This Cardamine Shawl is a part of a collection in collaboration with woolandnature; the Origan Shawl and the Sauge Scarf is also a part of this collection.

Like many of my designs, Cardamine Shawl was created to fill a need of mine. This current need was to find soothing comfort and courage in my craft. Making has always been a way that I practice self-care and how I give myself what I need in that moment. This shawl was created to give me comfort; comfort in a familiar and cozy making stitch pattern- garter & brioche. The unique brioche spine represents a backbone of courage to help me move through the personal deep dives I am doing this year.

Cardamine begins with a larger than normal garter tab cast-on to create enough spine stitches for the brioche ‘backbone’ of the shawl. This shawl is knit from the top down, increasing at the edges to create a crescent shape. Additionally increases are made outside of the brioche ‘spine’ to give a slightly different curve shape in the shawl. Cardamine is worked back and forth utilizing soothing garter stitch and cozy one-color brioche. Brioche is continued in the border and finished with a Long-tail Tubular Bind-off. Cardamine is a perfect wooly shawl that will keep you warm in many seasons.

Difficulty Level: Adventurous Beginner. Skills needed are: knowledge of one-color brioche, basic increases and Long-tail Tubular Bind-off.

Materials:
Fingering weight yarn: total approx. yarn used: 146 grams, 584 meters/639 yards
Sample Shown in Wool and Nature, Naturally dyed 100% organic wool from small farms in the South of France, Fingering 2 ply approx. 400 m/100 g, naturally dyed with cochineal, 2 skeins.

NOTE: Yardage used is dependent on matching your gauge to pattern.

Needles:
3.75 mm/US #5 40 in/100 cm, or size to obtain gauge and accommodate large amount of sts

Notions:
2 st markers of one color to denote border sts
2 st markers of another color to denote brioche ‘spine’ sts
1 removable marker to denote right side of fabric
1 spare 40 in/100 cm circ needle for recommended bind off
Blocking mat & blocking pins or wires

Gauge:
20 sts/38 rows = 4 in/10 cm square in Garter Stitch worked flat using 3.75 mm/US #5 circ needles after blocking in fingering weight yarn

Size Information:
Cardamine Shawl is a crescent shaped shawl with a long wingspan to easily wrap around your neck and shoulders. It is worked in a loose gauge to give it wonderful drape.

Finished Measurement:
A. Wingspan (lower edge): 88 in/224 cm
B. Wingspan (top edge): 57 in/145 cm
C. Center depth: 14 in/35.5 cm

This pattern has been professionally tech edited and tested.
Photography: Allin Kawsay Handmade// @ allinkawsay_yachay
Photography:Amy Selleck
Tech Editing: Jessica Schwab

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