Nairobi Adventures
I loved living in Nairobi. It was a time where every outing, even a trip to the grocery store, could be an adventure. But we had big adventures, too. With Nairobi as our base, we could venture out and see animals and wild beauty, with plenty of time to be home for lunch.
For this project, Beachy Breeze Fibers dyed a special colorway called “Mossy Fieldstone” based on a photo I took of our wall in our Nairobi backyard, representing our home base. Welts and integrated I-cords represent our forays out for adventures, and if you look closely at the lace, you, might see elephant ears and trunks. Wear this shawl on your next adventure!
Nairobi Adventures is part of The Knitting on Safari Collection, three shawls by Kino Knits. These shawls showcase one, two, and three colors, respectively. All three shawls can be knit in any yarn weight/gauge and any yardage!
Skills:
Garter tab cast-on, increases, decreases, lace (charted and written options), integrated I-Cord (fully explained in pattern), welts (tutorial video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNlRyBxQVkE).
Yarn:
2 colors fingering yarn. Recommend at least 100 g/3.5 oz skein. May use different weights if desired, though this will affect the finished size of the shawl. This shawl was successfully test-knit in lace, fingering, sport, and DK weights.
Sample shown in Beachy Breeze Fibers Boardwalk Sock (75% merino, 25% nylon), 446 yds/408 m per 3.53 oz/100 g), colorways Mossy Fieldstone (C1) and Olive Branch (C2), one full skein each.
Needles:
US 7 (4.5 mm) for fingering weight. Use smaller needles for finer yarn and larger needles for thicker yarn to achieve a drapey fabric.
Circular needle 1-3 sizes smaller than above, to work welts.
Tools:
4 stitch markers
Gram scale to weigh yarn as you go
Tapestry needle
Blocking mat and wires and/or pins
Sample Blocked Gauge:
For fingering: 20 stitches and 40 rows = 4”/10 cm in garter, using larger needles
Size:
As this shawl is highly adaptable, the finished dimensions will vary with yardage. Sample used 199 g (888 yards/812 m) fingering yarn and measured 70”/178 cm for A (top edge/wingspan), 107/”272 cm for B (bottom edge), and 16”/40.5 cm for C (depth).
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