Long Trail Shawl

Enjoy 20% off new release with Coupon Code: Birchtreeknits Long Trail Path in VT, otherwise known as the “footpath in the wilderness” for hikers, traverses through the Green Mountain National Forest and is part of the Appalachian Trail. As a day hiker, I imagine a lovely woods-walk, rich with Fall foliage.  This triangular shawl begins with MC Garter section, then MC Paths on a CC Stockinette background. After more MC Garter and CC Stockinette, new Paths nestle around a MC Double Moss section. The pattern is completed with a return to Paths on a CC Stockinette background and an MC garter border before an Icelandic BO. Feel free to cut and join, or carry the MC / CC yarn, as you work the shawl; I’ve knit samples both ways based on my desire to weave in ends or not weave in ends. If you use Making Tracks Lite CC, I recommend carrying yarn up the side as you work the shawl, so you don’t run short on yarn. I used every bit of the CC on the 2nd sample where I did cut, join, and weave in the yarn ends, and needed to skip the last CC row. Difficulty/Skills Required: Easy. Knit, Purl, M1R, M1L, Duplicate stitch, Long-tail cast on, Icelandic bind off. Yarn Weight: Fingering, Sport, DK Notions: Tapestry needle Scissors Stitch markers Gauge: All gauges are calculated per 4” / 10 cm finished, blocked fabric on US 5 / 3.75 mm needles. Gauge is not critical for this project, but variations will affect yardage. Garter: 22 sts and 48 rows Stockinette: 22 sts and 32 rows Suggested Yarns: Junction Fiber Mills Making Tracks LITE (100% Wool: Merino, Targhee, Corriedale); 200 yds / 183 m per 1.76 oz / 50 g skein. Yarn Shown: Junction Fiber Mills Making Tracks LITE. MC: Forest CC: Leaf Peeping Yardage: MC: 285 yds / 261 m CC: 190 yds / 174 m No buffer added. Needle Size: US 5 / 3.75 mm, 40” / 100 cm or 60” / 150 cm circular needle Size: Sample size, fully blocked: See schematic. Vertical depth: approx 22.25” / 56.5 cm. Horizontal width: approx 48” / 122 cm. Tech Editing: Annie B. Lin