Finished measurements: Approx. 65” (measured tip to tip at widest points) and 15 1/2” (measured from bottom tip to top)

This pattern was originally designed for the Great Tennessee Yarn Tour. The tour includes 18 yarn shops, each of which sells custom dyed 20g miniskeins (87 yds) of fingering weight yarn available only at that shop during the tour. The pattern is designed to be flexible to accomodate all 18 colors or as few colors as the knitter wishes to use.

The sample I made uses 7 miniskeins plus the two garter st section colors (black and white). The colors sold in the shops are inspired by the colors of our state symbols, and hence, I designed the pattern with the animals, birds, flowers, etc. as my inspiration. But this pattern is for anyone in any state who loves miniskeins and wants to use up random skeins!

It features multiple slip st patterns separated by rows of black and white garter st. It is a fun way to play with random miniskeins and is also customizable if the knitter wishes to have a bigger or smaller shawl. The patterns are all easily memorizable and repeatable!

Gauge is not important, but knitting a gauge swatch that incorporates both garter st and a slip st pattern is highly recommended. Slip stitch knitting tends to pull in, and the pattern goes up a needle size for those sections. However, the important thing is to get a fabric you are happy with, so please swatch and go up an extra needle size for the slip st sections if you need it!

Slip st knitting works best with contrasting colors. The colors are all 20g miniskeins, plus 40 gr of Main Color 1 (black) and 20 g of Main Color 2 (white). If you plan to make a larger shawl, you will need to buy an extra skein or two of MC1 and MC2.