Craft Town is a stranded colourwork shawl with a statement fringe to celebrate the 15th year of the Unravel Festival in Farnham Maltings. I took my inspiration from the architecture in Farnham, which is England’s first World Craft Town and therefore an appropriate home for a yarn festival. There are many variations of the herringbone pattern that feature in brickwork, tiles, parquet flooring, and now in this shawl. The stranded knitting makes the fabric super warm and cosy.

Techniques
knitting in the round, steeking, stranded colourwork

Yarn Required
2 skeins of RiverKnits Nene 4 Ply (400m / 100g) or suitable fingering weight yarn.
Colour A: Kiefernwald (dark blue-green)
Colour B: Bienenwabe (light brown)
When choosing colours, ensure there is plenty of contrast between them.

Sizes
One size, Shawl wingspan (not including fringe) measures 140cm and depth measures 57cm after blocking.

Gauge
26 stitches and 32 rows in herringbone colourwork pattern make a 10cm / 4″ square after blocking.

Needles
3.5mm or size required to obtain gauge, 100-120cm length cable circular needle for working in the round.

Notions
darning needle, scissors, stitch markers