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Daring Double
This pattern is found in Knit Happy with Self-Striping Yarn and cannot be purchased as an individual download. The book is available for purchase HERE on Indiebound or HERE on Amazon.
There are special skeins of yarn that practically dare you to do something spectacular with them. No little project will do when you have a skein as breathtaking as the rainbow gradient in this project. The Daring Double Shawl is all about drama. The garter and ribbed borders
help showcase the self-striping yarn in this shawl so that you can focus on those beautiful stripes. Creating a picture frame effect that draws your eyes to the vertical stripes, the Daring Double Shawl will amplify the beauty of any self-striping yarn you choose to knit. This shawl is made up of two triangles, aligned to create a show-stopping parallelogram. Are you short on yardage or time? Knit just one triangle to create a beautiful shawl that takes half the yardage and half the time!
SIZES
ONE SIZE
YARN
Fingering weight yarn, Bad Amy Knits 80/20 Sock
Sample shown in “Silver,” “Uber-violet,’” & “Rainbow Gradient Stripe”
Main Color: 800 yards (731 m)
Contrasting Color 1: 325 yards (298 m)
Contrasting Color 2: 400 yards (365 m)
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Length: 60 inches (152.5 cm)
Depth: 28 inches (71 cm)
NEEDLES
Two sets of US 6 (4 mm) 32-inch (80-cm) circular needles, or as required to meet gauge
GAUGE
20 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in garter stitch after blocking
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch after blocking
TOOLS
Tape measure, 4 Stitch markers, Scissors, Tapestry needle
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- First published: December 2020
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