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Sisterhood Shawl

I’M THRILLED TO INTRODUCE you to another design in the Sisterhood series—the Sisterhood Shawl. Like the Sisterhood Cowl, this pattern is a celebration of community.

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on how sisterhood begins within, how I must first make peace with all the sisters inside me (all the previous versions of myself) to truly experience the depth of friendship and community available around me.

As Emory Hall so beautifully writes, “I have been a thousand different women.” Some of them I love; some I look back on with embarrassment or even shame. But they are all me. And so, I am learning to lay flowers at their feet, to honor them with honey and forgiveness, to welcome them in. Because they are my sisters, too.

  • Design & Construction: The Sisterhood Shawl is an asymmetrical triangular shawl featuring an allover textured mosaic stitch pattern. It begins with an i-cord tab cast-on, and increases are worked along one edge. Multiple contrast colors are faded into one another, creating smooth transitions between color-changing yarns. I-cord selvages and a 2-color i-cord bind-off create polished edges.

    Yarn: This pattern includes instructions for two yarn weights—worsted and sport—both of which create a similar-sized shawl

    Stitch Patterns: This pattern includes both written and charted instructions for stitch patterns, allowing you to follow the method that beset suits your knitting style!

  • SIZES
    One(-ish) size

    FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
    Version A
    42.24 in. wide x 62.5 in. deep
    105.5 cm wide x 156.5 cm deep

    Version B
    43.75 in. wide x 56.5 in. deep
    109.5 cm wide x 141.5 cm deep

    This shawl can be knit in one of two yarn weights. Version A (shown in a cream MC) uses worsted weight yarn, and Version B (shown in a green MC) uses sport weight yarn. Both versions result in similar sized shawls.

  • YARN
    Worsted weight (Version A)
    MC: 240 g/460 yds or 420 m
    CC1: 55 g/130 yds or 120 m
    CC2: 55 g/130 yds or 120 m
    CC3: 55 g/130 yds or 120 m
    CC4: 55 g/130 yds or 120 m

    - or -

    Sport weight (Version B)
    MC: 215 g/700 yds or 640 m
    CC1: 40 g/160 yds or 145 m
    CC2: 40 g/160 yds or 145 m
    CC3: 40 g/160 yds or 145 m
    CC4: 40 g/160 yds or 145 m

    SUGGESTED YARN
    Worsted weight (Version A)
    Ritual Dyes Elder (100 g/190 yds or 174 m) - 100% Rambouillet
    MC: 3 skeins

    Spincycle Yarns Dream State (65 g/150 yds (137 m)) – 100% superwash American wool
    CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4: 1 skein of each

    The Version A sample shawl is knit in the colorways Bone (MC), Wololo (CC1), Goldie (CC2), Ghost Ranch (CC3), and Good Omen (CC4).

    - or -

    Sport weight (Version B)
    The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Recollect (57 g/185 yds (169 m)) – 75% white and 25% black Montana & Wyoming Rambouillet
    MC: 4 skeins

    Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (50 g/200 yds (183 m)) – 100% superwash American wool
    CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4: 1 skein of each

    The Version B sample shawl is knit in the colorways Smoke Signals (MC), Big Sky (CC1), Grumpy Birds (CC2), Verba Volant (CC3), and Grumpy Birds (CC4). Note that the two Grumpy Birds skeins came from dye lots produced several years apart. As a result, CC2 leans blue/green, while CC4 leans gray/yellow, giving the appearance of two distinct colorways in the sample shawl.

  • NEEDLES
    Needle A (worsted): US 7 (4.5 mm)
    Needle B (sport): US 4 (3.5 mm)

    For your chosen needle size, you will need circular needles measuring 40 in. (102 cm). You may also find it helpful to begin with a smaller cord, such as 16 in. (40 cm), and size up as your shawl grows.

  • GAUGE
    Measure gauge knit flat, after blocking.

    Version A (worsted): 15.5 sts and 26 rows = 4 in. (10 cm) in textured stitch pattern
    Version B (sport): 20.5 sts and 40 rows = 4 in. (10 cm) in textured stitch pattern

  • I-cord tab cast-on, mosaic knitting, chart reading, knit increases, 2-color i-cord bind-off

Purchase the Sisterhood Shawl pattern on Ravelry