Kuusikko is Finnish, and it means a grouping of spruce trees.
The cables represent the diagonal lines of branches and
needles, and the bobbles mimic pinecones. Knits, purls and eyelets help define the shapes.
The ribbed bottom and wide stripes at the top part balance out
the rich texture of the middle panel, while maintaining the rhythm of the vertical lines running through the shawl.
The tassels articulate all three corners to give the shawl the finishing touch.

Sizes:
Sport weight shawl, fingering weight shawl.

Measurements:
Sport weight shawl:
Height: 150cm / 59“
Width: 124cm / 48.75”
Fingering weight shawl:
Height: 157cm / 61.75“
Width: 112cm / 44”

Yarn:
Sport weight shawl:
7 balls of De Rerum Natura Ulysse
(100% Merino wool, 185m / 202yds - 50g)
Photographed in colour: Poivre Blanc
Or 1295m / 1414yds of sport weight yarn.
Fingering weight shawl:
7 balls of De Rerum Natura Albertine (90% Merino
wool, 10% Mulberry Silk, 200m / 219yds - 50g)
Photographed in colour: Cypres
Or 1400m / 1533yds of fingering weight yarn.

Needles:
120cm, or longer, circular needle.
Sport weight shawl:
4mm / US 6 or size required to get gauge.
Fingering weight shawl:
3.75mm / US 5 or size required to get gauge.

Notions:
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle.
For making tassels:
Cardstock, pen, scissors.

Gauge:
Sport weight shawl
With 4mm / US6 needle in Wide Stripes Pattern.
Measured after blocking from a relaxed fabric.
20 sts and 28 rows / 10 cm / 4”.
Fingering weight shawl
With 3.75mm / US5 needle in Wide Stripes Pattern.
Measured after blocking from a relaxed fabric.

Design notes:
This shawl is knit flat and in one piece, beginning at the widest point, and regularly decreasing along one edge to create the triangle shape.
The knitting kicks off with a soothing k2, p2 ribbing for the widest part of the work.
Then texture slowly takes over with richness and complexity and then seamlessly
eases back into a relaxed wide stripe pattern to breeze through to the pointy end.
This pattern includes charted instructions for the textured panel of cables and bobbles
and written instructions for the ribbing and wide stripes.

Techniques:
Long-tail cast-on
• Knitting cables without a cable needle
• Knitting bobbles
• Basic decreases
• Yarn overs
• I-cord edges
• Kitchener Stitch grafting
• Tassels

Skill level:
Intermediate to advanced