Tree Rings

CONSTRUCTION

• Shawl is worked in the round from the center out. The lace edging is worked back and forth and attached to the live shawl stitches at the end of every WS row.

GAUGE

• 18 stitches & 26 rounds = 4″ in Welted Stockinette Stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking
• 18 stitches & 28 rounds = 4″ in Left Twist or Right Twist Chart with Size B needle(s), after blocking
• 18 stitches & 21 rounds = 4″ in Center Lace Chart with Size B needle(s), after blocking
• 14½ stitches & 25 rows = 4″ in Lace Edging Chart with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Welted Stockinette Stitch and Edging):

• One set of double-pointed needles (DPNs), and one each 32″ and 60″ circular needle(s) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Size B (for Center Lace and Horizontal Chevrons):

• One set of DPNs, and one each 32″ and 60″ circular needle(s), three sizes larger than Size A
• Suggested Size: 6 mm (US 10)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 62″ diameter

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

• 1820 yards of worsted weight wool yarn

YARN

• 13 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in color Pumpernickel

26 March 2021: Version 1.3

The Provisional Cast On instructions have been updated to clarify usage of the working yarn.

19 June 2017: Version 1.2

In Construction Notes, the first bullet point has been changed as follows: 

Shawl is worked in the round from the center out. The lace edging is worked back and forth and attached to the live shawl stitches at the end of every WS row.