Go Go Dynamo Shawl MKAL kit by Stephen West

It's time for the 15th annual Westknits MKAL! This year’s shawl, Go Go Dynamo, boasts a lively geometric design with bold contrasts. It’s designed for two colors, and we have pre-selected a fabulous offering of kit colorways! The MKAL includes video tutorials from Stephen that are released throughout the month of October.

Clue 1 - Thursday 3rd October
Clue 2 - Thursday 10th October
Clue 3 - Thursday 17th October
Clue 4 - Thursday 24th October

Size
The overall shape and dimensions are part of the mystery! Go Go Dynamo Shawl will be a large shawl, similar in size to Starflake or Mosaic Musings.

Yarn
Fingering weight

This year’s shawl features two contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn, 200g of the MC (Main Color) & 200g of the CC (Contrast Color).

Yardage
Approximately 1572yds / 1440m total

MC (Main Color) - 786yds / 720m

CC (Contrast Color) - 786yds / 720m

Needles
US 4 / 3.5mm in 40″ / 100cm length or size needed to obtain gauge
One spare circular needle the same size or smaller for holding sts OR waste yarn.

Notions
2 stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge
24 sts & 48 rows = 4″ / 10cm in garter stitch before blocking

Try to get close to the recommended stitch gauge to ensure you don't run out of yarn. A similar stitch gauge is more important than getting an exact row gauge.

Garter Stitch Swatch
If you would like to see how your colors interact, cast on 30 stitches and knit some colorful stripes, knitting on the right side and wrong side for garter stitch.
Stephen recommends striping the colors by knitting 4 rows of each color, resulting in 2 garter ridges for each stripe like this…

Knit 4 rows with MC.
Knit 4 rows with CC.
Knit 4 rows with MC.
Knit 4 rows with CC.

Repeat those stripes to visualize your color relationship and check your stitch gauge.

Ravelry Group
Join the Ravelry MKAL 2024 group here for discussion threads each week and to show off your beautiful MKAL progress!

Go Go Dynamo Shawl MKAL kit by Stephen West

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