Falderal (2023 Mystery Shawl)

*NOTE: If you purchased a kit from A Verb for Keeping Warm, there’s no need to purchase this mystery, as a code for a free pattern download is included!* Fiberchats and I sat down and talked about the mystery! You can see our conversation [here][1]. The first clue drops 21 April at 10am Pacific time, and that afternoon at 4pm Pacific, I'll be having a YouTube Live to go over the first clue! Each Friday there will be a YouTube live for the clue released that day! [Clue 1 YouTube live 21 April 4pm Pacific time][2] [Clue 2 YouTube live 28 April 4pm Pacific time][3] [Clue 3 YouTube live 5 May 4pm Pacific time][4] [Clue 4 YouTube live 12 May 4pm Pacific time][5] [Clue 5 YouTube live 19 May 4pm Pacific time][6] Other useful videos: [Pinhole cast-on][7] [Adding yarn-overs at the beginning of row][8] [How to insert a lifeline][9] [How to fix yarn-overs][10] [Full 2023 mystery playlist][11] ------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to my 2023 mystery shawl KAL: Falderal. Falderal is nonsense, frippery, fancy...a less used and more antique spelling than folderol, and that suites my sense of whimsy perfectly, as I hope it does yours! This is a triangle using two colors of sport or fingering weight yarn, 385 to 438 yards each. The PDF file download is currently a placeholder; the first clue will be released digitally on April 21, 2023. The KAL will have 5 clues total, each one week apart. One year after the KAL is over, your mystery pattern will update to the full pattern. We will be knitting together in the @Romi’s Studio forum, and I will also be doing YouTube lives and meetups, as I know not everyone can access Ravelry! You will get a full schedule in the time leading up to the first clue drop. The YouTube lives will remain accessible as recordings. I hope you’ll join us in the fun!!! Hints before the first clue: - Although Annapurna is listed as sport weight in the Ravelry database, I would say it is on the light side, and knits up like a fingering weight. Either sport or fingering weight will work. Floating and Rumor are fingering weight yarns. - I am using the Cosmos (light grey-purple with speckles of pink)/Thistle (deep purple with speckles of rust and magenta) colorway and starting with the lighter color. - Lightly speckled, tonal, or solid yarns will show the patterning best; the more variegated the yarn is, the less the patterning will show - Remember: do not substitute a yarn of which you have less than 385 yards. I can’t wait to knit with you all! xox ------------------------------------------- Thank you for knitting my patterns and supporting indie pattern design! Subscribe to [my newsletter here][12] and get 15% off your first pattern order; find me on Instagram at [@RomiDesigns][13]; come by and say hello in my [Ravelry group, @Romi’s Studio][14], where you can find friendship, pattern help, and community! [1]: https://youtu.be/iAOiYlglUnw [2]: https://www.youtube.com/live/pOtPX6nx8Jg?feature=share [3]: https://youtube.com/live/8Ase1eG9p3U?feature=share [4]: https://youtube.com/live/7HSvnMoqeYs?feature=share [5]: https://youtube.com/live/wB61Wam0w-o?feature=share [6]: https://youtube.com/live/wKFDl5AX5nc?feature=share [7]: https://youtu.be/jlWNoliCl50 [8]: https://youtu.be/W2rQnAtpJbk [9]: https://youtu.be/PafhBDW1CUg [10]: https://youtu.be/f7utA_3od3s [11]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKlvllE6j0uICKRelJM9IQapKUYLaSGW5 [12]: https://designsbyromi.com/newsletter [13]: https://instagram.com/RomiDesigns/ [14]: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/-romis-studio