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SIZES:

Buttery Sport Version: 34” x 60” (86.5 cm x 152.5 cm), blocked

All Good Things Fingering Version: 26” x 75” (66 cm x 190.5 cm), blocked

MATERIALS:

Expression Fiber Arts Buttery Sport (300 yds/274 m per skein)

Shown in colors: A) Grandfather’s Library and B) Optimist; 2 skeins of each color needed.

Expression Fiber Arts All Good Things Fingering (437 yd/400 m per skein)

Shown in color: Love Answers All; 3 skeins needed.

If those colors aren’t available, any from this category or this category will work.

NEEDLES:

Buttery Sport Version: US size ​​6 (4.00 mm) 32” circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge

All Good Things Fingering Version: US size ​​5 (3.75 mm) 32” circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge

SKILL LEVEL:

Intermediate to Advanced: This pattern is for those who feel comfortable with knitting and have made a few projects, using various skills and techniques. This pattern is ideal for knitters who have worked lace and simple intarsia projects and who have experience managing multiple balls of yarn in a project.

Notes from the Designer:

“Sainte-Terrer” is the word from which “saunter” is derived. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s lecture “Walking” in which Thoreau describes walking, or sauntering, through nature as a kind of spiritual experience.

To explore themes of self-reflection and exploration, I designed this rectangular shawl to draw in elements of nature: a seed stitch border, simple vertical openwork to represent wind blowing through the grass, all surrounded by panels of lacy leaves. As you saunter through this project, I hope you take a moment to enjoy and be inspired by the nature around you.

• Click here watch a video on how to work the special stitches featured in this pattern.
• The Buttery Sport sample shown used approximately 968 yds/885 m total: Color A) 574 yds/525 m and Color B) 394 yds/360 m.
• The Limited Edition All Good Things Fingering sample shown used approximately 1151 yds/1052 m total.
• This piece is knit flat. You will turn your work after you complete each row.
• Slipped stitches are worked both knitwise and purlwise in this pattern. Pay attention to the stitches as identified to ensure you are slipping in the appropriate direction.
• As it can be challenging to fix mistakes or dropped stitches in lace patterns, you may wish to utilize lifelines as you work through this project.

Designed by Amy Mercier

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Happy knitting!

Chandi

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