Fragile

This modular shawl grows in slanting log-cabin sections, with changing stripes depicting the instability of melting ice in spring or melting rock in lava.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)

Arctic Colourway (shown in Large size)
A Lochan: 4(6) x 25g balls
B Ardnamurchan: 4(7) x 25g balls
C Hirst: 4(10) x 25g balls

Volcanic Colourway (shown in Small size)
A Cranachan: 4(6) x 25g balls
B Birkin: 4(7) x 25g balls
C Lochan: 4(10) x 25g balls

Needles and notions
Two 60-80cm / 24-32in gauge-size circular needle
Tapestry needle
Locking stitch marker

Gauge
24 sts and 48 rows to 10cm / 4in over garter stitch on gauge-size needle.
Use 3.25mm needle as a starting point for swatching.
Gauge is achieved using garter stitch. Gauge needs not be strictly followed, but a significantly larger gauge will affect the amount of yarn needed.

Sizes
Small(Large)
Wingspan (long edges): 147(173)cm / 58(68)in
Depth (short edge): 137(150)cm / 54(59)in

Pattern notes
This shawl is knit in sections of increasing size, in log-cabin sections on a slant. Work starts with a small rhombus, and sections are added on one side, then the other. Using two circular needles makes it easy to go back and forth between sections. Stripes of changing sizes create an illusion of movement and perspective.