Take Me to the Sea is a crescent-shaped shawl designed to showcase variegated and hand-painted yarns (especially those with short colour repeats). The body of this shawl is worked in a risotto stitch, and the anemone-stitch border is edged by Vikkel braids. This shawl knits up quickly, and was inspired by my good friend Shari Green’s colouring book, Take Me to the Sea, which features her lovely ocean-y sketches.

Skill Level
Intermediate

Sizes (see schematic for letter references)
Small - A: 60”/152 cm B: 15”/38 cm C: 65”/165 cm
Medium - A: 75”/191 cm B: 20”/51 cm C: 81”/206 cm
Large - A: 88”/224 cm B: 25”/64 cm C: 95”/241 cm

Yarn Requirements
Small shawl: 450 - 475 yards/411-434 metres of fingering weight yarn Medium shawl: 625-675 yards/572-617 metres of fingering weight yarn Large shawl: 800-825 yards/732-754 metres of fingering weight yarn

Needles
5 mm (US 8) knitting needles, straight (at least 14”/36 cm long) or circular

Notions

• pins, wires, and a mat for blocking

• tapestry needle for weaving in the ends

• optional: 2 st markers for marking edge/increase sts