Kilim Shawl

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Named for the expressive traditional flat woven kilims of Anatolia which often use colorful yarn remnants in playful combinations, Kilim combines two of my favorite stitches in a textured stashbusting wrap and with a braided trim. Long herringbone self-striping side panels are worked flat and edged with Latvian braid trim and a linen stitch band, then picked up and knit together while working the center panel. The entire rectangular shawl is then banded in the round, and trimmed working flat. Panels are easily adaptable to make a longer or wider shawl by adding more rows or stitches to the panels, or additional panels.
 
Weight: Fingering
Yarn: Uneek and Monokrom
3 colors of Uneek, 1 skein each and 1 skein of Monokrom

Designer: Catherine Salter Bayar
Language: English
Craft: Knitting
Category: Neck

Dimensions: 64” / 163 cm long by 18” / 46 cm wide. Linen stitch bands are 1.5” / 3.8 cm, not including 3/8” / 0.83 cm braid trim.

Needle: US 10 / 6 mm, US 7 / 4.5 mm

Gauge: 16 stitches and 24 rows = 4" / 10 cm square in Herringbone Stitch

Skill Level: Intermediate




The shawl shown here was made with three partial Uneek Fingering colorways plus one entire Monokrom colorway, but endless combinations are possible as long as there is enough yarn.