The Honeycomb shawl is a large asymmetrical shawl pattern designed exclusively for the Beehive Wool Shop in Victoria, BC. The shawl uses both Gathering Yarn Brook Farm Fingering and Dunlin, a yarn that Catherine of the Small Bird Workshop has dyed exclusively for the Beehive Wool Shop. Both Dunlin and Brook Farm are a light fingering weight, 2ply, British wool yarn (420 m/100 grams) which is wonderful for texture stitches and mosaic alike!

The Honeycomb shawl features three different stitch patterns: Andalusian stitch (a variation on a broken rib), a simple slip stitch “dot” section, and mosaic sections that link the colours together. The design includes an i-cord selvedge edge, although it’s easy to substitute a garter selvedge instead, and the different sections can be substituted or switched according to the knitter’s whim. Or, use a different colour for each section – that’s pretty fun, too!

For more information and to purchase the kit for the Honeycomb shawl, please visit the Beehive Wool Shop!

Skill Level: Intermediate

Skills Used: knit and purl stitches, slip stitches, k2tog, kfb, kfbf, i-cord edging, following charted instructions

One size, which can be customized according to the knitter’s wish. Please note that any customizations will change the yardage requirements for this design.

The shawl measures approximately 72 inches/183 cm along the top edge, and is 28”/71 cm deep.

Gauge
Andalusian stitch: 25 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches/10 cm (see Chart 2)

Yarn Requirements: 1260 metres total (see below for yardage of individual skeins)
Colour 1: 1 skein of Gathering Yarn Brook Farm, #14 (grey), 420 m/100 grams
Colour 2: 1 skein of Gathering Yarn Brook Farm, #8 (navy), 420 m/100 grams
Colour 3: 1 skein of Small Bird Workshop Dunlin, Butterscotch Pudding colourway, 420 m/100 grams

Needles: 3.5 mm (US 4) circular or straight knitting needles, or the size required to achieve gauge.
3.5 mm (US 4) DPNs for I-cord cast on

Notions:

• pins, wires, and a mat for blocking

• tapestry needle for weaving in the ends