The Caritas is a rounded striped shawl pattern with a cozy privacy. It can wrap close to your neck for warmth or drape gently around your shoulders. The pattern features stockinette and garter borders allow you to completely cover up, without being a traditional lacy shawl. And large stripes of color allow you to pick several of your favorite sock yarn colorways to blend together.

Exciting techniques you'll learn:

• top-down shawl design
• knit and purl rows to form a unique ridge between the blocks
• adding stitches in a nearly invisible fashion
• working with multiple colors to create one cohesive color profile

Materials Needed:

• Size 5 (3.75mm) circular needle
• stitch markers (optional)
• yarn needle and blocking pins (optional) for finishing
• size F (3.75) crochet hook (optional)
• fingering weight yarn - 3 skeins (360 yards each):
  • Suggested: Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Socks That Rock Lightweight (127g/360 yards)
    Shown in "True Blood" Red (MC), Mango Tango (C1), Mochaberry (C2)

One size fits all, with a finished wingspan of 52".

Gauge: 24 stitches and 36 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

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