Aspen Grove Shawl

The shawl is designed in 3 parts. Each of the 4 repeated wedges of the shawl begins with a gathering of leaves, then moves downward into the twisting, odd trunks of the aspens, culminating in the feather and fan edge, which reminds me of the strata of decay on the forest floor, shot through with the communal roots of the aspens above.

This shawl is worked from the neck down, in 4 wedges, using yarn overs on each end of every 4th row to shape it and make it larger. As it gets larger each row also gets longer than the last.

Yarn Requirements: 700 yards of laceweight wool/silk blend. Sample is knit in Wooly Wonka Wool/Silk Handpainted laceweight in colorway Quaking Aspen.
Suggested Needles: 3.25 mm (US 3) 24” circular needle.
Gauge: 13 sts and 20 rows per 2" in stockinette, after blocking.
Finished Size: 48” across the top, and 24” from back of neck to point.
Techniques Used: This pattern uses the following techniques: knit, purl, k2tog, k3tog, yo, double yo, placement and slipping of markers, centered double decrease (slip 2 tog knitwise, k1, p2sso), sl1 k2tog psso, sl, ssk, psso, and a provisional cast on.

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