Our yarns are hand-dyed on the following bases:
Cheshire Cat — light fingering weight — 100% sw merino — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 512 yds
Mary Ann — fingering/sock weight — 85% sw merino, 15% nylon — 28-30 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 475 yds
Confetti — fingering weight — 92% superwash wool, 5% nepps, 3% lurex sparkle — 28-34 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/432 yds
Summer Silk — fingering weight — 100% silk bourette — 25-28 sts = 4" — 3.5 oz/ 390 yds
Mad Hatter — sport weight — 100% sw merino — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 344 yds
Sprinkles — sport weight — 95% superwash merino, 5% rainbow nepps — 20-24 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 340 yds
Cotton Kiss — sport weight — 50% superwash merino, 50% cotton — 20-24 sts = 4” — 4 oz/ 372 yds
Tweed — sport weight — 55% sw merino, 15% mulberry silk, 15% baby alpaca, 15% donegal — 22-24 sts = 4" – 3.5 oz/310 yds
Alice DK weight — 70% sw merino, 30% silk — 21-23 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 242 yds
Silk Twist DK weight — 72% fine sw merino, 28% mulberry silk — 20-22 sts = 4" —3.5 oz/250 yds
Lory— DK weight — 100% superwash merino — 21-32 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
March Hare — worsted weight — 100% sw merino — 16-20 sts = 4" — 4 oz/ 184 yds
Walrus — chunky weight — 100% superwash merino — 12 sts = 4" — 4 oz/280 yds
For more details on all our yarn bases, click here.One may describe the Red Queen as contrary and paradoxical, but sometimes that's a good thing, as in this tip-to-tip knit shawl with two distinct stitch patterns. Half in ribbing, and half in lace stitch, this shawl pairs no-nonsense straight lines with lovely, rippling waves. Bold yet feminine.
Yarn:
Wonderland Yarns “Cheshire Cat” fingering weight, 512 yards (468 meters)/4 oz skein: 2 skeins
Needles & Notions:
US 1 ½ (2.5 mm) circular needle, 40” (100 cm), 3 stitch markers, blocking pins and wires
Blocked Gauge:
32 sts / 40 rows = 4”/10 cm in ribbing stitch measured flat after wet blocking
Gauge can be approximate, but will affect yardage needed and finished measurements.
Finished Measurements:
Approximately 72” wide and 42” deep, after blocking
Difficulty:
Complex