Les Roches

’Les Roches’ is an almost-triangular shawl that artfully intermixes delicate lacy cables with bolder ones. Intricate but not difficult to knit, the shawl’s wide patterned band alludes to the rocks of the Normandy Coast, with the rosy light of early morning illuminating grey stones and pebbles rounded by sea waves.

The subtle hue comes from the ‘Poudre’ colorway of yarn used in the sample, an organic, non-superwash merino with excellent stitch definition. Finished with i-cord edges and the handdyer’s favorite garter stitch, this lovely accessory will be a pleasure both to create and to wear.

This pattern is not only fully written out with stitch counts, it also includes a schematic, a chart for the cable/lace repeats and a video tutorial: how to knit cables without a cable needle.

Sample shawl yardage: 724yds/662m in Woolissime Aurore (100 gr-246yds/225m), 3 skeins. Consider purchasing 1 skein extra if your gauge is off. Or any DK weight yarn: approx. 722-820yds (660-750m).