It’s the 15th annual MKAL season! This year’s shawl is called Go Go Dynamo. It’s going to be a lively energetic design filled with bold geometric details. Go Go Dynamo is designed for two contrasting colors. Go bold with two solid shades or create a splashy painterly effect with a speckled contrast color combined with a solid main color. Join me as I guide you through this year’s mystery shawl with video tutorials throughout October.

Sign Up
Sign up by purchasing this Go Go Dynamo Shawl and download the intro PDF with all the knit along details.

KITS
Collect a kit at Stephen & Penelope!

Get your Mohair Dare here.

See recommended Mohair Dare color names for each MKAL kit here.

SCHEDULE
Clue 1 - Thursday 3rd October 
Clue 2 - Thursday 10th October
Clue 3 - Thursday 17th October
Clue 4 - Thursday 24th October

Size
The overall shape and dimensions are part of the mystery! Go Go Dynamo Shawl will be a large shawl, similar in size to Starflake or Mosaic Musings.
 
Yarn
Fingering weight

This year’s shawl features two contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn, 200g of the MC (Main Color) & 200g of the CC (Contrast Color).
 
Yardage
Approximately 1572yds / 1440m total
MC (Main Color) - 786yds / 720m
CC (Contrast Color) - 786yds / 720m
 
If your fingering weight yarn comes in 100g skeins, then you will need 2 skeins of each color. If yarn comes in 50g skeins/balls, you will need 4 skeins/balls of each color. You may have some leftovers, but it’s best to have the recommended amount of yarn listed above.

Shown in
WALK Collection Cottage Merino ( 100% Superwash Merino; 393yds /360m per 100g skein)
MC (Main Color) - Orange Punch
CC (Contrast Color) - Grace

Optional Mohair Dare contrast colors
West Wool Glowhair (64% Mohair, 36% Mulberry Silk; 229yds / 210m per 25g ball)
Unicorn and White Peach
 
Needles
US 4 / 3.5mm circular in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge
1 spare circular needle the same size or smaller for holding sts OR waste yarn.

Notions
2 stitch markers, tapestry needle
 
Gauge 
24 sts & 48 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch before blocking
 
Try to get close to the recommended stitch gauge to ensure you don’t run out of yarn. A similar stitch gauge is more important than getting an exact row gauge.
 
Garter Stitch Swatch
If you would like to see how your colors interact, cast on 30 stitches and knit some colorful stripes, knitting on the right side and wrong side for garter stitch.
 
I recommend striping the colors by knitting 4 rows of each color, resulting in 2 garter ridges for each stripe like this…
 
Knit 4 rows with MC.
Knit 4 rows with CC.
Knit 4 rows with MC.
Knit 4 rows with CC.
 
Repeat those stripes to visualize your color relationship and check your stitch gauge.

Ravelry Group
Join the Ravelry MKAL 2024 group here for discussion threads each week and to show off your beautiful MKAL progress! 

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