Geogradient: Westknits MKAL with Crissy

Welcome to the 14th Westknits Mystery Shawl Knit Along (MKAL)! Join us as we have fun knitting an out of this world shawl design. This year’s shawl will be a geometric explosion of color using a gradient of four colors. Join Crissy as we all tackle the mesmerizing stitches of this year’s mystery shawl together throughout October.  The pattern releases Thursday, Oct 5 so we will be ready to blast off on Oct 6.

SCHEDULE
Clue 1 – Thursday, October 5
Clue 2 – Thursday, October 12
Clue 3 – Thursday, October 19
Clue 4 – Thursday, October 26

This is a mystery knit where the pattern will be updated weekly, so you will need to have the pattern purchased and in your Ravelry in order to get the updates.

Yarn
Approximately 4 skeins of fingering weight yarn in 4 gradient colors. 380 yds each color.

This year’s shawl features a gradient of 4 colors of fingering weight yarn, 100g of each color.

Color A – lightest color
Color B – a little bit darker than A
Color C – a little bit darker than B and lighter than D
Color D – darkest color

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

Notions
4 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.

I recommend striping the colors by knitting 8 rows of each color, resulting in 4 garter ridges for each stripe like this…

Knit 8 rows with color A.
Knit 8 rows with color B.
Knit 8 rows with color C.
Knit 8 rows with color D.

Repeat those stripes again to see your A, B, C, D striping effect and check your stitch gauge.