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Pluck Up
Pluck Up is the perfect shawl with which to pluck up your courage and play! This is one of those fabulous patterns that you can use any weight yarn, combine any colors, and basically do anything you want to make it perfectly you.
Want to use up scraps, make a marled fade, or break up a gradient with stripes? The stage is yours.
This simple & relaxing pattern not only soooo squishy, it’s also the perfect playground for your to have all the fun and make it the kind of shawl that prompts your friends to say “That’s so YOU.”
Size 
Wingspan: 69 (99)”/175 (250) cm 
Depth: 10 (18.5)”/25 (47) cm
Yarn 
2 colors of a DK weight yarn
MC - 260 (520) yds/238 (476) m 
CC - 65 (140) yds/60 (128) m (+ optional 5 yds/4.5 m for tassels)
Recommended Yarn 
Plucky Knitter’s Legacy DK (100% Non-Superwash Shaniko Wool) 260 yds/238 m; 100 g - 1 (2) skeins in MC & 1 skein in CC
Magenta Sample: Beets Me (MC) & 1 skein in Ochre (CC) 
Blue Sample: Bohemian Blue (MC) & 1 skein in Ochre (CC)
Needles & Notions 
US 7/4.50 mm – 24”/60 cm circulars (or needles needed to obtain gauge!) 
Stitch markers 
Tapestry needle
Techniques to Indulge 
Garter Stitch 
Stripes 
Simple increases 
(+ a super easy trick to make a stretchy edge)
- First published: August 2024
 - Page created: July 31, 2024
 - Last updated: July 31, 2024 …
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