Pattern is 25% off during the presale period--now thr Feb 21st when we delve into the mystery.

WARNING: Knitting this pattern may result in an obsession with true crime-solving podcasts, wearing cozy sweaters, and a deep desire to figure out which one of the Pickwick Triplets knit it.

A fun homage to the intergenerational Hulu show Only Murders in the Building with Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

How Does This Work?

• It’s a knitting pattern for a generous shawl/wrap/scarf-thingy.
• Those purchasing the pattern during the pre-sale period (see below) will receive a planning sheet with gauge and materials info.
• There will be 6 clues for the mkal. Clue 1 drops on Friday, Feb 21st, 2025 (first thing in the am EDT), with clues 2-6 releasing on each of the following Fridays (Feb, 28, March 7, March 14, March 21, and March 28th).
• As each clue is published, you will receive an update with that Clue (via Ravelry download).
• We can chat about each clue in my Ravelry Group and/or our mkal Facebook group.
• The yardage listed includes wiggle room. Even small differences in gauge can result in using more or less yarn than listed, and since it’s pretty awful to run out of yarn, I want to ensure that you finish without having to play yarn chicken. So unless you have more yarn yardage than the pattern calls for, you need to match gauge (or slightly tighter) as well as some of the measurements that I give you early on to check.

What Am I Getting Myself Into?

• The pattern is written for 4 full (400 yard) skeins of fingeringweight yarn in 4 different colors
• There is colorwork, but no brioche or stranded colorwork at all.
• The pattern is accessible for beginners and experienced knitters alike. There will be some lace, slipped stitches, simple cables or twisted stitches, dips, and other unusual stitches, but I’ll provide video tutorials to help you along with anything out of the ordinary.
• All stitch patterns will be written out in line-by-line style, and several of the patterns (if they’re not a 2-stitch repeat, for example) will also be charted. Any charts will have line-by-line directions accompanying them.
• There will be short rows within garter stitch. For those with little experience with short rows, I’ve got you! Short rows in garter stitch are way easier than in stockinette stitch, and I’ve got you covered with video tutorials of 2 different ways to do them. The pattern is also written in such a way that experienced knitters can work either german or wrap+turn (or whatever other technique they prefer)--you won’t have to re-write any of those instructions.
• The shawl will be rectangular and will be a bit of a Festival of Stitches sort of thing. Some stitch patterns will be repeated, some won’t. If you’ve knit my mkals before, this is very much on brand for me--you know I like cool constructions and miter mysteries:)
• There will be several show references in the pattern, but you won’t need to get the jokes in order to work the actual shawl instructions.

What About Yarn Colors?

• 4 full skeins of 4 different colors (“C1, C2, C3, and the CC”) of fingering weight that play nicely with each other. Any of them can be slightly speckled, but I wouldn’t recommend it be much busier than that.
• Each skein needs to have 400 yds (more is fine) to make sure that you have enough yarn for the project. The 400 yds includes some wiggle room.
• The shawl will include (non-stranded ) colorwork, but not all the colors need to contrast with all the others. Instead, only ONE of the colors, the CC, needs to contrast with the rest.
• “CC” is the Contrasting Colorway
• CC needs to contrast with C1, C2, and C3 since it will be used in colorwork with each of these 3 colors individually.
• C1, C2, and C3 don’t have to have much contrast with each other—they much only contrast individually with the CC.
• C1, C2, and C3 can be in a gradient (my set is) but they don’t have to be. They should still harmonize with each other since they will still be right next to each other in the shawl (think: Stripes. Ish)

Participating Dyers:
Miss Babs Yarns
The Fibre Studio
Sweet Paprika Designs
Silver Key Stitches
Marinated Yarns
Amanda Hope Yarns
Wolhobby (in EU)
Cesium yarn
Midknit Cravings (Canada)