Go Go Dynamo: Westknits MKAL 2024

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    It's the 15th annual MKAL season! This year's shawl is called Go Go Dynamo. It's going to be a lively energetic design filled with bold geometric details. Go Go Dynamo is designed for two contrasting colors. Go bold with two solid shades or create a splashy painterly effect with a speckled contrast color combined with a solid main color. Join me as I guide you through this year's mystery shawl with video tutorials throughout October.

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  • SCHEDULE
    Clue 1 - Thursday 3rd October
    Clue 2 - Thursday 10th October
    Clue 3 - Thursday 17th October
    Clue 4 - Thursday 24th October

    Size
    The overall shape and dimensions are part of the mystery! Go Go Dynamo Shawl will be a large shawl, similar in size to Starflake or Mosaic Musings.

    Yarn
    Fingering weight

    This year’s shawl features two contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn, 200g of the MC (Main Color) & 200g of the CC (Contrast Color).

    Yardage
    Approximately 1572yds / 1440m total
    MC (Main Color) - 786yds / 720m
    CC (Contrast Color) - 786yds / 720m

    If your fingering weight yarn comes in 100g skeins, then you will need 2 skeins of each color. If yarn comes in 50g skeins/balls, you will need 4 skeins/balls of each color. You may have some leftovers, but it’s best to have the recommended amount of yarn listed above.

    Needles
    US 4 / 3.5mm in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge
    1 spare circular needle the same size or smaller for holding sts OR waste yarn.

    Notions
    2 stitch markers, tapestry needle

    Gauge
    24 sts & 48 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch before blocking

    Try to get close to the recommended stitch gauge to ensure you don't run out of yarn. A similar stitch gauge is more important than getting an exact row gauge.

    Garter Stitch Swatch
    If you would like to see how your colors interact, cast on 30 stitches and knit some colorful stripes, knitting on the right side and wrong side for garter stitch.

    I recommend striping the colors by knitting 4 rows of each color, resulting in 2 garter ridges for each stripe like this…

    Knit 4 rows with MC.
    Knit 4 rows with CC.
    Knit 4 rows with MC.
    Knit 4 rows with CC.

    Repeat those stripes to visualize your color relationship and check your stitch gauge.

    Ravelry Group
    Join the Ravelry MKAL 2024 group here for discussion threads each week and to show off your beautiful MKAL progress!

    Use #WestknitsMKAL2024 & #GoGoDynamoShawl for posts on Instagram.

  • Fingering weight yarn