Watch the flyways while wrapped in a light and pretty demilune shawl. Paddock Shawl’s arcs of lengthening lozenges, expanding with concentric increases according to Elizabeth Zimmermann’s half-pi method, form a richly textured plumage. The garter-based fabric has no wrong side, and the half-circle shape laps the shoulders comfortably and stays in place. Slipped garter selvedges create a smooth and tidy top edge; block out scalloped points or leave the trailing edge straight according to your preference. Paddock Shawl is written for both Vale and Loft, so you can choose a delicate, refined effect or a larger farmstead-style shawl.
Yardage
Laceweight Version
1200 total yards of laceweight wool yarn
Fingering Version
1075 total yards of fingering weight wool yarn
Yarn
Laceweight Version
3 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet Wool; 450 yards/50 grams)
Photographed in color Arabesque
Fingering Version
4 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; 275 yards/50 grams)
Photographed in color Bale
Gauge
Laceweight Version
24 stitches & 33 rows = 4” in chart patterns, after blocking
Fingering Version
20 stitches & 26 rows = 4” in chart patterns, after blocking
Note: Finished gauge will vary once shawl is blocked into circular shape.
Needles
Laceweight Version
One each 16” and 40” circular needles in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)
Fingering Version
One each 16” and 40” circular needles in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)
Finished Dimensions
Laceweight Version
28” 71 cm tall; 56” 142 cm wide
Fingering Version
27” 68.5 cm tall; 54” 137 cm wide
Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after lace blocking.
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
Felted Join
Icelandic Bind Off
Skill Level
3 out of 5
Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.
