Tide Marks Shawl

**Tide Marks** is a meditation on the quiet, shifting place where water releases what it no longer carries, and the shore receives it without question. Worked in a rhythmic fabric that feels both grounded and fluid, this design echoes the slow choreography of the tide: advance, retreat, return. The drop-cluster stitch pattern creates a subtle, tactile surface—like sand shaped by countless small moments of motion. It is meant to gather around the body the way the shoreline gathers fragments from the sea. Tide Marks invites you to slow your hands, follow the cadence of the stitches, and let the fabric build the way a shoreline does—one quiet offering at a time. **Yarn** • 2 full skeins (100g; 245 yd) of DK weight (one each of two contrasting colorways, designated as MC1 and MC2) • 4 half skeins (50g; 123 yd) of DK weight (in complementary colorways, designated as CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4) • 1 mini skein (20g; 49 yd) of DK weight (in a contrasting colorway, designated as CC5) **Recommended Hook** • US I (5.5 mm) or US H (5 mm) **Gauge (unblocked)** • Mesh Stitch: 3SC + 2CH spaces & 6 rows = 1 inch • Moss Stitch: 5.5 ST (SC + CH spaces counted together) & 5 rows= 1 inch • Measuring gauge is the only time you’ll count a CH1 space as a stitch **Finished Size (blocked)**: ~ 66” [wingspan] x 36” [depth at peak] **Notions**: Yarn needle; Optional marker for indicating right side of fabric **Skill Level**: Adventurous Beginner