Combine colourwork and lace to create this striking lightweight shawl.
What's covered in this workshop?
This Teachable course goes hand-in-hand with the included written Cois Farraige shawl knitting pattern so you'll never be left wondering how to approach a section.
Some of the techniques covered in this course are:
- Long Tail Cast on
- Picking up edge stitches
- Section 1 set up
- Woring the Cois Farraige stitch pattern
- Shawl set up section 2
- How to check stitch pattern line ups
- I-cord bind off
- Picot Bind off
- Finishing
- Bonus pdf on shawl design
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Wondering About the Cois Farraige Shawl?
Press play on this video and Carol will explain pattern construction and some of the tips and techniques you'll find inside this learn to knit course:
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Learn to Knit Curriculum
Meet Your Teacher
Carol trained initially as a textile artist and then as a structural engineer. While both of these backgrounds are very different the influences can be seen in her design work which is well-shaped, flattering to wear and enjoyable to knit.
She strives to design clothing with a difference: not overly complex, but still giving a very unique end product. She likes to work with different construction methods, so long as they enhance the knitting experience and make for a more intuitively put-together knitted item.
Carol has been widely published in books and magazine and travels the world teaching in yarn shops and fibre festivals. The classes she teaches cover a wide range of subjects from cables and chart reading, through garment shaping and customisation right through to short rows and colourwork. In her classes you'll move from learning the basics to refining your knitting skills and fixing problems.
Pattern Information
SIZES
One Size
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 66” / 167.5 cm
Depth: 32.5” / 82.5 cm
YARN
Stolen Stitches ‘Blasta Light’ (60% Fine Irish Wool, 40% New Zealand Wool; 470 yds / 430 m per 3.6 oz / 100 g); colour A: Farraig; 1 skein, Colour B: Emerald.
Approx Yardage: 400 yds / 366 m for Colour A and 447 yds / 409 m for Colour B
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US size 6 / 4 mm circular needles, 40” / 100 cm long
Always use a needle size that gives you the gauge listed, as every knitter’s gauge is unique.
2 stitch markers, tapestry needle.
GAUGE
19 sts and 36 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch blocked
19 sts and 32 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in Lace Pattern blocked
Would you like a yarn kit?
Yarn kits are available for all of our project workshops. You can find the exact colour that Carol chose herself or choose from colour combinations provided.
Cois Farraige is knit using our Blasta Light yarn. Blasta is known for phenomenal stitch definition with a soft, rustic charm and 60% Irish fleece. It's the result of Project Homegrown with Donegal Yarns. By working on a good selection from the various breeds with improved sorting and grading, they have established an excellent yarn that is comfortable to knit with and wear. The blend contains 60% Fine Irish with 40% New Zealand Lambswool.
So if you'd like to pick up a yarn kit or put your own colour combinations together just click the button below:
Looking for more?
Browse the Learn to Knit Project Workshops below. Each one has different tips and techniques for you to learn from cables to colourwork you'll find something new in each course.
