Are you up for a bit of adventure with your knitting? The Mint Latte shawl gives you just that! Moving from a whirlwind to gently curved stripes dotted with eyelets and ending with a lovely lace edging, Mint Latte will keep you entertained along the way.
Using a unique construction, the shawl will show off the colour variations of your precious variegated or self-stripping skeins. While it might look complicated, fear not, Mint Latte is easy to knit. Video tutorials are provided where necessary. And while being asymmetric, the shawl will still wrap comfortably around your shoulders just like a triangle shawl. So pack your needles and skeins and join the adventure!

Yarns:
Main Colour (MC): Draadkracht Milkyway (Worsted, 100% Milk, 165 m / 180 yards per 100 grams); 3 balls; sample uses 282 grams in colour 11 Teal. (Or as alternative for solid colourways: Rosários 4 Solo Latte (Worsted, 100% Milk Wool, 86 m / 94 yards per 50 grams); 6 balls.)
Contrast Colour (CC): Vinnis Colours Serina (Sport, 100% Bamboo, 111 m / 121 yards per 50 grams); 1 ball; sample uses 20 gram in colour Turquoise Green 631.

Needles:
4 mm (US size 6) circular needles or size to obtain gauge with three cable lengths as follows: (1) 120 cm / 47 inches for magic loop for small circumference knitting (or double-pointed needles if preferred); (2) 60 cm / 24 inches for working in the round; (3) 80 cm / 32 inches for working in the round and flat.

Gauge:
17 stitches and 25 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch with MC, unblocked.
12 stitches and 23 rows = 10 cm / 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch with MC, blocked.
Note: obtaining the gauge given is not crucial but will affect the finished size and the yardage needed as well as the shape of Section 1.

Notions:
Crochet hook 2.75 mm / C-2. Stitch markers in four colours. Two removable stitch markers. Waste yarn. Tapestry needle. Blocking pins.

Size:
One.

Final Measurements:
Length (a) 173 cm / 68 inches, width (b) 125 cm / 49 inches, wingspan (c) 152 cm / 60 inches.

Skill level:
Knit, purl, yarn over, single and double decreases, lifted increases (video tutorial given). Emily Ocker’s circular cast-on (video tutorial given). Working in the round on a small circumference (video tutorial given for magic loop). Video tutorials are provided for the stitches and techniques used.

Pattern notes:
This pattern is worked in three sections to form an asymmetric triangle shawl. A schematic shows the shawl shape and sections.
Charts and written instructions are provided

Pattern support:
For questions about this pattern, please PM me on Ravelry or send me an email. Contact details are provided.

Thank you note:
I’d like to send a big thank you to my truly awesome test knitters on Ravelry: bcagility, bronwenwatts, dorieb, MarionVomWerder, pillran, sheoguey, Superbee123! Thanks a lot for your time and dedication, for helping me make this pattern even better and for showing how the pattern would look like with different yarns!

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