Punkt
Punkt is a joyous shawl that celebrates creativity and freedom. Follow the general instructions of the garter shawl shape and distribute the dots of various sizes to your own liking.
Each dot (in German “Punkt”) is knit holding the strand of the main color together with the contrasting color. This is an easy, simplified version of intarsia I jokingly call lazytarsia. It has the great benefit that you don’t have to juggle many yarn balls.
Size and yarn
Finished measurements: 41 x 87 x 63” / 105 x 220 x 160 cm
Yarn Weight: MC: lace weight held single, CC’s: lace weight held double (alternatively fingering weight held single)
Yarn Sample: MC: 2 skeins of West Wool Glowhair, 72% Mohair, 28% Silk, 437 y / 400 m per 50 g in the color Birch Tree
CC: various colors of laceweight held double: La Bien Aimée Helix, 75% Falkland Merino, 25% Gotland in the colors Fluro Morganite, Sansa and Felix, 75% Falkland Merino, 25 % Corriedale, both 710 y / 650 m per 100 g in the colors Anemone, Kokko, Quartz Fumé and Highgarden,
Meterage/Yardage Lace Weight: M
C: 874 yds / 800 m of lace-weight yarn. CC1–62 88 yds / 80 m each of lace-weight yarn (to be held double) or fingering-weight yarn.
Needles: 3.5 mm / US 4 circular needle of 100 cm
Notions: 3 stitch markers of which one is a removable marker, darning needle, scissor
Lazytarsia
I have always loved intarsia but was slightly scared it would be too tiresome to knit. By experimenting with combining lace weights, I found that if I used several threads, I could get an easy, yet impressive version of intarsia. I also loved the idea of an elegant semi-transparent surface with squishy dots in various sizes and colors scattered across it. Knitters can play around with colors and the placement of the dots without having to care too much about anything. This is something I always enjoy doing when making up patterns for other knitters: to spark the imagination and supply the knitter with a straightforward method they can use to create their own little work of art.
Garter Meets Dots
Punkt follows a simple garter shawl pattern using MC. Dots of 4 different sizes are marled into the fabric holding 2 threads of CC together with the MC. After the first dot, the positioning of the rest is up to you: knitters should feel free to experiment with colors and placement.