This shawl was borne out of a yarn crush that I was nurturing at my LYS, Dappled Fern Fibers. I love knitting patterns that tell a story and The Farmer’s Daughters dyes are soulful and saturated. You can’t walk by a stack of Juicy DK without squishing it. And once you pick it up, you’ll find that the yarn’s label starts the story for you. With names like “Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City” and “Patsy” (Cline, I imagine), you can’t help but start to imagine a road trip and some mischief on the horizon. The color story that I chose for my shawl was just the antidote that I needed to chase away Northern Minnesota’s dark, cold You’re gonna want to pick out four colors that are just what you need; maybe to remember this season in your life, or maybe to get away… You’ll find the stitch pattern easy to learn and repeat. This yarn grows when blocked so you get ultimate bang for your buck from blocking.

This is a great pattern to use to learn how to “read your knitting”. If you look at your sts, you can see when to add a new slipped stitch column. Each time you begin a six row repeat, take a look ahead on your needles to see where the new slipped stitch column will lie.

Yarn
4 Skeins of The Farmer’s Daughter Juicy DK (100% Superwash Merino, 274 yards / 100 grams,250 meters) Color A: Eagle Eye (Brownish), Color B: Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City (Blue/Green/Brown Varigated), Color C: Highway Man (Blue/Teal), Color D: Patsy (Pink Speckled)

OR DK Weight 192 yards / 176 Meters of Yarn A, 274 yards / 251 meters of Yarns B & C, and 260 yards / 238 meters of Yarn D

Note: These yarn amounts are estimates. Any changes that knitters make to gauge, substituting yarns or changing the shawl’s measurements will change the amount of yarn needed.

Gauge
22 stitches and 20 rows = 4” / 10 cm in the Basket Stitch Pattern worked flat.

Suggested Needles*
US Size 7 / 4.5 mm or size needed to obtain gauge, circular needle 40 or 60” / 100 or 150 cm length.
Note: A long, circular needle has been chosen for this pattern to accommodate the large number of sts in the pattern.

Sizing
One Size - Wingspan 77” / 195 cm and Depth: 38.4” / 97.5 cm (measurements are post-blocking and stretched).

Notions

• 4 Stitch markers
• Highlighter Tape (optional - to keep your place in the pattern)
• Measuring Tape
• Tapestry Needle
• Wool Wash, Wool Wires for Blocking Your Shawl (optional) and Blocking Mat

Techniques

• Garter Tab Cast On Method

• M1 Right and Left Increasing

• Yarn Over Increasing

• I Cord Bind Off Method