Marshall Shawl by Deborah Frank

Marshall Shawl

Knitting
September 2016
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
6 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
628 yards (574 m)
96” (244cm) wide wingspan x 17” (43cm) deep (relaxed after blocking)
English Norwegian

A top-down, shallow crescent-shaped, garter stitch shawl
featuring asymmetric short-row slices knit in 3 colorways
of OMD Merino Light from Oslo Micro Dyery

Yarn in many gorgeous colorways available now in Oslo Micro Dyery’s Etsy Shop!: https://www.etsy.com/shop/OsloMicroDyery

For a larger shawl: use larger gauge needles US 7 (4.5mm) or US 8 (5mm). With modifications, yarn amounts/gauge/finished size will vary from pattern.

The pattern is available in both English and Norwegian! Both versions will be available in your Ravelry pattern library.
English: MarshallShawlEnglish.pdf
Norwegian: Marshallsjal.pdf

MATERIALS USED

Yarn: Oslo Micro Dyery, OMD Merino Light (400yds/100g each) Fingering Weight yarn in the totals listed below

Yardage: 628yds/575m (157g) total used, 3 skeins divided in the following colorways (colors)

Color A: 308yds/282m (77g) She hasn’t tasted tequila since she woke up upside-down on a pole, thinking: “Wow! I didn’t know I could do this - I’m a natural!” (darkest purple)

Color B: 212yds/194m (53g) After falling off the saddle she built a wall of pills between herself and the world (magenta)

Color C: 108yds/99m (27g) He has found a new purpose in life. Every evening he walks in our neighborhood and sprinkles salt on the Spanish cannibal slugs. (moss green)

Needles & Notions:
Size US 6 (4.0mm) 32” - 40” / 80cm - 100cm circular needle (or size to obtain gauge)
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Stitch Marker
Locking stitch marker
Blocking supplies
Steam iron (optional)

GAUGE
Not crucial, but will affect the finished size of the shawl as well as required yardage.
6 sts = 1” or 2.5cm in stockinette on US 6 (4.0mm) needles after blocking.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
96” (244cm) wide wingspan x 17” (43cm) deep (relaxed after blocking)

Oslo Micro Dyery Ravelry Group here
Many thanks to Eva Anette and Annelene for your gorgeous yarn, inspiration, friendship, test knitting, naming our shawl, and translating in Norwegian!!!