Mother of Motors Shawl my first magazine pattern. Designed for Nomadic Knits NKI7 on Why Knot Fibers Spunky published during the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaboration was so much fun with creative creators.

Mother of Motors is a homage to Detroit’s automotive industry and the Pontchartrain Hotel, which in 1908 hosted a meeting between the greatest pioneers of the automobile: Henry Ford, Billy Durant, Benjamin Briscoe, and R.E. Olds (learn so much more in issue seven!). A beautiful tribute piece, the Mother of Motors Shawl will stand out as a work of art.

Model: My beautiful daughter

Photography: Lisa Novitsky

Size: 42 x 13”/ 107.5 x 33cm.

Needles: US 7/ 4.5mm, or size to obtain gauge, 48”/ 120cm circular and shorter circular or straights; US 6/ 4.0mm DPN.

Gauge: 16 sts and 28 rows = 4”/ 10cm in Stockinette stitch.

Yarn: sport weight: 274 yards/ 250 meters Color A; 100 yards/ 92 meters each Colors B and C.

Notions: 6 stitch markers, tapestry needle.

Samples knit in: Why Knot Fibers Spunky (100% superwash Merino; 274 yards/ 100g) in Moss (A), Shoreline (B), Pewter (C); and Ripple (A), Pewter (B), Shoreline (C).