Raja Ampat knitting pattern

Description

This intriguing semicircle shawl is begun with a provisional cast on and worked from neck to hem in a series of motifs progressing from solid to patterned to lacy. Slip stitch combinations provide visual texture and complexity here to mix separate colors in a coordinating set, but the piece may be worked in a dyed gradient or solid yarn.

Shown here in Better Breakfast Fingering

Matching Motif: Tubbataha

Suggested Yarns:

Modern Deco Lace, Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, Shetlandia Fingering, Jacob Fingering, Coral Reef Fingering Mini set or check out our convenient Raja Ampat Kits, or any soft fingering yarn that knits to pattern gauge. Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size and drape.

Yardage Requirements: 

400 yards total. 100 yards each of colors A, B, C and D were used for the samples.

Finished Size: 

21 inches long by 48 inches across the top edge (stretched and blocked)

Gauge: 

24 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches in stockinette on smaller needles

Needles: 

US 6 – 4.0 mm, US 7 – 4.5mm