Katrine Birkenwasser

Cross Sea - Shawl

Name: Cross Sea - Shawl
Brand: Katrine Birkenwasser
Availability: InStock

Cross Sea is a super fun-to-knit-and-easy-to-wear shawl that combines interlocking sections of garter stripes, representing crossing waves that occur with certain weather patterns, with a lace border that's mimicking the foam of waves breaking onto a shoreline.

The triangular shape is one of the most versatile shawl shapes out there – you can wear Cross Sea over your shoulders, bandana-style around your neck, or with a shawl cuff or pin.

Designer

Katrine Birkenwasser

Yarn

John Arbon Appledore Lace

Where to get it

This pattern is available in Making Stories Magazine Issue 11, Seashore.

Pattern Details:

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Depth: 85 cm / 33.5”
• Width: 189 cm / 74.5”

YARN
John Arbon Textiles Appledore Lace (40% Devon Closewool; 40% Romney; 20% Exmoor Blueface; 275 metres / 301 yards per 50 g)

MC: 640 metres / 700 yards
CC1: 325 metres / 355 yards
CC2: 400 metres / 440 yards

Sample shown is knit in colourways Billy Down Pippin (MC), Pig Snout (CC1) and Fair Maid (CC2).

NEEDLES
Two 2.75 mm / US 2 circular needles (N1 and N2), each with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)

GAUGE
25 sts x 54 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in two-colour garter stitch, after blocking)
25 sts x 50 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in charted pattern, after blocking)

NOTIONS
• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)
• Darning needle
• Stitch markers

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
• Long-Tail Cast-On
• Stretchy Bind-Off
• Two colour garter stitch
• Picking up stitches
• Lace
• Chart reading (optional)

CONTRIBUTORS
• Model: Francesca Margaux
• Photography: Melinda Dela Costa
• Tech Editing: Jessica Schwab & Jen Hurley
• Graphic Design: Camille Romano