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The shape of this shawl is an asymmetrical, elongated triangle, with a gently curving top edge that hugs your neck beautifully. This shawl is designed for you to let your imagination go with colors,size and even weight (DK, fingering held double to make DK, or fingering.)

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books from childhood? The story would magically unfold according to the choices you made as you went along, and it seemed like the possibilities were endless. This pattern is kind of like that - you choose what kind of shawl you want to create - everything from the weight of the shawl (DK or fingering) to the size. Not to mention the color choices! It’s almost like you have a box of crayons with infinite colors to choose from. You can do a fade or a solid main color.

And the eyelet stripes? The stripes can be all one color, or you can stripe 5 different colors. (This is a great time to use those gradient skeins you’ve been unsure of what to do with.) This design is an invitation to play, let your imagination run wild and truly create your own adventure!

MATERIALS:

DK ADVENTURE YARN REQUIREMENTS - you may use either one strand of DK yarn, or fingering held double

SMALL:
Main Color (MC) - 580 yards single DK, OR 1,160 yards fingering held double
Contrast Color (CC) - 175 yards single DK, OR 350 yards fingering held double

SMALL DK FADE EXAMPLE: Storyteller Sock Yarn(light pink to purplish pink) - 2 strands fingering held double
Main Color A - 75 yards single strand DK, OR 150 yards fingering held double
Main Color B - 200 yards single DK, OR 400 yards fingering held double
Main Color C - 230 yards single DK, OR 460 yards fingering held double
Contrast Color - 180 yards single DK, OR 360 yards fingering held double

LARGE:
Main Color (MC) - 750 yards DK yarn, 1,500 yards fingering held double
Contrast Color (CC) - 225 yards, 450 yards fingering held double

FINGERING WEIGHT ADVENTURE YARN REQUIREMENTS

SMALL:
Main Color - 580 yards (if using only one color)
OR…
Main Color A - 80 yards
Main Color B - 192 yards
Main Color C - 304 yards
Contrast Color - approx. 205 yards
CC1 - 55 yards
CC2 - 53 yards
CC3 - 42 yards
CC4 - 35 yards
CC5 - 20 yards

LARGE:
Main Color - 612 yards (if using only one color)
Contrast Color - approx. 205 yards

LARGE FINGERING FADE EXAMPLE: Invictus Yarns - various fingering weight bases held singly
Main Color A - 80 yards
Main Color B - 200 yards
Main Color C - 325 yards
Contrast - approx. 205 yards
For Invictus Yarns Magenta fingering gradient I used:
CC1 - 55 yards
CC2 - 53 yards
CC3 - 42 yards
CC4 - 35 yards
CC5 - 20 yards

24” to 32” circular needles between a size 6 and 8 for the DK version, and between a size 3 and 6 for the fingering weight version - whatever will produce a nice, not too stiff, not too loose, kind of drape-y shawl like fabric. You know what I mean.
Tapestry needle to weave in ends

APPROXIMATE GAUGES:
Exact gauge isn’t that important - it’s a shawl, after all
EXAMPLE: The Storyteller Yarn DK weight sample is fingering yarn held double and was knitted on size 7 needles and produced a gauge of 15 stitches and 27 rows = 4”/10 cm. after light blocking
EXAMPLE: The Invictus Yarns Fingering weight sample was knitted on size 4 needles and produced a gauge of 19 stitches and 29 rows = 4”/10 cm. after light blocking