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When I was a kid, my sister had an incredible knack for finding the perfect skipping stones. We would spend hours at the creek filling our pockets with rocks, then making them hop across the water. The self-striping yarn at the center of this shawl reminds me of a skipping stone, whizzing across the top of the water, causing ripples in the creek’s surface.

The unusual construction in this shawl gives you the chance to play with your yarn as you create short row wedges that warp and stretch the stripes in your self-striping yarn. The dramatic result is surprisingly simple and extremely fun to knit!

CONSTRUCTION
This shawl is knit from the center out. The shawl begins with eight equal wedges, knit flat using German Short Rows. Then, an eyelet border is picked up and worked in the round. Finally, a portion of the stitches are bound off and each end of the shawl is knit flat.

SIZES
ONE SIZE

YARN
Fingering weight yarn, Knitterly Things Vesper
Sock

Sample shown in “Brilliantly Bold,” “Deep Teal,’” & “Deep Orchid”

Main Color (shown in self-striping): 350 yards (320 m)
Contrasting Color 1 (shown in blue): 430 yards (393 m)
Contrasting Color 2 (shown in purple): 430 yards (393 m)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Length: 64 inches (160 cm)
Depth: 23 inches (57.5 cm)

NEEDLES
US 7 (4.5 mm) 32-inch (80-cm) circular needles, or as required to meet gauge

A DPN or other needle in the same size for three-needle bind off

GAUGE
20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch after blocking

TOOLS
Tape measure, 1 Stitch marker, 4 removable stitch markers, Scissors, Tapestry needle