PRODUCT: digital hand knitting pattern for Painting Blossoms Shawl

PUBLISHED: October 2022, Originally published for Dye Hard Yarns’ BIPOC box series - April 2022

INTRODUCTION: Painting Blossoms Shawl was designed for Dye Hard Yarns’ BIPOC box series. I was partnered up with Aquarius Make, a yarn dyer from Michigan where I am currently based! Fatima of Aquarius Make custom dyed colors for our collaboration. My inspiration for the colors were from one of my favorite murals in Eastern Market, Detroit. The mural is by Ouizi, a colorful floral painting on a royal blue wall. I used lace stitches to represent the florals and let the variegated, speckled yarn create a painterly effect.

DESCRIPTION: triangle shawl with i-cord border, lace stitches, striping, and garter stitch.

NEEDLE: US 5/3.75 MM or any size needed to obtain gauge

GAUGE: 20 sts by 31 rows in 4”/10 cm (in garter stitch after blocking)

NOTIONS: gauge ruler if needed

YARN: Fingering weight

Sample knit with: Aquarius Make, “Crux”, 100% Superwash Merino

1 skein each color, 450 yds/411 m each

• Color A: “Blue Daisy” (blue with red speckles)

• Color B: “Primrose” (ivory with yellow speckles)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Approx. 56”/142 cm at widest with 29”/74 cm at deepest

Look up hashtags on Instagram with #PaintingBlossomsShawl and#tinatseknits to share your progress and FOs and to find other projects! Also tag me@tina.say.knits.

Pay What You Choose: In order to make my designs more financially accessible but still valuing the work it takes to create these patterns, I am implementing a “Pay What You Choose” model. These prices indicate the fair amount that has been put into the designs and hopefully can become a sustainable way for me to keep creating hand knitting patterns.

Listed are the codes and the price you will be paying next to them:

No Code: $9.50

TTierA: $7.50

TTierB: $6.50