Secret Fish Shawl

Secret Fish Shawl is an “**any yardage, any gauge**” type of project. This tip-to-tip shawl pattern can be adjusted to almost any amount of yarn - just weigh it in the beginning, knit with increases along one edge until roughly half of yarn is used, then start mirrored decreases. Why Secret Fish? Sometimes a design takes on a life of its own. Here the stitches twisted and curved until a little school of fish was swimming across my knitting. Look closely and you’ll spot nupps for eyes and cables flicking into tails! The pattern features traveling and wrapped stitches, nupps, a bit of cables and garter. Directions are **both charted and written out**. Videos for tricky techniques provided. **Yarn** - DK weight yarn, 245 (490, 735)yds / 224 (448, 672) m or 1 (2, 3) 100g skeins - **OR** use another weight and yardage! - Sample shawl: Sylvan DK by Camellia Fiber Co. (70% alpaca, 20% silk, 10% cashmere; 246yds / 224m, 3.5oz / 100g), in color Moonflower - Solid to tonal colorways will show the stitch pattern best **Needles and Gauge** - The gauge is not crucial for this pattern. Swatch and pick the gauge and needles that give you the fabric you like. - To fit into the specified yardage for DK weight, use US 6 / 4mm needles or the size needed to obtain the gauge below - 25sts and 34 rows in 4" / 10cm in DK in stockinette, unblocked - 23sts and 32 rows in 4" / 10cm in DK in stockinette, blocked **Size** - Size will change depending on your gauge, yardage, and number of pattern repeats. Numbers below are approximate and given for reference in DK weight. - Small (Medium, Large), adjustable - Length 51 (75, 91)" / 130 (190, 230)cm plus tassels - Width at the widest point 6.7 (9.5, 11.5)" / 17 (24, 29)cm - Shown in size Medium **Construction** - The shawl is worked flat from tip to tip. - Increases made along one side shape the first half of the shawl, and mirrored decreases - the second. - You can adjust the size of the finished shawl to your liking by making fewer or more repeats of the pattern. - The edges are worked in garter stitch. - Optional tassels can be added to the tips of the shawl for a more playful look. [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gooseberry-tee [2]: https://seismicyarn.com/products/butter-tweed [3]: https://thefarmersdaughterfibers.com/products/bear-paw-dk-the-farmers-daughter-fibers