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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.Designed for our 2021 deSTITCHnation, Amsterdam, this shawl features simple lace set-off by stockinette sections. The lace inserts are designed to echo the shape of windmill blades; the center section grows, representing the tower of a windmill. The original version was worked in sport weight yarn, but I wanted a giant shawl for winter so I knit another in bulky. This pattern has details for both.
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “Mad Hatter” sport weight, 100% superwash merino; 344 yards/4 oz skein: 1 skein
Shown in “Beyond the Mirror” (without tassels, tassels require more yarn than listed)
OR
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns “TweedleDeeDum” bulky weight, 100% superwash merino; 87 yards/4 oz skein: 5 skeins
Shown in “Gisli”
Needles & Notions:
For sport weight: US size 9/5.5mm circular, 24"/60cm long to accommodate stitches– (or size required to get gauge), US size 10/6.0mm needle of any type for binding off, darning needle, 1 stitch marker
For bulky weight: US size 13/9mm circular, 32"/80cm long to accommodate stitches– (or size required to get gauge), US size 15/10mm needle of any type for binding off, darning needle, 1 stitch marker
Gauge:
For sport weight: 14 sts & 24 rows = 4"/10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
For bulky weight: 10 sts & 14 rows = 4"/10 cm in stockinette stitch, after blocking
Measurements:
For sport weight: 25"/63.5cm deep at center, 48"/122cm wingspan, after blocking
For bulky weight: 33"/84cm deep at center, 74"/188cm wingspan, after blocking
