PRODUCT: hand knitting pattern for Colorful Keepsake Shawl.

PUBLISHED: April 2020

INTRODUCTION

I decided to plan a mystery knit a long because a friend and I couldn’t for the life of us figure out the best thing to knit with a skein of Chappy Yarn I got her and I as a souvenir while on my trip to HK in 2019. She’s never knit a shawl and since she said her first shawl had to be one of my designs the Colorful Keepsake MKAL was born! We wanted to play into the colorway, of so many colors present in one skein. Since we wanted to incorporate this skein of yarn in the design, it would be a visual keepsake of the yarn and my trip to a part of the world my parents are from. It’ll be a tangible reminder of brighter and more colorful times and adventures to be cherished forever.

Now, released as a complete pattern after the mystery knit along!

DETAILS

DESCRIPTION: triangle shawl with slip stitches, garter, and eyelet details and i-cord edge.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Advanced Beginner

YARN:

Fingering weight yarn- single ply or twisted, variegated, solid, tonal, speckled, any kind! More contrast between colors will work best.

• Color A: approx. 400 yds/365m

• Color B: approx. 400 yds/365m

• Color C: approx. 400 yds/365m

Total yardage: 1200 yds/1095m

Sample in (all single ply):

• Color A: Woolberry Fiber Co. “Blushing Bride”

• Color B: Star Seed Yarn “Lunar New Year”

• Color C: Chappy Yarn “Che Kung’s Windmill”

NEEDLE: US 6 / 4.0 MM or size needed to obtain gauge

GAUGE: 23 sts by 34 rows in 4”/10cm (in garter stitch after blocking)

NOTIONS: gauge ruler if needed

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 67” long by 50” wide by 34” depth / 170 cm long by 127 cm wide by 86 cm depth

Look up hashtags on Instagram with #colorfulkeepsakemkal, #colorfulkeepsakeshawl, and#tinatseknits to share your progress and FOs and to find other projects! Also tag me @tina.say.knits.

Photos of sample were taken at sculptures by Scott Hocking, part of Murals in the Market in Eastern Market, Detroit.

Pay What You Choose: In order to make my designs more financially accessible but still valuing the work it takes to create these patterns, I am implementing a “Pay What You Choose” model. These prices indicate the fair amount that has been put into the designs and hopefully can become a sustainable way for me to keep creating hand knitting patterns.

Listed are the codes and the price you will be paying next to them:

No Code: $9.50

TTierA: $7.50

TTierB: $6.50