As this pattern is being published, most of our world is dealing with Covid 19, in some form of isolation or social-distancing, trying to slow the spread of the virus. That’s exactly what I wrote in April 2020. Who thought we’d still be dealing with a pandemic 8 months later!

Instead of waiting around for “normal” to return, do something you love, and if you love knitting, try knitting a Walking Rainfall. This is a fast, peaceful knit using one skein of luscious fingering weight yarn. The model (my beautiful neighbor Anna, a gifted ceramics artist, you can see her work here) is wearing a long version of the medium Rainfall in a gorgeous handspun fingering as a mini-poncho (Pam Wilkins fine handspun yarn in merino-mohair-silk) and as a cowl in Theodora’s Pearls Auxanometer (100% bamboo).

Knit one for yourself and for a friend or neighbor or stranger and share the joy of what you love to do with your world.

Finished size: Adult S, M, L. If you have made the Taos Rainfall, this sizing is a little different. The medium of both rainfalls is about the same. With Walking Rainfall, the small is smaller and the large is larger than for Taos Rainfall. If that doesn’t make sense, message me! The lower circumference should fit comfortably around your upper arms + chest, so measure yourself :smiley:

After blocking: Depth 13-15”; circumference at neck about 30/36/41”; circumference at lower edge about 47/58/61”

Gauge: in stockinette with size 6 needles, about 20 stitches and 28 rows in 4 inches; after blocking, 13-15 st and 35 rows in 4”.

Needles: 24” circulars in size 6 and 7 or size to obtain gauge. I tend to knit loosely so check your gauge.

Yarn & Yardage: 400 yards of fingering weight yarn; the pieces shown use one hank of

• Theodora’s Pearls Auxanometer (100% bamboo) in celadon, one hank (4 oz, about 400 yd) OR

• Widdershin Woolworks superwash corriedale nylon, one hank (4 oz, about 460 yd), OR

• Pam Wilkins fine handspun yarn, one hank (4.1 oz, about 460 yd).