Show Your Colors Shawl
I made this shawl to show off the wackiest of colorways. Sometimes an intricate lace pattern gets lost in bright or super varied colors. This shawl is meant to accentuate the wild yarns but would be just as beautiful in a subdued yarn or a solid.

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Sizes: Scarf (Average, Tall) - the shawl shown is done in the average size.
Written for the Scarf size and the other sizes in parenthesis. If there is only one direction then it applies to all sizes.

Yarn: Spunky Eclectic Skinny MinnyMerino (280 yards/sk)
I used the Confused colorway - 2(2,3) skeins (I used 500 yards for the average size).
This pattern is really flexible and you can use any weight yarn.
Please note that if you change the yarn weight, you will change the dimensions of the finished shawl.
Notions: Scrap yarn and crochet hook for the provisional cast on
Needles: US 4
Gauge: sts/inch and /row over ststs

Working from the center back down to the finished edge:

Using Provisional CO - CO 2sts.
knitting in garter stitch, knit 7 rows
Pick up and knit one stitch in each of the 3 garter ridges (5 sts on needles)
Undo the provisional cast on and place these stitches on the LHN - knit them (7 sts)

R1: K2, YO, K1,YO, PM, K1(center st), YO, K1, YO, K2
R2: K2, Purl to the last 2 sts, K2
R3: K2, YO, Knit to the marker, YO, SM, K1, YO, knit to the last 2 sts, YO, K2
R4: K2, Purl to the last 2 sts, K2 (slipping marker as you go)
Rows 3 and 4 make up the Stockinette Pattern

Work 6(8,10) inches of the stockinette pattern

Then work 3 repeats of the Lace Pattern:
Lace:
RS rows: K2, YO,(K2tog, YO) repeat to the center marker, YO, SM, K1, YO, (K2tog, YO) repeat to the last 2 sts, K2
WS rows: R4: K2, Purl to the last 2 sts, K2 (slipping marker as you go)

Work 4(6, 8) inches of the Stockinette pattern

Work 5 repeats of the lace pattern

Work 2(4,6) inches of the Stockinette pattern

Work 7 repeats of the lace pattern

Bind off in the picot edging.
using cable cast on - *CO 2sts
BO 5sts
Repeat * until you have bound off all stitches.

Weave in ends and block to measurements or the size you desire.

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Please do not use any part of this pattern as your own without specific written permission. Not for sale or resale.