of stitches of section 2 stays the same until the bind-off, which is a continuation of the 3-st i-cord bobble edge.