Love, love, love how this is turning out! Very easy, quick and enjoyable knit. Even the wrong side looks good! I will definitely make this again.

02/28/2024
I just had to have it!!! LOL!!! We have been having an unseasonably warm temperatures here (Chicago) for the entire month of February and it looks like my spring bulbs will bloom early this year. This includes many tulip species i have planted over the years. When I fist saw this shawl I instantly loved it, but what really sold me on it was the name of the pattern - Dutch Tulips. Thus I just had to have it!!!
After some sock yarn stash diving I came up with these 2 colors, which, in my opinion are perfect for this pattern. The color combination of the red/orange/yellow yarn strongly mimics colors of the tulips planted in front of my house!
It is a very easy, yet very pretty pattern. No complicated stitches here, just garter and some strategically placed slipped stitches. I would love to finish this before my tulips bloom.

To keep the neck edge stretchy I make a yarn over at the beginning of each right side row and then drop it without working it on the way back. This little trick keeps the edge more elastic.

Using size 5 needles for the body of the shawl and size 6 for the bind off.

03/02/24
4th repeat, finished 5th row of “bricks” - 50% of yarn used.

After 4 full repeats (before the border):
mc (green) 34g
cc (orange red) 44g

After 9 repeats of the border 16g of cc (orange red) and 18 g of mc (green) left. It calculates to about 3 g of cc and 2 g of mc per repeat of the border. I probably have enough to do another 5 repeats.

The shawl looks great, but it is coming out rather small. I know I knit tight, but I don’t think this is why. I am using size 5 needles, which in my opinion is petty big for sock yarn. If i ever knit this again i should consider using a bit heavier yarn, like sport, or even DK. On the other hand, I like small shawls. I find them very wearable, as opposed to the large ones, which just live in my closet and rarely see daylight. Small shawls are like necklaces - you can jus wrap one around you neck to spice your outfit up a little!

03/05/24
Ended up with 13 border repeats followed by 2 red/orange rows and then 3 green rows and bind off on the wrong side.

Binding off with size 6 needle in my right hand:

• Knit 2 stitches through the back loops, then slip them back to the left needle and knit them together through the back loops. Keeping the resulting stitch on the right needle knit the next stitch. Slip both back to left needle and knit together through the back loops. Repeat. Basically every stitch is worked twice- once alone and once together with the previous stitch. I don’t know what this bind off is called. I am sure I have seen it somewhere, perhaps in one of my books. It is very stretchy and it works great for garter stitch.

I played yarn chicken and used up all of my red/orange yarn. Literally. I have a tail about 14” long left.
4 g of the green yarn left.