LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE: Intermediate

SIZE: Small/Medium/Large/XL/2XL
This shrug combines cables and lace, a whisper fine yarn and silky smooth yarn. All sizes can be completed with just one Kindred Spirits Braid, or with 2 hanks of Halo Watercolors and 1 hank of Mariquita. The perfect accessory to that little black dress.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 17 (19½, 21¾, 24¼, 26½)” across lower back at the underarm.
14½ (15, 15½, 16, 16½)” neck to bottom edge of back lace.

YARN: KINDRED SPIRITS - HALO by the Alpaca Yarn Company, 78% Brushed Suri Alpaca, 22% Nylon 0.88 oz (25g) = 257 yds. 2 hanks, all sizes
MARIQUITA by The Alpaca Yarn Company, 50% Baby Alpaca, 50% Tencel 3.5 oz (100g) = 400 yds, 1 hank all sizes
Sample knit in Kindred Spirits – Quicksilver – 1 braid is sufficient for all sizes

NEEDLES: Size US #4 (3.5 mm) and #8 (5.0 mm) 16” circular needles

NOTIONS: tapestry needle, stitch marker, cable needle

GAUGE: 23 sts and 36 rows = 4” in Back Chart with Mariquita and smaller needles; about 18 sts and 21 rnds = 4” in Sleeve Chart with Halo and larger needles.