IYKYK by Kacey Herlihy

IYKYK

Knitting
September 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Main Pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
400 - 500 yards (366 - 457 m)
any size!
English
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IYKYK = if you know, you know

IYKYK is a celebration of texture and special hand-dyed yarn. I was inspired by a combination of older designs of mine, Misnomer and BRB. The stitch pattern from Misnomer is gorgeous in the BRB boomerang shape – my favorite shawl shape to make and wear! All surrounded by i-cord edges, including my special seamless i-cord tab cast on. I recently dyed this new Kacey Knits Yarn colorway Galaxy, and I was determined to create another shawl that works with variegated yarn. Any weight, any size, use those cherished skeins and make a super wearable or giftable piece. If you know my work, you know this is going to be a fun, easy, satisfying project that you’ll want in every colorway!

This boomerang shawl is worked from corner to edge and is shaped using increases and decreases. All-over texture and i-cord edges look and feel amazing!

Designed for two special DK skeins, but grab a third skein and simply keep going if you want to make it bigger! Some testers had to bind off a little early, some were able to make slightly larger shawls with 200g.

This shawl is knit at a slightly tighter gauge to create this yummy texture. Go up a needle size if you’re a tight knitter, or down a size if you’re a loose knitter.

YARN
Kacey Knits Yarn DK, 75% superwash merino wool/25% nylon
246 yds/225 m per 100 g, 2 skeins in colorway Galaxy
468 yds/428m total used for sample

NEEDLES
US 6 (4mm) 32”+ circular needles to accommodate stitch count, or size to obtain gauge

NOTIONS
One removable stitch marker, yarn needle

GAUGE
18 sts and 32 rows = 4” over Main Pattern

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
64”/163cm neckline x 34”/87cm bind off edge