Fields Forever
By Meli Alness
I set myself the task of designing a shawl with a single skein of Haven plus the remaining contrast color (50 grams) from my triangle shawl pattern, “Another Peacock.” Slipped stitches, eyelets, and garter row sections remind me of both the fields surrounding my Minnesota hometown (corn, soybeans, and goldenrod) and the terraced fields half a world away on the Tibetan Plateau (chartreuse-colored rapeseed flowers). Either way, this shawl is like coming home.
This pattern is a digital download.
Yarn: Reywa Fibers Haven (100% Tibetan yak down, fingering, 400 yds/110 grams)
Yardage:
200 yards/50 grams C1 (sample shown in Luscious)
400 yards/100 grams C2 (sample shown in Luscious Waters)
Needles: US 5/3.75 mm or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: tapestry needle
Finished Dimensions: Wingspan: approximately 7’
Gauge: 21 sts & 36 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter stitch, lightly blocked
Gauge is not crucial to this design, but it will affect yardage and dimensions.
