Daring Double by Stephanie Lotven

Daring Double

Knitting
December 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1525 yards (1394 m)
ONE SIZE
English

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.

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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