The Striation Stole pairs a smoothly plied wool yarn with a fuzzy chainette alpaca-blend yarn to create a bold, geometric design. The intarsia method is used to work the center diamond, but the rest of the patterning is just simple stripes. This stole is worked on the bias from corner to corner.

Difficulty Easy

Yarn Weight 4, 3

Finished Size 22” wide and 80” long.

Yarn Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted (100% wool; 220 yd 201 m/ 3 1/2 oz 100 g): #91876 True Navy (MC), 4 skeins.
Universal Yarn Odette (61% fine Merino superwash wool, 22% nylon, 17% alpaca; 241 yd 220 m/ 1 3/4 oz 50 g): #110 Gargoyle (CC), 2 skeins.

Needles Size 8 (5 mm): 40” circular (cir). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Tapestry needle.

Gauge 15 sts and 25 rows = 4” in St st with MC.

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NOTES

• This stole is worked back and forth in rows on the bias, from one corner at a short side diagonally to one corner on the opposite short side. The natural bias of the stole makes it a parallelogram, but it can be blocked to a rectangle easily.

• The vertical stripes featured in the center of the stole are worked using the intarsia method. Join a new strand of yarn for each block of color, and twist yarns at each color change to avoid holes.

• A circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.

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