Swift Current

Swift Current

C$6.50Price
This design is available in English and French and is part of ‘Strong and Free’, a Canadian themed collection created in collaboration with Heidi Kirrmaier (HeidiKdesigns).
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I enjoyed creating and knitting Swift Current so much! This multidirectional piece, featuring stripes, short rows and texture, will keep you wanting to knit one more row to get to the next section, changing from one colour to the next!

  • Tech Specs

    You will need:

     

    Main Colour (MC) : approximately 560 metres / 615 yards of fingering yarn

     

    Contrasting Colour (CC): approximately 320 metres / 350 yards of fingering yarn

     

    Sample shown in Sweet Georgia CashLuxe Spark; 2 skeins in colorway ‘sapphire’ (MC) and 1 skein in colorway ‘silver’ (CC)

     

    3.75 mm / US 5 circular needle

     

    Tapestry needle and 5 stitch markers

  • Sizes

    FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

     

    178 cm / 70” (wide) and 69 cm / 27” (deep)

     

    ​GAUGE

     

    20 sts and 37 rows = 10 cm or 4” in garter stitch (knit every row) with 3.75 mm/US 5 needle (after blocking) (the gauge isn’t crucial but it could affect the size of your shawl)