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CUP OF STITCHES

I am very excited to present a brand new pattern and my new favorite shawl, Mainsail! It is available as an individual pattern download on Ravelry and is 20% off with coupon code SAIL through Sunday, August 4, 2019.

Timeless stripes, vibrant waves, two colors to create balance with many outfits – this shawl is destined to become one of your favorite shawls to crochet and wear! 

The shawl's stitch pattern features many relaxing and repetitive ribbing rows, which creates a soft and squishy fabric. To keep you interested, the repetition is balanced with quick color changes in the stripe sections interspersed with billowing rows of the wave stitch pattern.

This design story begins with two skeins of Malabrigo Arroyo left over from my Anemone sweater. I decided to try out a new-to-me shawl construction and didn't expect much. However, from the very first rows, it became not only interesting to crochet but also looked so charming that I turned on my design mode. 

I added one more color, the stripes, the waves, re-worked the center spine decreases several times in order to get them just right. One moment I even set my sample aside and re-started it in yellow and white, because the original colors seemed too boring and weak to me. The new color combination terrified me even more! It was much too bright, the colors were just over-the-top, so I returned back to the original sample but this time truly enjoying its calm color palette.

And here it is, finished and in all its glory:
The pattern is written for one size. Mainsail is designed and calculated the way it is in order to use two skeins of each color almost completely with the very little leftover of either color and to also create a well-balanced palette of the striped and solid sections, all while keeping in mind what worked best for the ease of crocheting the stitch pattern.

However, technically the size of the shawl is easily adjustable by placing the increases at the sides until you reach your desired depth (the distance between the top edge and the bottom corner) and then working the decrease section in the same manner as provided in the pattern to straighten the edge of the shawl.

 
Happy crocheting!
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