This is the project to knit when you’re sitting in the bleachers or unwinding at the end of the day. It’s the project to grab during those meetings and social gatherings when you need to regulate the old nervous system with wool in your hands. You’ll love knitting this because of the glorious drape and the simple stitch patterns.

Whether you’re knitting this shawl for yourself or someone else, pick yarns that you’ve been saving for something special. I chose Magpie’s decadent single ply plus a limited edition skein of Spincycle’s Dyed in the Wool for mine. The combination was a total sensory delight for my eyes and hands.

I began designing this shawl during a New Year’s bout of illness that left my mind foggy and my ability to focus very limited. I discovered the “Three Pines” series just before casting this design on and immediately fell in love with the rural Canadian landscape where the series is set, the art that populates many of the episodes and the characters in the stories. I didn’t binge the series as I would’ve liked to because; in spite of being sick, there was still much work to be done and kids to feed and animals to care for. But I did work through the series during the month of January while I knitted away on this shawl. I named the shawl Myrna after one of the characters in Three Pines. She’s an avid book reader and wears accessories masterfully.

Yarn
2 Skeins Magpie Fibers Solo Fingering (100% Superwash Merino, 434 yards / 115 grams) 2 Skeins Dream Beaver (light pink, speckled) for the Main Color (MC).

3 Skeins Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (Sport weight,100% Superwashed American Wool, 200 yards / 183 meters) Melancholia x Sunset Strip (rainbow, multi-colored) for the Contrast Color (CC).

OR Fingering Weight: 513 yards / 469 meters of MC and Sport Weight: 508 yards / 465 meters of CC.

Note: These yarn amounts are estimates. Any changes that knitters make to gauge, substituting yarns or changing the shawl’s measurements will change the amount of yarn you’ll need.

Gauge
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch.
Note: This shawl has been worked at a relaxed gauge in order to create an accessory with great drape. It has been blocked aggressively to open the yarnover patterning.

Suggested Needles*
US Size 6 / 4 mm or size needed to obtain gauge, circular needle 40 or 60” / 100 0r 150 cm length.
Note: A long, circular needle has been chosen for this pattern to accommodate the large number of sts in the pattern.

Notions

• 4 Stitch markers
• Highlighter Tape (optional - to keep your place in the pattern)
• Measuring Tape
• Tapestry Needle
• Wool Wash and Blocking Mat

Techniques

• Garter Tab Cast On Method
• Slip Stitch Knitting
• K2TOG Decreasing
• M1 Right and Left Increasing
• Carrying Yarn Up the Side of Your Work