The Best Things Shawlette (White Christmas Inspired)

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Christmas is a wonderful time of year in the Almon household; every Thanksgiving, we put up our Christmas decorations, have a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, and watch the 1954 Irving Berlin classic, White Christmas. We’ve watched the movie so many times that renditions of its show-stopping numbers can be heard in the house year-round. This year, we thought we’d show our love for this movie by releasing a four-pattern White Christmas inspired collection.

This shawlette is inspired by “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing” number, where Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye have a magically romantic dance. Knit in a pink and grey that perfectly match Vera’s and Danny’s outfits, and with an intriguing “spin” stitch spine and knitted-on border, this shawlette is light enough to wear while swirling down the pier of a Florida nightclub.

So get your needles and yarn, and remember that even guys with two left feet come out all right if the girl is sweet! Happy knitting!

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This shawlette is knit bottom-up with knitted-on border, and is knit flat.

The knitter needs to be comfortable with the following techniques: knit, purl, knit through the back loop (ktbl), purl through the back loop (ptbl), yarnover (yo), knit 2 together (k2tog), M1R, M1L, M1RP, M1LP, “spinning” stitches (an Estonian technique, similar to a cable), and slipping stitches. You will need two stitch markers and a cable needle (or suitable alternative).

Yarn Notes:

• You will need two different skeins of fingering weight yarn.
• Designate them as Colour A and Colour B; Colour A is the main portion of the shawlette and Colour B is the knitted-on border.
• Sample used approximately 90g of Colour A and 15g of Colour B.

This pattern includes instructions in both written and chart form.

Thank you so much to my amazing test knitters: Andrea (Angeiship), Carolyn (KnittinNana68), Carolyn (craftypw), Jenna (frymeister), Jennifer (Initsox2), and Rhonda (DuellingNeedles)! ❤

Pattern was tech edited by the phenomenal Rachel (porpoise)! ❤

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