Review of Andra Mowry’s Nightshift Shawl pattern – while using Fingering weight yarn! It turned out beautiful, but would I recommend you use fingering weight? Find out!
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Materials:
Nightshift Shawl Pattern by Andrea Mowry
6 Skeins of Worsted Weight yarn – I decided to do mine in fingering weight though. I ended up using the same yarn I used for my mom’s What the Fade Shawl.
A 32” Addi Circular Knitting Needle in size 3.
The pattern:
The Nightshift Shawl pattern, like all of Andrea Mowry’s patterns, is well written and easy to follow. It was really easy to memorize so I didn’t have to reference it very often. This makes it a great mindless knit!
This is a mosaic knitting pattern. It gives the illusion of knitting color work, but you actually only knit with one color at a time and just slip the other colors. This was my first time doing mosaic and I’m hooked on this technique!
The pattern provides you with the instructions for the basic pattern which allows you complete freedom for color combinations. It also provides you with the formula for how to match your colors together as well in case you don’t want to have to think about it.
I followed the pattern as written with the color formula as well – for the most part. Since I used the fingering weight yarn instead of the suggested weight (worsted weight), I needed to add extra sections to make it large enough to wear. This is where I had to decide which color combinations I was going to put together. So, I ended up getting a sense for which I liked better.
Overall, this pattern is a BLAST to knit up! It keeps it interesting and it is easy to make “goals” for yourself so you just want to keep knitting (just one more row!!). I would absolutely recommend this pattern to anyone – newbies included. However, I would recommend you use the correct weight of yarn! Because I did the fingering weight, I had to add about 7 – 8 more sections than what the pattern calls for and it felt like it took forever!
Reveal:
Enjoyed knitting this, but hate that the long edges roll up😟
Did you wet block it?
I loved knitting. I have completed five but ALL have rolled with the I Cord Bind off. I’ve done some research to see if there was another alternative. I have five more shawls waiting to to be bound off. Any suggestions would be a blessing.
Hi Linda! Are you wet blocking your shawls? This should help with the rolling edges!
That looks beautiful! I have the same idea of using fingering weight yarn. But need to figure out how much yarn I will need. How much yardage or weight of each color did you use with fingering weight yarn?
I don’t think I weighted my yarn unfortunately! I just went for it until I felt it was big enough!
I completed all 10 sections for Midnight shift shawl and now I need to add more sections. Where do I start to add more sections?
Hi Norma,
I would just keep going on the long edge until it’s the size you’d like it to be!
Michaeli-