A vibrant and fun example of a colour pooling stole, this project was inspired by our unapologetically fun Secret Stash Club colourway, Lightning Rod. This hand-painted skein is filled with vibrance and life, and it called for a project that would match the same energy of the skein.
A striking way to maintain and highlight each of the colour sections with hand-painted yarn is by using a pattern that will allow the colours to align and “pool” together. SweetGeorgia Team member Anita selected the Fairy Leaves pattern and immediately began working out the pattern’s magic number.
ABOUT LIGHTNING ROD
Our June 2024 colourway, Lightning Rod, was dyed this for both our monthly yarn and quarterly fibre club subscribers. It was inspired by Pop art artist Roy Lichtenstein and his bold, comic book-styled paintings (Thwack! Ka-pow!). They feature primary colour palettes, simplification of details, and increased scale and contrast for the purpose of emphasizing an idea. We were experimenting with the idea of working with printing primaries (cyan, magenta, and yellow), and mixing them with a broad white base.
Read more about the Lightning Rod colourway inspiration »
KNITTING THE FAIRY LEAVES COLOUR-POOLING STOLE
A colourful and fun pattern by Gladys We, the Fairy Leaves knitting pattern is a fabulous (and free) colour pooling stole design. Anita started this stole with a crocheted provisional cast on. She then began working to figure out the magic number to have the colour sections align in the shawl. (The magic number was 50!) Each knitter will need to adjust this number of stitches dependent on their own gauge.
At the end of the shawl, she went back to remove the waste yarn and replaced it with a garter edge. The garter edge was knit using the Dark Orchid mini-skein included with the June Yarn Club.
This project was not a difficult knit, however a knit which took some additional time. Adjusting tension was done on almost every row to help make the colours fall where Anita wanted. It was a little bit of additional work, but in the end, a fabulous and fun result!
JOIN THE CLUB
We look forward to sharing more project inspiration with colourways we’ve concocted as part of our Secret Stash Club. Telling stories through our colours and sharing how we see the world, we hope you join us there!
Fairy Leaves Colour Pooling Stole in Lightning Rod
Equipment
- 1 Circular Knitting Needles in size 3.75mm / US 5
Materials
- 1 skein Tough Love Sock in Lightning Rod
- 1 mini-skein Tough Love Sock in Dark Orchid
Instructions
- Access Gladys We's Fairy Leaves Pooling Stole knitting pattern — a free pattern available on Ravelry. The pattern link includes helpful information about how to plan your colour pooling stole, as well as tips on how to maintain the colour sections throughout.
- Cast on 50 stitches. This can be done using the included Dark Orchid mini-skein for additional length in your scarf project, or with the Lightning Rod colourway.
- Knit garter stitch rows, as per pattern directions.
- Switching to the Lightning Rod colourway, follow the stitch pattern instructions until you have enough yarn left to finish on row 7 or 15 of the stitch pattern.
- Switch to Dark Orchid and knit garter stitch rows, as per pattern direction.
- Cast off loosely. If knitting with Lightning Rod for the garter edge, cast off very loosely using a sewn bindoff, as suggested in the pattern directions.
- Wet block the scarf and pin out as needed to open up the lace pattern.
- Let dry and enjoy!
Notes
Link to Pattern
Link to pattern
