The Design

Fox on the Run

I designed this shawl experimenting with a different shape. It was actually the shawl I wear, especially at markets on cold morning. It is so good to wrap yourself up in. I have been asked many times to release the pattern.. Here it is.

I created the knit with 8ply yarn, the finished measurements of the piece being approximately 2m along the longest side and 80cm from the point tip the top, or course this will be dependant on your tension.

Techniques
This pattern involves:
Knit, Purl, simple increases and decreases, yarn overs and cast on and cast off.
You will be working with two colours, you knit with one colour for two rows, then the other colour for two and repeat. I do nothing special when I change over the yarns, I am just consistent and carry the yarn up the side and crossing the yarns in the same way.

Yarn
I used an 8ply yarn. Finished measurements for an 8ply shawl are approximately 3m x 80cm.
You can use a 4ply yarn. The size will be smaller. Approximately 65cm from the point tip the top.
The choice is yours, obviously gauge of yarn will alter the finished size, as long as the two colours are the same gauge. You can use what ever you want, acrylic, wool, blend or cotton. It depends on what you want to use the final product for.
Shadow knitting depends on height difference, therefore I would not recommend lace weighted yarn for these projects.

The yarn used:
Fiori DK IV 100% Australian, hand dyed Merino
On packet gauge of 22sts per 10cm.
Colour A - (920m) approximately
Tangerine Nougat
Colour B - (920m) approximately
Fiesta
Check our online store to see what we have available.
What mix will you come up with.

Materials
1) Knitting needles!!!!
Yes that is it again, apart from some scissors. I used a circular knitting needle so you do not have to support the weight when your project gets bigger.
Needle size. It is perfectly ok in this pattern to use 3.5mm (my choice) or 3.75mm, If using 8ply. You can use 4mm needles but they will give you a looser feel, you will still see the pattern and use more yarn.
Remember definition in shadow knitting the smaller the needle the better the definition, of course depending on your tension (so many variables).
If you have a 1 or 1.2 meter circular will be perfect.