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.“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where--” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
-Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
You’ll get somewhere quick with this engaging chevron stripe shawl made with one main color and five mini skeins. Attractive, slim stripes allow you to carry your colors along, so you’ll only weave in ends where you’ve moved on to the next mini skein. You’ll be able to get someWEAR in no time at all!
Yarn:
Wonderland Yarns “Mad Hatter”; (MC) 1, 4 oz skein/344 yards AND (CC1-5) 1, 5 oz Mini-skein Pack 430 yards
Needles & Notions:
US size 6 needles or needle size to get proper gauge, 1 stitch marker, darning needle
Gauge:
21 sts & 29 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch
Note: gauge is important, otherwise you may not have enough of a particular color
Measurements:
Approximately 22” wide at the widest point and a 72” wingspan
Difficulty:
Medium