Skip to content
Milk Thistle Kit

Milk Thistle Kit

by The Fibre Co
Sold out
$ 94.00
Color: Eden Valley / 2 skeins + Cowberry / 1 skein + Helvellyn / 1 skein + pattern
Availability: Translation missing: en.general.icons.icon_check_circle icon Out of stock

 

Milk Thistle by Beatrice Mase is a textured kite-shaped shawl
with a unique flower design. This shawl project will stretch your knitting skills and create a beautiful and unique piece of wearable art! The shawl has been designed so that each shade of Cumbria Fingering has a different stitch pattern; garter and stockinette stitch in ScafellPike, herringbone stitch in Fair Hill and a stunning flower stitch in Blackbeck. Skill level: intermediate.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Wingspan along top edge: 87.5 cm (34.5 in)
Depth: 50 cm (19.5 in)

GAUGE:
26 sts and 52 rows to 10 cm (4 in) measured over St st before blocking using 3mm (US 2.5) needles for garter stitch

30 sts and 22 rows to 10 cm (4 in) measured over St st before blocking using 6.5mm (US 10.5) needles for herringbone stitch

     

    Milk Thistle PDF
    4 skeins Cumbria Fingering, Colors A & C - 1 skein; Color B - 2 skeins. (shown in Fair Hill (A) – 1 skein, Scafell Pike (B) – 2 skeins, and Blackbeck (C) – 1 skein.)

    Needles and notions are not included.


    It's knit using sizes US 2.5/3mm and 10.5/6.5mm needles, or sizes needed to obtain gauge.