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It’s Pooltime! Working with handpainted or tonal yarns can be challenging when they create color pooling.
Pooltime Shawl will help you to embrace the pools of color and break them up with a contrast color, and let you jump right in!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Wingspan, 77 in (196 cm); Depth 17 in (43 cm).

YARN:
OOAK SOCK BLANKS by Beach Bum Yarn, Fingering Weight, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon,
463 yards/100 grams, 1 skein custom colorway Knitting for Sanity (MC). www.etsy.com/shop/BeachBumYarn;
Stroll Solid by Knit Picks, Fingering Weight, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon, 231 yards/50 grams, 1 skein colorway black (CC). www.knitpicks.com

NEEDLES:
24 in (60 cm) size US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles.

NOTIONS:
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends, blocking pins and blocking mat for wet blocking.

GAUGE:
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 in (10 cm) in stockinette stitch after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES:

• This shawl is worked sideways which creates the asymmetrical shape.
• You can substitute the sock blank yarn with handpainted, slow or long gradient, tonal, speckled, self-striping, or any other colored yarn.
• The construction of the garter rows help break up any pooling of the yarn.
• This is a beginner friendly pattern, only basic knit skills required.

The pattern has been professionally tech edited by kristinamama and test knitted by amaiku, SpinningSandy, WhyKnotLisa, Isabella-Elena. A big thank you to my test knitters for creating wonderful samples of my pattern.