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A short sleeved shrug in lightweight wool is a wonderfully handy garment for warm season wear, equally good for protecting your shoulders on sunny days and those cool evenings that catch up with you unexpectedly when you’re out and about enjoying the summer weather.

Inspired by the blue tiles and threads of steam escaping through tiny starlike openings in the roof of an Istanbul hammam (Turkish bath).

The square is designed to maintain the maker’s interest and keep a constant sense of making progress with its fascinating slipstitch rows alternating at the centre with a set of eyelet rows that keep the garment light and flexible.

The square itself is versatile in being equally suitable to use in a sampler style project with other similar sized squares or as a repeated motif for an item; such as a blanket or garment. Plus the pattern is entirely scalable so if you want a large blanket without seaming multiple squares you can simply add extra stitches and repeats until you have the size you want for the intended project.

Sizes: full bust 81.5 (91.5, 106.5, 117, 127, 137, 147.5, 162.5, 172.5, 183) cm / 32 (36, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 64, 68, 72)” I’ve used bust sizes as these are what most are familiar with however it doesn’t need to fit over your bust, it needs to fit your back and shoulders, so, if your shoulders and arms are large relative to your bust size, size up and if your bust is large relative to your arm and shoulder size, size down.

Tension: 29 sts x 43 rows = 10cm/4” over pattern stitch

Working method: square is knitted from bottom to top. Squares are sewn together to make the shrug and edgings added to the cuff and neckline openings.

Finished measurements in 4ply/fingering/sock yarn yarn

Square: 15cm / 6”
a. cuff to cuff length: 49.5 (49.5, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65, 65) cm / 19.5 (19.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5)”
b. arm circumference: 31 (34.5, 40.5, 44.5, 47, 49.5, 53.5, 57, 58.5, 63) cm / 12.5 (13.5, 16, 17.5, 18.5, 19.5, 21, 22.5, 23, 24.5)”
c. body opening circumference: 65 (71, 91.5, 104, 114.5, 120.5, 129.5, 139.5, 147.5, 157.5) cm / 25.5 (28, 36, 41, 45, 47, 51, 55, 58, 62)”

Requirements
Scheepjes Metropolis; 4ply/fingering weight: 200m (218 yd) per 50g skein; 75% Wool, 25% Nylon or similar yarn Square sample worked in Glasgow 002 as MC Cota 024 as CC).
Square: MC 60 m / 65 yds; CC 15 m / 15 yds
Shrug: MC: 375 (375, 550, 550, 550) (575, 575, 600, 575, 600) m / 400 (400, 600, 600, 600) (625, 625, 650, 625, 650) yds; CC : 75 (75, 100, 100, 100) (100, 100, 100, 100, 100)m / 75 (75, 100, 100, 100) (100, 100, 100, 100, 100) yds
One set 2.5mm / US size 1 circular needles
1 locking marker to secure live loop for colour not being worked
Yarn needle and scissors

I recommend that you read through the pattern before starting and I sometimes add extra resources for my patterns, e.g. yarn substitutions, adaptations, styling suggestions or helpful video clips as updates on my original blog post for the release, so consider checking it out here. Video tips are linked throughout and may be seen in full on the blog post.