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For those of us who feel the call of mini-skeins. (How many minis do we love? Shawl of them!) This shawl uses 9 mini skeins. Easy to adapt to be smaller in size, or bigger if you’ve got extra yarn, this shawl hits just right for both playing with colour and knitting a simple project.

I designed this to fill two needs:
1) a simple-to-knit, potato-chippy shawl that would work well as a travel project
2) a mini skein pattern where the minis are used the same proportion throughout

Knit with 6 increases every 2 rows, the triangle is longer at the top and easier to wear than a traditional triangular shawl with a 4-st increase rate.

This shawl alternates 4 rows of stockinette in the contrast colours with garter ridges in the main colour. In Section 1, one garter ridge separates the colours; in Section 2, two ridges separate them; and in Section 3, three ridges. Finally, we edge the shawl with a delicate section of eyelet lace.

Checklist and stitch counts provided.

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•m1r, m1l, m1pl, m1pr, yo
•p2tog

Multiple video tutorials included.

Size
Width: 84” / 213 cm
Depth: 29.5” / 75 cm

Materials
•Light Fingering Weight Yarn
one 100 g skein plus one mini skein in each of 9 colours

Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon); 463 yd. / 423 m per 100 g skein and 92 yd. / 84 m per 20 g skein;

colours shown:
MC: Vengeance
CC1: Ain’t My First Rodeo
CC2: Spruce It Up
CC3: Atlantis
CC4: Clean Slate
CC5: Blue Steel
CC6: Shantay, You Stay!
CC7: Gatsby
CC8: Oil Slick
CC9: Industrial

•Needles  
US 5 / 3.75 mm needles for knitting large number of stitches, or size needed to get gauge

•Notions
yarn needle, stitch markers

Approximate Yardage
(with a 15% buffer)
MC: 463 yd. / 423 m (100 g)
CC1: 56 yd. / 51 m (12 g)
CC2: 60 yd. / 55 m (13 g)
CC3: 69 yd. / 63 m (15 g)
CC4: 74 yd. / 68 m (16 g)
CC5: 79 yd. / 72 m (17 g)
CC6: 83 yd. / 76 m (18 g)
CC7: 74 yd. / 68 m (16 g)
CC8: 74 yd. / 68 m (16 g)
CC9: 87 yd. / 80 m (19 g)

Gauge
24 sts and 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Single Garter pattern (1 garter ridge followed by 4 rows stockinette), soaked and pinned to measurements

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.