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Emilio is an eye catching graphical shawl in high contrast colors. It conveys a very different mood based on the colors you choose.

This shawl is designed to keep the knitting interesting. First there is a fast growing increasing section, before long, you’ll be at the decreasing section, the anticipation of the mosaic border will motivate you to finish the body quickly. The long rows make the mosaic pattern easy to memorize without the need of constantly referring to the pattern. As a plus, there are almost no ends to weave in.

The pattern requires no experience in mosaic knitting, making it the perfect project to try this amazing technique.

The zig-zag body is fully charted with complete written instructions. The mosaic border is charted only but comes with partially written instructions to help you learn to read the charts.

Measurements are given in both centimeters and inches.

Materials

Yarn

Fingering weight

Shown here: Urth Harvest Fingering (100% Merino; 400 m / 435 yds, 100 g / 3.53 oz skein; colors: one skein each in Ecru, Cranberry, Cherry, Oleaster, Thuja)

Yardage requirement (inclusive of 10% allowance)

Note: If desired, you can use the same color for both MC and color D.

• MC (Ecru): 255 m / 280 yds
• color A (Cranberry): 125 m / 140 yds
• color B (Cherry): 125 m / 140 yds
• color D (Oleaster): 200 m / 220 yds
• CC (Thuja): 160 m / 170 yds

Needles

3.75 mm / US 5 straight or circular needle of length 40 cm / 16 inches or longer; adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge (for the zig-zag body)

4 mm / US 6 circular needle of length 100 cm / 40 inches or longer; adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge (for the mosaic border)

Notions

Stitch markers, yarn needle

Gauge

26.5 sts x 30 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in zig-zag pattern on smaller needle, blocked (or one 12-sts zig-zag pattern repeat = 4.5 cm / 1.75 inches)

One pattern repeat of Mosaic Chart B on larger needle measures 10.5 cm / 4.125 inches widthwise and 5.4 cm / 2.125 inches lengthwise, blocked

Gauge is not critical for this design but it affects the finished measurement and yardage.

Finished Size

The shawl measures in 200 cm / 78.75 inches along the long edge and 52 cm / 20.5 inches in depth.

Required Skills

Long-tail cast-on