♫ The Music ♫
“Small things you’d do weave pictures of you,
they’re printed for life on the back of my mind.”

The Irish folk song ‘Absent Friends’ speaks of partings and memories. What better way to while away the winter hours than knitting this beautiful cabled shawl while thinking of friends - be they far or near?

A gently crescent-shaped shawl, Absent Friends is knit side to side, starting with an I-cord cast on. Stitches are increased for the upper back portion while short rows are used to help curve the lower cabled border. The undulating lower edge is accentuated during blocking.

This pattern is fully charted.

Notions
Yarn Needle, Cable needles (2)

Abbreviations
KBF: knit into back and front of stitch
Inc1to5: YouTube video demo

Helpful Hints
There is a group page in the Impeccable Knitters Gathering Place Ravelry group that shows the row match-up for Charts C and D.

We have a ’Share and Help’ thread in the Impeccable Knitters Gathering Place group here on Ravelry. If you’re knitting this shawl, do come and join us!

This pattern was originally published in Knit Picks’ Woodsmoke Cable Collection. The pattern is in it’s original Knit Picks format.