Superheroes is a shawl designed for two yarns of different weight and provide an excellent way to play with different colorways: Same colorway on two different bases? Variegated worsted weight with a semi-solid fingering weight? Two contrasting solids? A scrappy shawl made up of mini-skeins? The choice is yours and the possibilities nearly endless.

The solid textured sections are knit in a worsted or aran weight yarn while the lace sections are knit in a fingering weight yarn. All increases are worked in the textured sections.

Materials
• 1 skein McClellan Fingering or other fingering weight yarn
• 1-2 skeins Wexford Merino Silk. Sample shown used all but 6 inches of an average skein of Wexford.
• US Size 8 needle (5 mm)
• Blocking supplies as desired
• Tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends
• 8 stitch markers; more if desired

Yardages/Weights in Sample
While every knitter’s gauge is different and each knitter will use a different amount of yarn, I have included the amount I used for each section in the sample for those who are thinking of creating this shawl out of scrap yarn or mini-skein sets.

Cognac (set-up): 12 yards (3 grams)
Fireside Chat (first Wexford Section): 32 yards (15 grams)
Lucky Penny (McClellan Section 1): 48 yards (12 grams)
Fireside Chat (second Wexford Section): 52.5 yards (25 grams)
Guinness (McClellan Section 2): 64 yards (16 grams)
Fireside Chat (third Wexford Section): 75 yards (34 grams)
Kale (McClellan Section 1): 80 yards (20 grams)
Fireside Chat (fourth Wexford Section): 115 yards (45 grams)
Night Cap (McClellan Section 2 and bind off): 128 yards (32 grams)

Pattern Stitch Gauge
Work gauge swatch in the worsted weight yarn.
Cast on 25 stitches.

Row 1 (WS): k3, (p1, k1) to last 4 stitches, p1, k3
Row 2: k
Row 3: k4, (p1, k1) to last 3 stitches, k3
Row 4: k

Repeat these rows 6 more times.

In this pattern, you should have a gauge of 14 stitches and 20 rows per 4 inches.