Check out the new sister pattern, Riptide135 Shawlette. It’s free when you purchase, or have previously purchased this pattern. Enjoy!

100% of the profits from the sales of this and Riptide135 Shawlette will go to Laura Nelkin’s Knit for Food Knit-a-thon, until midnight Saturday April 11th (New York time).

If you are receiving the Riptide135 Shawlette for free (i.e you have already previously purchased Riptide135 before today) PLEASE consider giving a few dollars to this worthy cause today! Here’s the link to where you can donate. Huge thanks in advance for supporting this global initiative. Every little helps!

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YARN proceeds! For my sample I used the original scrumptious yarn, Crave Caravan DK by YARN CULTURE. Patti is very generously donating 20% of all Caravan DK yarn sales to the Knit for Food Knit-a-thon, until midnight Saturday April 11th (New York time).

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RITIDE135 SHAWLETTE KAL

Before we delve into the pattern, as I’m teaming up with vivcrest for this fundraiser, we’d like to invite you to a spontaneous KAL that we will host over the weekend. We thought it would be nice to cast on this pattern together and try to raise some money for a basic necessity in life: FOOD!

LINK TO KAL

Riptide 1-3-5 Scarf & Shawl | 2 designs | 3 sizes | 2 languages

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RIPTIDE135 - The story: Whilst kicking off a tennis match this summer, I tore two calf muscles leaving me on crutches for almost four weeks. Thank goodness I could knit! I’d seen so many scans and diagrams and these strips of broken and unbroken knitting were, to me, the rips in my muscles. I was going to call it “Let Rip” but the colour of this gorgeous yarn kept pulling me to the sea, and thus, it became Riptide. This shawl was pure therapy!
The 1-3-5 refers to the different shawl options and sizes available in this pattern. There are instructions for 1, 3, or 5 skeins of yarn.

Riptide 1 | 1 Skein | narrow scarf
Riptide 3 | 3 Skeins | medium sized shawl
Riptide 5 | 5 Skeins | large sized shawl
Please see schematic and sizes in photo.

The samples are knit using the luxurious Crave Caravan DK yarn by Yarn Culture. Check out this fabulous yarn HERE.

CONSTRUCTION:
Riptide 1 is knit tip to tip, and Riptide 3 and 5 are each worked from the tip on the right out to the left edge, producing asymmetrical shawls. Increases are worked on the RS row throughout. The neat smooth edges envelop strips of simple increases and decreases producing a chain like textured pattern that rips through the stocking stitch - ode to my ripped muscles ;)

YARN:
Crave Yarn, Caravan DK, 100g (210m/ 230 yds, 70% Superwash Extrafine Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Camel, 10% Mulberry silk).
Riptide 5: Shawl sample colourway in Idyll.
Riptide 1: Scarf sample colourway in Meditation.

Yarn required:
Riptide 1: 1 Skein, 100g (210m/ 230 yds)
Riptide 3: 3 Skeins, 300g (630m/ 690 yds)
Riptide 5: 5 Skeins, 500g (1,050m/ 1,150 yds).

NEEDLES & NOTIONS

• Size 4.0mm / US 6 circular needle, 100 cm / 40” length (or size needed to obtain gauge) for shawl.
• Size 3.5mm / US 4 circular needle, or double pointed needle (or 0.5mm/ 2 US sizes smaller than gauge needle) for bind off for Riptide 3 & 5. Tapestry/Darning needle, Stitch markers: 3 total.

GAUGE
23 sts x 32 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4”x 4”) in stocking stitch with larger needle, after blocking.
Gauge is not crucial for this project, but it will affect meterage and final size if different.