Our free Arc Shawl pattern unfolds like the open sky at daybreak, a half-circle of warmth in a graceful sweep across your shoulders. Cast on with our Arc Shawl Bundle and knit together the unparalleled softness of Season Alpaca with the delicate haze of Tussock for a fabric that glows with the beauty of both yarns!
- The pattern draws on Elizabeth Zimmermann’s famous Pi Shawl formula, where increase rounds ripple out from the center, alternating with ever wider sections of stockinette as the circle grows. Here, that idea has been reimagined into a celestial semicircle.
- You knit with Season Alpaca and Tussock held together throughout, working the shawl flat from the center out and shaping the arc with yarn-over increases. Stop early for a cozy, smaller shawl or keep going for a dramatic wrap that enfolds you from shoulder to hip!
- Bringing a fluid drape to the fabric, Season Alpaca is spun from the finest grade of hand-sorted Peruvian super baby alpaca, a smooth, multi-strand sport-weight yarn in a palette of glorious, gently heathered shades. Floating alongside is lace-weight Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% mulberry silk, lending the shawl its luminous halo and decadent warmth, while the lustrous silk adds shimmering richness.
Our Arc Shawl Bundle comes in Large and Small Shawl sizes, in colors that play beautifully together. Choose from 13 beautiful Arc Shawl Bundles, including the one we chose, Season Alpaca’s True Turquoise and Tussock’s Lapis Lazuli, for a shawl as brilliantly blue as a cloudless sky!
Product Details
Materials
Our Arc Shawl Bundle has all the yarn you’ll need to make your own Small Shawl (Big Shawl). It includes…
- Yarn A: 2 (5) skeins of Purl Soho’s Season Alpaca, 100% super baby alpaca yarn. Each skein of this sport-weight yarn is 218 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 290 (1,090) yards required. We used True Turquoise.
- Yarn B: 1 (4) skein(s) of Purl Soho’s Tussock, 60% super fine kid mohair and 40% silk. Each skein of this lace- to fingering-weight yarn is 328 yards/ 25 grams; approximately 285 (1,115) yards required. We used Lapis Lazuli.
You’ll also need…
- US 6 (4 mm), 16- or 24-inch circular knitting needles
- US 6, 40-inch circular needles
GAUGE
22 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch, holding Yarns A and B together
SIZES
Small Shawl (Big Shawl)
- Finished Length of Wingspan: 34½ (55½) inches
- Finished Depth (center to outer edge): 15¾ (30) inches
Sample: We knit the Big Shawl size.
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