The Color Conduit Shawl is knit in ribbons with stable loops on the sides, so that they can either be knit separately and joined up at the end, or applied to each other in a join as you go (JAGO) method.

When the five ribbons are joined up, the shawl make a rectangle of Width 14.5 inches, 36.5 cm, length 61.5 inches, 154 cm.

I used half of each skein of Cricket DK in the colors:

• Roxy (bright blue green)
• violet
• Fern (green)
• Blueberry (Dark Blue)
• Sexy (Brown)

Saving the other halves for a shawl to come. The shawl can be worked in 3 skeins of Cricket using 3 colors. Or it can be made twice as wide with 5 more ribbons.

Color Conduit is the first pattern in the Atached and Apart: First Course e-book, a collaboration between Jill Wolcott, Knitecochic, and Christine Guest.

Jill suggested Color Conduit, when I was stuck on on names, because my initial photograph reminded her of a colorful road. And the name was perfect, because this project leads to color play. Since Anzula’s Cricket DK comes in 25 hues there is a lot of color to play with. Each ribbon is knit in one strand of yarn, so as far as strand management, it’s simple knitting. The color fun is in arranging the ribbons.

This project is also a road to technique. When my son gave me a crochet stitch dictionary for Christmas a few years ago, I remembered of all the explorations I wanted to try for knitting. The interconnected loops of hairpin lace, and the tape-lace structure of Bruges crochet could be imitated with an adaptation of the faggoted selvage and extended yarn overs.

This First Course offering has three variations of ribbon, and three options for joining to make a rectangular shawl. In the main course offerings their will still be the three ribbons joined to each other, but there will be a bend in the road. I hope you enjoy the trip with me!