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With all the gorgeous, non-repeatable colorways popping up among the Indie dyers, I couldn’t resist a design that celebrates these unique skeins. Singular Sensation is a simple, top down, crescent-shaped shawl consisting of garter stitch and a simple star stitch. Instructions are given for easily adjusting the pattern according to yardage and yarn weight.

Sizes
Fingering weight: 17” at deepest point by 56” along neckline
Worsted weight: 21” at deepest point by 66” along neckline

Gauge
Fingering weight:
28 sts by 48 rows = 4” on US 5 in garter st
24 sts by 32 rows = 4” on US 7 in pattern st

Worsted weight:
24 sts by 32 rows = 4” on US 6 in garter st
23 sts by 30 rows = 4” on US 8 in pattern st

Yarn
Fingering weight shawl is knit up in one skein of Miss Babs’ Yummy 2-Ply.

Worsted weight shawl is knit up in one skein of Miss Babs’ Yowza. Both skeins are Wild Iris colorways. Pick your Yummy 2-Ply Wild Iris here or your Yowza Wild Iris here.

Equivalent weight yarn
Fingering weight version:
400 yards in equivalent fingering weight

Worsted weight version:
560 yards in equivalent worsted weight

Materials
Fingering weight version
One US 5 (3.75 mm) 32-inch circular needle
One US 7 (4.50 mm) 32-inch circular needle

Worsted weight version
One US 6 (4.00 mm) 32-inch circular needle
One US 8 (5.00 mm) 32-inch circular needle

Tapestry needle