I have a stash of the beautiful ITO Kinu tweedy yarn and knew I wanted to use it for a blanket shawl. I chose to hold the ITO Kinu together with a wool/cotton yarn to blend the colours and give some added warmth to the shawl.

This generously sized blanket shawl is a great stashbuster and instructions are included to customize the shawl to your preferred size (or stash amount).

Pattern is 5 pages.

Skills Required:

• Working knits and purls
• Working with charts and written instructions

Finished Size (blocked): Medium (Large)
20 (32)” / 51 (81) cm wide by 84 (112)” / 213 (285) cm long

Gauge: 20 sts and 25 rows to 4 inches/10 cm in Staggered Steps stitch pattern.

Other Tools:
Stitch markers: 4(6)
Tapestry needle

Yarn - work with one strand of each yarn listed below:
MC: 1,308 (2796) yards/1,196 (2,557) meters in a light fingering weight plied wool/cotton blend that knits up to 6 sts/inch.

CC: 1,308 (2,796) yards/1,196 (2,557) meters of a lace weight plied silk noil yarn that knits up to 8-8.5 sts/inch. Each stripe uses 109 (233) yards/ 100 (213) meters. 12 colours.

Shown in (size Large):
Holst Garn ‘Coast Uld Bomuld’, (55% merino, 45% cotton; 1.76 oz/50 grams; 383 yards/350 meters per skein). Mushroom (Main Colour – 8 skeins)

ITO ‘Kinu’, (100% silk; 1.76 oz/50 grams; 465 yards/425 meters per skein). 12 Colours, 109 (233) yards/ 100 (213) meters per colour.

Contrasting Colours:
CC1: 487 Mustard
CC2: 356 Cream
CC3: 364 Brick
CC4: 490 Pacific
CC5: 360 Cayenne Red
CC6: 353 Pine Soap
CC7: 392 Capri Blue
CC8: 492 Lime
CC9: 391 Violet
CC10: 374 Pool Green
CC11: 486 Gold Oak
CC12: 359 Persimmon