I finished this shawl back in August but have only just managed to share it on here now.
The pattern is Groovy by Jumper Cables. There are a couple versions of this same pattern – one for DK weight yarn and one for lace or fingering weight yarn. I purchased the DK version then remembered the yarn I was using was 4ply but instead of rebuying the pattern I just read on Ravelry the notes of other people who had made it previously to discover it was only just different needle sizes you were using and not really a change in the pattern. I used some 4ply Bendigo Woollen Mills cotton that I have in my stash to make this. When I first saw this pattern I immediately fell for the texture pattern it has. I love the contrasting pattern in the stripes or sections. You can’t really see from the photos but on one edge it has almost like a fan texture where you decrease a certain number of stitches each section.
This is a really simple knit pattern with only knit and purl stitches. You do have to keep track of your rows but with a row counter that is easy to do. I will be honest in the end I did get bored with this pattern and couldn’t wait for it to be off my needles. From memory I did put it down for a couple of weeks as I needed a break from it but when I picked it up again I just wanted it finished. As I used 4ply yarn it wasn’t a fast knit. The pattern was relatively mindless knitting but maybe a little too mindless for me. Saying that I wouldn’t mind knitting this again in DK yarn which would knit up a lot faster. I didn’t bother to block it. Blocking would have stretched out the pattern more but I kind of like narrowness of sections unblocked, it shows the texture more.
This is a nice little shawl to have in my stash if I want some lite around my neck and as it is cotton I won’t have my skin irritation issues I get with some yarns.
Cassiy
