Touka

Touka starts with few stitches and is worked bottom up. You add one stitch every other row on one side and the shape becomes a triangle. Stockinette sections and a nice rib-lace-pattern are framed by a garter stitch border. An easy but not boring knit.

Materials

The shawl requires approx. 225 gr (984 yds / 900 m) of Fingering yarn

The sample shown used 4.5 skeins of Albertine by De Rerum Natura (Fingering, 100% Merino, 219 yds / 200 m per 50 gr), colorway: Ocre

One US 4 / 3.5 mm circular needle (or size to obtain gauge), 32" / 60 cm or longer, stitch markers, tapestry needle

Gauge 24 sts x 36 rows = 4 x 4 " / 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch (after blocking)

Finished size after blocking (wingspan x depth) 80" / 200 cm x 36" / 90 cm