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Skill level: Intermediate/Advanced

Wanderlust is a gorgeous heart-shaped sampler shawl. Choose two or more colors of fingering weight and take your knitting on an exciting voyage of texture while you work six different stitch patterns. The sixth and final stitch pattern is a “choose your own adventure”, and can be worked in either two-color brioche or two-row garter stitch stripes.

Wanderlust sits beautifully on the shoulders, whether worn with the point in the back, front, or over the shoulder line.

Construction Details
Wanderlust is worked seamlessly from the top center of the shawl towards the bottom/outer edge, using closed eyelet increasing for shaping. There are six stripes of different pattern stitches and the shawl is bound off with a picot edge. Stitch patterns include garter stitch, slip stitch honeycomb, eyelet stripes, lace, two-color brioche (with an option for garter instead), and a picot edging. A chart is provided for the lace section.

Skills Required

• Triangular Shawl Cast On
• Picot bind off (cable cast on and traditional bind off)
• Knit/Purl
• Slipping stitches to create stitch patterns
• Closed Yarn Over increases (yo and knit through the back loop)
• Lace knitting (yarn overs, k2tog, ssk, sk2po)
• Optional: Brioche knitting (brk, brp, sl1yo, and basic brioche increases)

Sizes: One size

Finished measurements: approximately 64”/162 cm span across the top & 23”/58 cm depth from center top to lower center point.

Gauge: 20 sts and 38 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, unblocked, and 18 sts and 36 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, blocked, using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 6 (4 mm) 24”/60 cm and 40”/100 cm circular needle or size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: 400 yards Main Color (MC) and 400 total yards of Contrast Colors (CC) of fingering weight (CYCA #1) yarn.

Two-color sample made with Dream in Color Yarn “Smooshy Cashmere” (70% superwash merino wool, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 400 yds/4 oz - 113 g) in Color 003 “Grey Tabby” for MC and Color 581 “Peachy Keen” for CC.

Six-color sample made with Shaina’s Shawl Bundle (85% superwash extrafine merino wool, 15% nylon, 390 yds/100 g) in “Temporary Tattoo”, 1 full skein (100g) Black for MC and 5 mini skeins (80 yds/20g each) in assorted colors for CC.

Other Materials: one stitch marker to mark the center stitch, (optional) multiple stitch markers to mark the lace repeats in Section 5, tapestry needle.