Rayas means stripes in Spanish. Rayas is all about stripes, colorful squishy stripes in garter stitch with simple eyelets in between. Easy shaping, no complicated stitches, not even purling. Just scrumptious yarn, lots of colors, maybe Netflix, maybe a glass of wine (or two, nobody’s counting), maybe a road trip, maybe knit night with fellow knitters… It is that kind of knitting, that you can pick up at any time and knit a stripe or two.

Rayas shawl is a parallelogram, knitted in different directions. The direction of knitting for each section is shown as a schematic. The instructions are fully written.

YARN: Miss Babs Caroline (70% merino, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon)

MC - 1 skein (400 yd/95g) in Provence
C1-C6 - 1 Gradient Set - 6 skeins (133 yd / 34g) in Endpapers:

• C1-Gampi,
• C2 -Journal,
• C3 - Torchbearer,
• C4 - Pokeberry,
• C5 - Shiso,
• C6 - Gothica.

Or any similar fingering weight yarn with the same yardage.

NEEDLES: Two US #4 / 3.5 mm circular needles
(or as required to get the gauge)

NOTIONS: darning needle, stitch marker, stitch holder.

GAUGE: 20 sts x 38 rows = 4” in pattern. Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

SIZING: shown with 5 sections: length from tip to tip 104”, width 14”: 4 sections only: length from tip to tip 86”, width 14”

Instructions are available in two formats:

compact (3 pages, 11 pt)

large print (10 pages, 20 pt), the version with big letters for those who use portable devices like tablets and e-readers; also for those knitters who have difficulties reading small font on paper.

On Instagram (find me as @galimka_knits) use hashtag #rayasshawl