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23-03 Cardinals
This shawl was inspired by the two “Cardinal” colourways in the Love Birds collection from SONGBIRD YARN AND FIBRES. The shawl is shaped like a wing; the two simple chevron stitch motifs resemble feathers, and the points on the scalloped edge of the shawl are evocative of the cardinals’ crests.
The larger, two-skein shawl starts with a few stitches and the colours of the male plumage. The shawl grows in size with a double increase at the beginning of every right-side row and a single decrease at the beginning of every wrong-side row, which creates the asymmetrical, triangular (or boomerang) shape of the shawl. Alternating colourways for several rows creates a fade between the colours, and the shawl ends with a wide border in the colours of the female plumage.
The small shawl was knit in a similar manner (without the fade section, and with a narrower border) in the “Pyrrhuloxia” colourway. The Pyrrhuloxia, often called a Desert Cardinal, is closely related to the Northern Cardinal, but has more subdued colouring. The simple shaping and uncomplicated stitch motifs n this design would lend themselves to knitting the shawl in many different yarn types and sizes; some pointers are given in the notes to help you with that.
The techniques you will need to know, or learn, to complete this project are:
- cast on and lace bind off;
- knit and purl;
- yo increase;
- kyok double increase,
- k2tog decrease;
- ssk decrease;
- cdd double decrease.
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- First published: June 2023
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