Interweave SKU: EP12525

Finished Size: 92 inches (233.7 cm) wide from tip to tip and 33 inches (83.8 cm) long down center stitch, after blocking

Yarn: Manos del Uruguay Fino, 70% extra fine merino wool/30% silk yarn, fingering weight, 492 yards (449.9 m)/100 gram (3.5 oz) hank, 2 hanks of #412 Delft (MC) and 1 hank of #414 Ivory Letter Opener (CC); www.manosyarns.com

Needles: Knitter’s Pride Dreamz Needles, circular 40 inches (100 cm) size 6 (4 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge; circular 40 inches (100cm) size 4 (3.5 mm) for double-needle CO or for CO with two needles held together (see Notes below); www.knitterspride.com

Notions: Stitch markers; Tapestry needle

Gauge: 18 sts and 30 rows = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in St st after blocking

Originally Published: Knitting Traditions, Spring 2015.

Charts available here:
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The inspiration for this shawl was a lithograph that I spotted on the Internet when I looked up images for Bagnères tricot. Titled Memories of the Pyrenees, the lithograph depicts three women at the hot springs in Bagnères; one is wearing a blue triangular shawl with a white lace border. I couldn’t discern any of the details on the shawl. Having read, however, that Bagnères shawls were knitted with fine wool, most usually merino, and often with figures knitted in, I decided that I would be inspired by how delighted Sarah Ellis and Elizabeth Grant (see article) were at the coming of spring in the Pyrenees.