A large lightweight rectangular shawl with stripes of lace and stranded knitting in a patchwork of harmonizing natural colors.

A Renaissance Stripes kit is available here.

The sample shawl was knit on 2mm/US0 needles with the Renaissance Dyeing Main Range: 75 x 25m/27yd skeins of artisan yarn, hand-dyed with traditional natural dyestuffs by Andie Luijk in the south of France.
The colors include indigo, madder, cochineal, weld, oak and Persian berry.
The yarn is a 24/2 worsted 100% fine grade Merino superwash lambswool spun in Yorkshire, England.

This is quite a challenging knit combining fine gauge, a wide complicated chart, 8 colors per row, lace knitting on RS and WS rows, trapping, and numerous color changes with ends to be spliced or dealt with alternatively!

Finished dimensions: approx. 68cm/27in x 195cm/77in
Needle sizes: 2mm/US0 for knitting the charts and 3mm/US2½ for the cast on and bind off
Approximate average gauge over the width of the shawl on 2mm/US0 needle:
20sts and 34 rows = 10cm/4in in stranded knitting and lace pattern
Approximate gauge for stranded knitting:
34sts and 34 rows = 10cm/4in on 2mm/US0 needle
Approximate gauge for lace knitting:
20sts and 34 rows = 10cm/4in on 2mm/US0 needle

Also included in the pattern is a detailed description of the color groups and distribution. I divided the skeins into groups of related colors, and made some changes as the project progressed - there are many possibilities for organizing the colors according to your own wishes!

The pattern is charted. The pdf contains 3 charts, short written instructions and tips, and a phototutorial on splicing.
English and French versions of the pdf are available.

Renaissance Stripes is also available as part of the Indigo & madder eBook.

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