Fold Down by Claudia Eisenkolb

Fold Down

Knitting
December 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1094 yards (1000 m)
one size, 42 cm/ 16 ½" width x 180 cm/ 70 ¾" length but can easily be adapted
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Fold Down is basically a rectangle shawl but folded down along a diagonal line its shape becomes easier to wear as it is more narrow around your neck. The shawl is easy to knit but keeps you entertained with switching between stockinette and reverse stockinette stripes.

Choose your favorite colors, no matter how many. The directions indicate the number of rows for a three-colored and a five-colored version but you can easily adapt it to you own desired stripes sequence.

Yardage
Shawl three-colored version: 1 skein or 200 meters/220 yards of a yarn that gives you gauge, each of C1 and C2, and 3 skeins or 600 meters/660 yards of a yarn that gives you gauge, of C3.

Shawl five-colored version: 1 skein or 200 meters/220 yards of a yarn that gives you gauge, each of C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5.

Sample shown in three-colored version: C1 colorway 5, C2 colorway 4 and C3 colorway 2.

Every knitter knits differently, therefore yardage is an estimate.

Gauge
24 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm/4 x 4” in stockinette stitch with needle 3.50 mm/US4 after washing and blocking

A different gauge will affect size and yardage needed.

Needles
3.50 mm/US4 circular needle 60 cm/24” or needle size to get gauge
4.50 mm/US7 needle for BO

Notions
Tapestry needle, 1 stitch marker

Required techniques
Cable CO, knit and purl stitches, slwyif, BO.

Skill level
Beginner

Thanks to my lovely testers in my FB group.