This is a fundraising pattern for my late brother, Mino (1971-2004).

“Mivo” means “Mino” in Greek. When my long-time Ravelry friend in Greece, Margaret, told me this, I was fascinated with its sound. “Mivo Theory” is named after my favorite TV show, “The Big Bang Theory” and my favorite yarn brand, “String Theory Hand Dyed Yarn.”

This sideways shawl has a few different stitch patterns. I have a “theory”; a shawl should be designed in a way that it looks fantastic when I wear it, not when it is flat open. A shawl should be designed in a way that it shows many faces depending on how you wear it, even when you don’t have time to figure out how to wear in front of a mirror, and just simply wrap it around your neck. After all, I always just grab a shawl and run out the door.

I “proved” my own “Mivo Theory” by knitting exactly how I wanted it to be.

Now, it is your turn. This shawl can be knit in any size and with any yarn weight. You also have several options to change it up; a location of the stripe section can be more centered and/or the length of each section can be altered. Good luck.

Skills required: k, k2tog, kfb, p, sl1wyib

Sample
Finished size (Wet blocked): 83” length x 18” width (211cm x 46cm)
Yarn: String Theory Hand Dyed Yarn, Tinker Island (Fingering /100% Merino, 425 yards/115 grams) - 552yards/505.4m in total. (Carina 82g/306 yards/280m, Graphite 66g/246.5 yards/225.4m)
Needles: Size US 5 (3.75mm)
Gauge: 10 sts and 20 rows = 2”/5cm in Garter stitch

Test Knitters:

aiko1122
kalbrecht7
laceloveslinda
molly0808
moonlit
mswannie
otoyan
roxy64
runyruny
sato0514
SueB67
yule73

All the proceeds of this pattern will be donated to the Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Australian National University. My late brother, Minoru Hokari (“Mino” 1971-2004) died of cancer at the age of 32. The scholarship fund supports young scholars who study Indigenous Australians through fieldwork. We are trying to fully fund it to achieve its perpetuity. Please help.

Please visit Being Connected with HOKARI MINORU to meet Mino.