What’s a wishing rock? It’s a smooth stone, often found on rocky beaches and shorelines, that has a single, unbroken band of white around it. Find one, make a wish, and throw it into the water. While I wouldn’t recommend throwing your shawl into the ocean, how about stitching your wishes into its stripes, then popping it into a nice bubbly blocking bath instead?

The Wishing Rock shawl is knit using three colours and is worked side to side. By using increases and decreases, you will create a large diamond shape which is, once complete, folded in half to create a warm and drapey shawl. In the sample I’ve used three colours, but this is also a great pattern for using mini skeins or scraps of fingering weight yarn. It’s a great canvas to get creative! The added tassels are optional, but help the shawl stay in place, and who doesn’t love a good tassel?

Yarn Requirements & Finished Measurements
Midknit Cravings Lush 100 g (3.5 oz) / 437 yds (400 m); 100% Superwash Merino Wool

Colour A (CA) - Wildflower; 1 skein / 65 g / 285 yds
Colour B (CB) - Secret Garden; 1 skein / 100 g / 437 yds
Colour C (CC) - Petal; 1 skein / 65 g / 285 yds

Size
Finished shawl measures 60” / 152.5 cm from end to end, and 32.5” / 82.5 cm at widest mid point (to be folded in half), not including tassels.

Gauge
26 stitches and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm Stockinette Stitch, blocked aggressively. (Note that gauge is not critical to this project, but it is important to get a nice, drapey fabric. Any changes to gauge will affect the shawl’s finished measurement and yardage requirements)
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Needles & Notions
US6 / 4 mm 16-32” circular knitting needles (for length), switching lengths as needed; or size to obtain gauge, darning needle.