AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle
AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle

A Verb for Keeping Warm

AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle

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AVFKW x Mary Jane Mucklestone - Peach Pit Shawl Bundle

6328 San Pablo Ave

Pickup available, usually ready in 24 hours

6328 San Pablo Ave
Oakland CA 94608
United States

Designed for Year 12 (2021-2022) Pro-Verbial Shawl Club, Peach Pit is a stranded colorwork shawl with a modern motif reminiscent of cut peaches. Wear as a shoulder wrap or stylish bandana! Knit in the round with paired increases to create a triangle, an i-cord bind-off finishes the widest and final edge. Steek stitches at the side edges, once cut, are unraveled to create a festive fringe. Knit with three colors, the background contrasting markedly from the two-color ‘peach pits’. The color possibilities are endless!

- Mary Jane Mucklestone

As we celebrate our garden's 2022 harvest, Mary Jane's shawl is the perfect accompaniment due to the colors and the shapes - so we decided that now would be a great time to release this fun shawl and the accompanying yarn!

One of the reasons we enjoy working with Mary Jane and knitting her designs is due to her extensive background utilizing colorwork and steeks in her work. Many of us at Verb have yet to try a steeked shawl (or steeks at all!), and we've been intrigued and we figured you might feel the same. In case you are new to steeking, here is the lowdown: when working colorwork, it is really helpful to work only the rightside, and to work in the round. Steeks are used when wanting to work in colorwork and while working in the round on pieces with openings such as cardigans, shawls, and even swatches. Mary Jane will show you the ropes through Peach Pit. An added bonus of steeks is that it creates fringe. If you are making a cardigan, you may not want fringe, however, with a shawl, steeking provides the unique opportunity to work with a result of the technique as decoration. A win-win.

To design this piece, it was important to get a high level of contrast so the polka dots really popped. We all knew that we wanted to celebrate the Verb dye garden by using our homegrown marigolds, hence the skein of Stardust. We created a palette of colors for Mary Jane, shipped it off, and she chose bold, warm orange (Tiger Eye), to pair with moody ochre (Lion's Mane). These colors are dyed with madder root, cutch wood, weld flowers, and rhubarb root. Nature is amazing!

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approximately 48” [120 cm] wingspan x 21” [52.5 cm] center drop, post blocking

INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE
A Verb for Keeping Warm Annapurna 80% Merino / 20% cashmere; 385 yds / 352 m per 100 g sk, 1 skein, Stardust

A Verb for Keeping Warm Annapurna 80% Merino / 20% cashmere; 192 yds per 50 g sk, 2 skeins = 1 skein of Lion's Mane and 1 skein of Tiger Eye

Additional necessary items:

SUGGESTED NEEDLES
US 6 / 4mm 24" [60cm] or 32" [80cm] circular needles and same size needle for knitting a small diameter in the round (either DPNs or 32"+ circular for magic loop)

TOOLS
+ Stitch markers
+ Stitch holders
+ Tapestry needle

GAUGE
28 sts and 28 rounds = 4x4in [10x10cm] in Fair Isle pattern, after blocking.

PATTERN
This product does not include the pattern. Please purchase it directly from Mary Jane on Ravelry.