Winter Dawn is originally our 2017 Advent Shawl pattern that has been re-worked to use our Party of Five mini-skein sets (rather than the 24-skein Advent kit) but of course, you can use any combination of fingering-weight yarns and colours.
Intuitively flowing from one transition to the next, like the way the winter sun dawns above a horizon of evergreens, this accessory brings rich colour to the forefront. Elegant and softly textural, the almost free-form stitches bring both comfort and ease to your knitting escape.
20 different colours of scrap yarn, 25 yds each, Fingering Weight, such as SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock (500 yd / 457 m total; 80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon).
OR
1 SweetGeorgia Yarns Party of Five Mini-Skein Gradient set in Voyage (525 yds / 480 m per 5 oz / 142 g set; 80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon).
Needles & Notions
Size 6 US / 4 mm circular needle, 24” / 60 cm long
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
2 stitch markers, tapestry needle
Gauge
17 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Garter stitch, stretched and blocked.
Please note that changes in gauge will affect yardage used and final measurements.
Tabetha Hedrick, Design Director for SweetGeorgia Yarns, lives by the belief that joy comes when fully participating in the present moment. And that joy is ever so easy to find when immersed in the world of fibre! When not knitting, writing, editing, or researching, she fills the time raising two girls, two dogs, and one husband in Tennessee.
In the second article of this Building Confidence in Tapestry series, we are talking about tapestry looms; what to look for, the pros and cons of the tapestry looms on the market today, as well as some great DIY options.