Show Your Colors
Looking for the yarn? Find lots of kit options from Emma’s Yarn here!
This asymmetric triangular shawl is the perfect way to maximize your mini-skeins and let your colors shine! Each of the contrast colors is worked in two row stripes while knitting just one color at a time. Special techniques are easily worked to expand those rows into picots and fireflowers, giving dramatic flair to this vibrant accessory. Enjoy choosing a palette that best highlights your personality or wardrobe, then cast on to Show Your Colors!
SIZES
One size
Wingspan: 74.5” / 189 cm
Depth: 25.5” / 65 cm at widest point
YARN
Emma’s Yarn HELLA HANK (80% Superwash Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 600 yards / 150 grams):
MC: 1 skein OR 600 yds / 549 m fingering weight yarn
Emma’s Yarn PRACTICALLY PERFECT SOCK (80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon; 400 yards / 100 grams):
C1-C5: 1 20g mini-skein in EACH of 5 colors OR 80 yds / 73 m fingering weight yarn in EACH of 5 colors
Sample shown in ‘Navy Blazer’ (MC), ‘Pure (C1), ‘Tealicious’ (C2), ‘Set Sail’ (C3), ‘Ice Ice Baby’ (C4), and ‘No Flash Photography’ (C5)
NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5mm), or as required to meet gauge
GAUGE
19.5 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch after blocking
(NOTE: Gauge is not crucial, but it will affect finished dimensions and yardage)
NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, 50 stitch markers (optional for repeats), 1 removable stitch marker
Optional for blocking: blocking mats, wires, and pins (see my recommendations)
SKILL LEVEL
Adventurous Beginner
Looking for the yarn? Find lots of kit options from Emma’s Yarn here!
This asymmetric triangular shawl is the perfect way to maximize your mini-skeins and let your colors shine! Each of the contrast colors is worked in two row stripes while knitting just one color at a time. Special techniques are easily worked to expand those rows into picots and fireflowers, giving dramatic flair to this vibrant accessory. Enjoy choosing a palette that best highlights your personality or wardrobe, then cast on to Show Your Colors!
SIZES
One size
Wingspan: 74.5” / 189 cm
Depth: 25.5” / 65 cm at widest point
YARN
Emma’s Yarn HELLA HANK (80% Superwash Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 600 yards / 150 grams):
MC: 1 skein OR 600 yds / 549 m fingering weight yarn
Emma’s Yarn PRACTICALLY PERFECT SOCK (80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon; 400 yards / 100 grams):
C1-C5: 1 20g mini-skein in EACH of 5 colors OR 80 yds / 73 m fingering weight yarn in EACH of 5 colors
Sample shown in ‘Navy Blazer’ (MC), ‘Pure (C1), ‘Tealicious’ (C2), ‘Set Sail’ (C3), ‘Ice Ice Baby’ (C4), and ‘No Flash Photography’ (C5)
NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5mm), or as required to meet gauge
GAUGE
19.5 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch after blocking
(NOTE: Gauge is not crucial, but it will affect finished dimensions and yardage)
NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, 50 stitch markers (optional for repeats), 1 removable stitch marker
Optional for blocking: blocking mats, wires, and pins (see my recommendations)
SKILL LEVEL
Adventurous Beginner
Looking for the yarn? Find lots of kit options from Emma’s Yarn here!
This asymmetric triangular shawl is the perfect way to maximize your mini-skeins and let your colors shine! Each of the contrast colors is worked in two row stripes while knitting just one color at a time. Special techniques are easily worked to expand those rows into picots and fireflowers, giving dramatic flair to this vibrant accessory. Enjoy choosing a palette that best highlights your personality or wardrobe, then cast on to Show Your Colors!
SIZES
One size
Wingspan: 74.5” / 189 cm
Depth: 25.5” / 65 cm at widest point
YARN
Emma’s Yarn HELLA HANK (80% Superwash Merino, 10% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 600 yards / 150 grams):
MC: 1 skein OR 600 yds / 549 m fingering weight yarn
Emma’s Yarn PRACTICALLY PERFECT SOCK (80% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon; 400 yards / 100 grams):
C1-C5: 1 20g mini-skein in EACH of 5 colors OR 80 yds / 73 m fingering weight yarn in EACH of 5 colors
Sample shown in ‘Navy Blazer’ (MC), ‘Pure (C1), ‘Tealicious’ (C2), ‘Set Sail’ (C3), ‘Ice Ice Baby’ (C4), and ‘No Flash Photography’ (C5)
NEEDLES
US 4 (3.5mm), or as required to meet gauge
GAUGE
19.5 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette stitch after blocking
(NOTE: Gauge is not crucial, but it will affect finished dimensions and yardage)
NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, 50 stitch markers (optional for repeats), 1 removable stitch marker
Optional for blocking: blocking mats, wires, and pins (see my recommendations)
SKILL LEVEL
Adventurous Beginner
