This beautiful shawl can be knitted in one or two colors and is a great introduction to reading charts for knitting and knitting lace. You can choose two contrasting solids or create the shawl in all one color. The unique 3/4 of a square shape makes it stay on your shoulders and provides a fun sampler of several different lace patterns.
Materials and Equipment: Yarn: Any Fingering weight yarn: 510 yards for solid color OR 380 yards main color & 200 yards of contrast color Needles: #5 36-inch circulars Notions: stitch markers, tapestry needle, row counter (optional) Download FREE pattern The Traveling Companion Shawl by Karen Strauss on Ravelry:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-traveling-companion-shawl ***Yarn for the class must be purchased at Alamitos Bay Yarn Company before the first day of class. Yarn in skeins must be wound before the first day of class. Purchase and print out pattern before the first day of class.***
Please Note: If necessary, class and workshop fees can be transferred to another class or credited to your account up to two weeks before the start of the class. We cannot credit accounts or transfer after that.
Skill Level:
intermediate
Skill Details:
Know how to knit, purl and cast on; Learn to follow charts for lace
Requirements:
Yarn: Any Fingering weight yarn: 510 yards for solid color OR 380 yards main color & 200 yards of contrast color
Needles: #5 36-inch circulars
Notions: stitch markers, tapestry needle, row counter (optional)
Download FREE pattern The Traveling Companion Shawl by Karen Strauss on Ravelry:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-traveling-companion-shawl
Instructor Name:
Abby Anderson
Instructor Bio:
Abby has been knitting for over 20 years, and has worked as a sample knitter. She grew up in Canada, where she worked in film & theater before moving to California in 2003. Her favorite projects always involve learning something new!
AA19: Traveling Companion Shawl
Cost:
$ 75.00 Please purchase your yarn at Alamitos Bay Yarn Company before the first day of class.
AA19:
Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:30 am to 1:30 pm