Cloud Waltz
Cloud Waltz
Cloud Waltz - a soft, elegant shawl knitting pattern
Cloud Waltz floats. It’s a kitten tinking across piano keys. It’s unspun cumulus clouds coaxed into roving. It’s just enough sunlight to warm your shoulders, and a sigh of a breeze might set the whole thing adrift.
The Cloud Waltz shawl features biased cables punctuated with delicate garter stitch, a textural contrast to the elegance of creamy stockinette. The result is an organic shape with scalloped edges and oodles of texture. It can be worn unblocked for coils of lofty texture, or blocked flat for fluttering elegance.
Construction
Cloud Waltz is worked end to end.
Sizes
One Size
Finished measurements: 73 inches / 182.5 cm long; 17 inches / 42.5 cm wide.
The pattern provides yardage and instructions for creating a wider project.
Yarn
Sample shown in Little Fox Yarn Nuages
74% baby suri alpaca / 26% silk; 328 yds / 50 g per skein This is a fluffy, heavy lace weight yarn. The final fabric is light with lots of drape.
Yardage (shown in Whisker): 1100 yds / 1005 m; 4 skeins.
Gauge
23 stitches and 28 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette with size A needles.
Needles
Size A: US size 6 / 4 mm
Size B: US size 5 / 3.75 mm
Notions
- Stitch markers (optional)
- Cable needle
- Tapestry needle
Techniques
- Working directional increases and decreases
- Working cables
Credits
Tech edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Hypnotic Imagery, LLC
Model: Jennifer Parroccini
Testers: Carolyn, Astrid, Aubrey