Westknits

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• This is a PDF knitting pattern.
  
  

  Welcome to the first ever Glow Along! 

  Experience the delicate frothy texture of mohair with this magical marled shawl! Eight colors of lace weight mohair silk melt throughout the fabric as you hold two colors together. You will change one color at a time to create the fading marl effect. The top-down shawl begins with garter stitch followed by bubbles that increase from small to large sized shapes. The bubble technique is super fun and easy to knit, working with just one color at a time. The instructions include video tutorials linked in the pattern that demonstrate how to cast on, how to knit the bubbles, and a bind off tutorial too! I used eight shades of our West Wool Glowhair yarn, resulting in a fluffy cloud of soft stitches around the neck.

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• Finished Measurements
  94″ / 213cm wingspan length, 28″ / 71cm from CO to BO edge measured along the center of the shawl. Measurements taken after blocking.
  

  Yarn
  Lace weight held double
  Two colors of lace weight mohair are held together throughout the shawl.
  

  Yardage- Approximately 3070yds / 2807m total
  Color A - 330yds / 302m
  Color B - 350yds / 320m
  Color C - 360yds / 329m
  Color D - 380yds / 348m
  Color E - 390yds / 357m
  Color F - 440yds / 402m
  Color G - 440yds / 402m
  Color H - 380yds / 347m
  
  If you are using West Wool Glowhair, you will need 8 colors
  and 2 balls of each color.
  
  

  Needles
  US 5 / 3.75mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge
  

  Notions
  2 stitch markers, tapestry needle
  
  Pattern Note
  “Using AB” means hold one strand of color A together with one strand of color B. The 8 colors of mohair will melt throughout the shawl using a Fading Marl technique. After you knit with AB, you will break color A and replace it with color
  C. Work with BC, then break color B and replace it with color D. Work with CD, then break color C and replace it with color E. Repeat the cycle of your 8 colors marled together and then repeat the color sequence… AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG, GH, HA, AB, BC, etc…
  

  Gauge
  18 sts & 36 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch after blocking with two strands of lace weight mohair silk held together
  
  

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• West Wool Glowhair (64% Mohair, 36% Mulberry Silk; 229yds / 210m per 25g ball)
  Color A - Birch Tree (lightest color)
  Color B - Glass
  Color C - Sea Mist
  Color D - Blue Spruce
  Color E - Sage
  Color F - Morgaine
  Color G - Enchanted
  Color H - Marinière (darkest color)