This shawl is a quick knit designed with mild short rows and mosaic work for a dynamic visual and asymmetric balance. Named after a line taken from Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49, the work’s grid-like patterning calls to mind electric motion and circuitry… and it works up electrically quick!

Required Techniques
German Short Rows for Garter
Garter Tab Cast On

Yarn
Bulky

Yardage
A: 175 yds/ 160 m
B: 105 yds/ 96 m

Pictured in Cascade Yarns Eco+ Yarn in Cobalt (A) and Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool in Ecru (B).

Needles & Notions
US 13 (9 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needles
2 stitch markers
yarn needle

Finished Measurements
Wingspan: 64”/ 163 cm
Depth: 17“/ 43 cm