We’ve worked up this quick and easy triangular shawl in the Freia Merino Silk Fingering (Refined) with De Rerum Natura Albertine for a silky version. Both yarns are a soft and squishy silk and Merino blend.
Supplies
- Color A: 2 balls De Rerum Natura Albertine (90% organic Merinos d’Arles / 10% Silk, 220 yards per 50 gram ball)
- Color B: 1 cake Freia Yarns Merino/Silk Fingering (70% US Merino/30% Mulberry Silk, 330 yards per 75 gram cake)
- US# 8 (5.0mm) circular needle, at least 32 inches long
- 4 stitch markers
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Gauge
18 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch
Finished Measurements
Approximately 70 inches at widest point and 30 inches deep
Abbreviations
BO bind off
CO cast on
k knit
m marker
pm place marker
RS right side
sm slip marker
st(s) stitch(es)
WS wrong side
yo yarn over
Using A, CO 2 sts.
Starting with a RS row, work 10 rows in garter st. Turn work 90 degrees clockwise; pick up and knit 5 sts along edge (1 st in each purl “bump” along the edge); turn work 90 degrees clockwise again and pick up 2 sts along original CO edge–9 sts.
Set Up Increase Pattern
Row 1 (WS): Using A, sl 1, k1, pm, k2, pm, k1, pm, k2, pm, k2.
Join B, but do not cut A.
Row 2 (RS): Using B, sl 1, k1, sm, yo, knit to m, yo, sm, k1, sm, yo, knit to m, yo, sm, k2–13 sts.
Row 3 (WS): Using B, sl 1, knit to end.
Row 4: Using A, work as Row 2–17 sts.
Row 5: Using A, sl 1, knit to end.
Repeat Rows 2-5 until you’re nearly out of B (by “nearly out,” I mean you should have a few yards left) after completing a Row 3. Work Row 2 using A once more, then BO loosely on Row 3.
Weave in ends. Wet block to measurements.
