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Kalamalka Lake (or Kal Lake) is a glacial lake located in the southern interior of BC. It is one of only a handful of ‘marl lakes’ that display the colourful reaction of limestone deposits to temperature change. In summer, dissolved limestone crystallizes, giving the lake its breathtaking blue and green colour.

Kalamalka is knit tip-to-edge in squishy garter stitch. Thin stripes of ruching throughout represent the rippling waves of Kal Lake. It is designed to use either two or three colours of your favourite fingering weight yarn.

Needle size / gauge determine finished size.

Dimensions

small - approx. 70” across and 18” at deepest point

large - approx. 95” across and 24” at deepest point

Needles

3.5mm - 4mm, or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge

Gauge is not critical for this project but will affect yardage requirements. The small sized shawl is knit with a gauge of 21st / 4” and the large shawl is knit with a gauge of 19st / 4”. The large sized shawl used all but 1.5g of colour A, so any larger gauge will require more than one skein of yarn.

Materials

Small two colour version - madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light:
colour A: 95g / 350y fog
colour B: 85g / 310y nebula

Small two colour version - Malabrigo Sock:
colour A: 77g / 340y persia
colour B: 67g / 300y solis

Small three colour version - Seawall Fibres Pumice Fingering:
colour A: 60g / 240y obsidian
colour B: 85g / 340y malachite
colour C: 45g / 180y verdigris

Large two colour version - Riverside Studio Merino Singles Fingering:
colour A: 114g / 460y beryl
colour B: 95g / 380y cobalt & rust