Rainbow Road

Rainbow Road is a simple yet playful shawl knitted with two strands of lace or fingering weight yarn in a purple or a rainbow palette. Short row wedges in garter stitch create the curvy shape as they increase in size – very addictive to knit! Place the wide end of the shawl on your shoulder first, and then wrap the narrower end around your neck once or twice. The marled fabric is very squishy and warm, so it is the perfect grab-and-go accessory.

Finished measurements:
Length: 78” / 198 cm.
Width (at widest part): 21” / 53 cm.

Yarn:
Helix by La Bien Aimée (75% Falkland wool, 25% Gotland wool, 711 yds / 650 m – 100 g).
2 skeins of colourway Stone (MC) and 1 skein of each colourway Dawn (CC1), Anemone (CC2), Quartz Fume (CC3), Lannister (CC4) and Madeleine (CC5).

Shown in the following colourways:
French Grey (MC),
Kokko (CC1),
Anemone (CC2),
Yellow Brick Road (CC3),
Kitsune (CC4) and
Hegelia (CC5).

Or approx. 2000 yds / 1829 m of heavy lace weight, approx. 1000 yds / 914 m of each strand. Or approx. 1000 yds / 914 m of MC and 200 yds / 183 m of each CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 and CC5.

The heavy lace weight yarn is held double throughout the pattern. Alternatively, you can knit a version using fingering weight held double for a slightly thicker fabric.

Needles:
US 7 / 4.5 mm 32” / 80 cm circular needles.

Notions:
Tapestry needle.

Gauge:
22 sts x 32 rows to 4” / 10 cm in Garter St, after light blocking.