When I have the knitting bug, like I seem to have at the moment, I enjoy easy projects that I can make when watching a movie or when in company. My Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl is exactly that, an easy and repetitive pattern that you can continue for as long as you want. It’s designed to showcase a pretty, color changing yarn and enjoy as the yarn works up into a useful accessory for cold winter days.

In this post you find the free pattern, information about the yarn and also a video tutorial to show you how to make the shawl.

Resources

Materials

I use the following materials for the Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl

Scheepjes Arcadia is a fingering weight sock yarn (100g/396m) made from 75% Superwash Virgin Wool and 25% Polyamide, but it can also be used for things other than socks like sweaters and shawls. Sock yarns are surprisingly versatile! I have just completed a sock knitting tutorial, if you want to try your hands at socks.

Mesa (902) from the Scheepjes Arcadia series is a warm colorway with different shades of yellow and earth tones. I really liked the color when I saw it.

Scheepjes Arcadia is available from Jimmy Bean Wool (USA) and Caro’s Atelier (NL), as well as many other Scheepjes stockists.

If you want to use a different colorway for the Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl, you need to look for a color changing yarn with a long color gradient. This gives the long stripes that give the shawl the look of a sunrise over the horizon. A short color changing yarn will not give you the same look and feel.

My favorite knitting needles are ChiaoGoo stainless steel needles with the red cable. I have used other brands and cables, but somehow I always return to these. ChiaoGoo knitting needles are available from Jimmy Beans Wools.

Size & Gauge

Gauge is not critical for this project. If you would like to work to the gauge in the sample, it is 26 stitches x 42 rows equals 10cm x 10cm. The final shawl is triangular in shape. The sample shown is 135cm across and 76cm from top to bottom, but you can easily make it larger by simply knitting more repeats.

Video tutorial

I show and discuss all parts of the process to knit my Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl, especially the start can be a bit fiddly.

Abreviations

k          knit
p          purl
s          slip stitch as if to knit
st(s)    stitch(es)
m1l     make 1 left
m1r     make 1 right
DPN    double pointed needle
PM      place marker
SM      slip marker

Pattern – Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl

Preparation

Row 1 Using Judy’s magic cast-on, cast on 8 stitches on two DPN, this is 4 sts on each needle.

Row 2 Use an extra DPN to k4 sts on the first needle. Keep the second set of 4 sts unworked, we will pick them up later.

Row 3-8 S1, k3. Turn.

Row 9 S1, k3, PM, pick up 3 sts between the rows on the side of the fabric, PM, k4 sts on second DPN. [11 sts]

Row 10 S1, k3, SM, p3, SM, k4. Turn. Transfer the stitches to the circular needles.

Shawl Base

Row 1 S1, k3, SM, k1, m1r, k1, m1l, k1, SM, k4. Turn. [13 sts]

Row 2 S1, k3, SM, p5, SM, k4. Turn. [13 sts]

Row 3 S1, k3, SM, k1, m1r, k3, m1l, k1, SM, k4. Turn. [15 sts]

Row 4 S1, k3, SM, p7, SM, k4. Turn. [15 sts]

Row 5 S1, k3, SM, k1, m1r, k5, m1l, k1, SM, k4. Turn. [15 sts]

Row 6 S1, k3, SM, p9, SM, k4. Turn. [15 sts]

Row 7 and every odd row S1, k3, SM, k1, m1r, k till 1 st left before marker, m1l, k1, SM, k4. Turn.

Row 8 and every even row S1, k3, SM, p to marker, SM, k4. Turn.

Continue to repeat Rows 7 & 8 till you have 30g left on the second yarn ball, or until you feel the shawl is large enough. Each repeat will add 2 sts to the width of the shawl, and this process can be repeated indefinitely.

Finishing

When you have reached the point that your shawl is large enough, knit all stitches for 8 rows. Remove the markers when you come across them on the first row. Bind off. Work away the yarn tails. Wet block the shawl.

Optional: make 3 tassels using the remaining yarn and connect one to each of the points of the shawl.

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Esther

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Sunrise Stripe Point Shawl – Free knitting pattern with video tutorial