Cumulus Skies is a large, top-down crescent-shaped shawl. It’s worked in both The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers yarns, deliciously Juicy DK and the cloud-like Oh Dang!. This shawl is knit in stripes of relaxing garter stitch and fun herringbone that together create a beautiful contrast of textures. Its gently billowy folds will encircle your neck and shoulders, making it as comfortable to wear as it is fun to knit.

Finished Measurements: Wingspan - 90”/228.5cm, Center Depth - 18”/45.5cm.

Yarn: DK Weight - 500 yards/457 m, 182 g/6.5 oz. AND Lace Weight - 550 yards/503 m, 83 g/3 oz.

Suggested Yarn: The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Juicy DK, 100% SW Merino: 274 yards/250.5 m per 100 g/3.5 oz skein (2 skeins in the colorway Camp Tolt) AND Oh Dang!, 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk: 328 yards/300 m per 50 g/1.75 oz skein (2 skeins in the colorway Whiskey Butte).

Suggested Needles: US 5/3.75mm circular needle for shawl in at least a 40”/100 cm length and US 7/4.5mm circular needle for binding-off.

Notions: Blocking mats/pins/and wires are helpful, but not required. Removable stitch markers are also useful in counting stitches when shawl gets larger.

Gauge in DK yarn (after blocking): 23 sts and 44 rows in 4”/10cm in garter stitch.
Gauge in Lace Weight yarn (after blocking): 22 sts and 34 rows in 4”/10cm in garter stitch.

Difficulty Level: Suitable for adventurous beginners who are proficient at the following skills: knit and purl, increasing and counting stitches.

Errata
I extended the Note about yarn overs to
“The yarn overs added at the edges of the shawl on WS rows are dropped on the following RS rows and thus not counted as increases. Keep this in mind when counting your stitches. They are counted in row directions. For example when you see the direction to “work to the last 5 sts,” you do count the yarn over as one of the 5. ‘Drop yo’ means you let the yarn over stitch fall off your needle. These dropped yarn overs give the edges of the shawl some stretch.”