Mint Affogato

$8.00

I realize this has become a habit for me, but once I finished my Vanilla Affogato tee, I wanted more time with the combination of yarn and pattern, and I just happened to have a bit more Tibetan Cloud in stash! So I cast on...

The Mint Affogato Shawl features the same lace as the tee, worked in panel at the center of a garter stitch background.

The contrast between the delicate lace panel at center and the bold garter looks great when it's bunched up or partially hidden in a jacket, and the added texture along the sides brings it all home for me.

The Tibetan Cloud yarn is a fantastic choice for next-to-skin knitting, and it has a light and airy quality on the needles that makes working the fiber a joy. It's warm and soft and hasn't pilled a bit, even though l've been wearing these a bunch - next to both denim and wool. If substituting, you want a soft fiber as well, in a round sport or DK weight yarn. Your fiber should be even enough to show off the textures here. Choose a mostly solid colorway (or a subtle speckle) that won't compete with the detail of the design.

I created two sizes for the pattern, so you can use either 1 or 2 skeins of mYak's stunning Tibetan Cloud yarn.

The smaller size is a little more like a scarf, but offers the delicacy and shaped edges of a shawl. It's easily tucked into a jacket or coat, and it won't completely hide what you are wearing underneath. It's wide and long enough to provide actual warmth around your neck without extra fabric.

The larger size can be styled more like a shawl. This one provides that cozy, doubled squish when it's wrapped over itself or doubled around your neck, and it can fill up the space in your open jacket beautifully.

Mint Affogato is worked tip to tip, with shaping hidden in the side detail between the two knit columns. The width and length of your shawl is easily modified by adjusting this shaping, or you can leave the tips as they are and adjust the length only by working the center section as needed for a longer or shorter wrap. Notes are in the pattern on how to do this.

Lace instructions are both charted and written.

This is an intermediate level knit. Many rows are written out completely, but once the lace pattern is established there are sections of knitting that are explained, and then repeated as noted. During these sections, you will need to keep track of your shaping and edge detail while following the chart at center.

Scroll down for details.

I realize this has become a habit for me, but once I finished my Vanilla Affogato tee, I wanted more time with the combination of yarn and pattern, and I just happened to have a bit more Tibetan Cloud in stash! So I cast on...

The Mint Affogato Shawl features the same lace as the tee, worked in panel at the center of a garter stitch background.

The contrast between the delicate lace panel at center and the bold garter looks great when it's bunched up or partially hidden in a jacket, and the added texture along the sides brings it all home for me.

The Tibetan Cloud yarn is a fantastic choice for next-to-skin knitting, and it has a light and airy quality on the needles that makes working the fiber a joy. It's warm and soft and hasn't pilled a bit, even though l've been wearing these a bunch - next to both denim and wool. If substituting, you want a soft fiber as well, in a round sport or DK weight yarn. Your fiber should be even enough to show off the textures here. Choose a mostly solid colorway (or a subtle speckle) that won't compete with the detail of the design.

I created two sizes for the pattern, so you can use either 1 or 2 skeins of mYak's stunning Tibetan Cloud yarn.

The smaller size is a little more like a scarf, but offers the delicacy and shaped edges of a shawl. It's easily tucked into a jacket or coat, and it won't completely hide what you are wearing underneath. It's wide and long enough to provide actual warmth around your neck without extra fabric.

The larger size can be styled more like a shawl. This one provides that cozy, doubled squish when it's wrapped over itself or doubled around your neck, and it can fill up the space in your open jacket beautifully.

Mint Affogato is worked tip to tip, with shaping hidden in the side detail between the two knit columns. The width and length of your shawl is easily modified by adjusting this shaping, or you can leave the tips as they are and adjust the length only by working the center section as needed for a longer or shorter wrap. Notes are in the pattern on how to do this.

Lace instructions are both charted and written.

This is an intermediate level knit. Many rows are written out completely, but once the lace pattern is established there are sections of knitting that are explained, and then repeated as noted. During these sections, you will need to keep track of your shaping and edge detail while following the chart at center.

Scroll down for details.

Yarn: mYak Tibetan Cloud, 100% Tibetan wool (328yds/300m per 3.5oz/100g skein). Small sample shown in Jade Green, Large sample in Salvia Argentea.

If substituting yarn, I suggest a soft fiber in a round sport or DK weight yarn. Your strand of yarn should be even enough to show off the textures, and your color should be subtle enough that the detail of the design is not lost. I would choose a mostly solid colorway (or a subtle speckle) with an even hand or a soft halo. 

Gauge: 20 sts and 32 rows per 4”/10 cm in garter stitch.

29-stitch lace panel across center of shawl is 5”/12.75cm wide.

The 6-stitch edge detail is 1”/2.5cm wide.

Row gauge is constant in lace and at edges.

Gauge based on final blocked fabric.

Needles: US#6/4mm needle, or size needed to get gauge, and I like a 16”/40.5cm or longer circular needle for working a shawl.

Sizes:

Small: 41”/104.25cm long x 10.25/26cm wide at center

Large: 59”/149.75cm long x 13.5”/34.25cm wide at center

Yardage:

300(600)yds/275(550)m needed for Small(Large).

Yardage may vary with substitute yarns or modification.

Sport or DK weight yarn needed if substituting.