Mountain Range Hooded Shawl by Alexis Hoy

Mountain Range Hooded Shawl

Knitting
November 2022
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
915 yards (837 m)
Finished Size: 66" (167.6 cm) at cast-on edge, 27" (68.5 cm) from cast-on edge to point of hood
English
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The Mountain Range Hooded Shawl is a mosaic-knit triangular shawl that incorporates a hood for ease of coziness.

Yardage: Approx. 480 yds / 439 m of MC and 435 yds / 398 m of CC.

Needle: US Size 6 / 4 mm 60” (150 cm) circular needle, or size necessary to obtain gauge.

Notions: Stitch markers (up to 26, min. 1), tapestry needle.

Gauges:

  • 18 sts & 30 rows = 4” (10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch.
  • 23 sts & 58 rows (29 pattern row pairs) = 4” (10 cm) in Main Slip Stitch Pattern

Special Techniques:

  • Mosaic (slipped stitch) knitting
  • Kitchener stitch

Stitches Used (beyond K & P)

  • K2tog = knit 2 stitches together

  • SSK = slip 1, slip 1, knit 2 slipped stitches together through back loop

  • M1 = make 1 stitch

  • Sl1 = slip 1 stitch