Surprise Party Shawl by Helen Stewart

Surprise Party Shawl

Knitting
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch after blocking
US 6 - 4.0 mm
one size
English
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Lights out. A bottle of bubbly waiting on ice. Friends hidden behind the curtains and couches. Hushed whispers and held-in giggles. Anticipation. What could be more fun than a surprise party?

The Surprise Party shawl is a bubbly celebration of colour, friendships, and the huge yarn party that is the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival. Inspired by the exuberant spirit of The Grocery Girls, Surprise Party is a collaboration with Hue Loco Yarns, who has created fabulous hand-dyed colourways in honour of two familiar Grocery Girl-isms: “Shut the Front Door!” and “I Can’t Even!”

With simple lace, a graphic twisted rib stitch section, and plenty of relaxing garter stitch, Surprise Party is a captivating and addictive knit which will keep you dancing until the pretty picot bind-off. Let’s party our way through the start of knitting season and raise a glass of something sparkling to our deep love of yarn, knitting, and the wonderful friendships it has brought us in the global fibre community.

Finished Measurements
Approximately 127cm (50”) diameter across straight top
edge
64cm (25”) neck to bottom edge

Yarn
Hue Loco Phyllis Sock 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon; 423m/463yds per 100g
1.5 x 100g skein
5 x 20g mini skeins

Needles
4mm (US 6), 80/100cm (32/40”) long circular needles (or
size to obtain gauge)

Notions
Medium safety pin
Tapestry needle

Gauge
19 sts/32 rows = 10cm (4”) in garter stitch after blocking