• Jen, standing outside, smiles at the camera. She wears a blue dress and hits hat with a striped, hand knit shawl.
  • Seen from behind, Jen holds a pastel striped shawl, knit in a triangle shape with tassels at each corner. She wears a white hat with a blue dress. Trees can be seen in the background.
  • Seen from above at an angle, Jen smiles and looks off camera. She wears a striped, hand knit shawl with a blue dress and a white hat.
  • Standing in a park, Jen wears a pastel knit shawl with a blue dress and a white hat. The shawl has tassels at each corner. Trees can be seen in the background.
  • Jen leans against a wooden railing, smiling at the camera. She wears a multicolored shawl, knit in a triangle shape, with a blue dress and a white hat.
  • Seen up close, Jen wears a pastel shawl, knit with tassels at each end. The textured seed stitch pattern can be seen.
  • Jen stands on a beach, looking off camera and wearing a hand knit striped shawl with a blue dress and a white hat.
  • Seen from behind, Jen wears a striped shawl with a blue dress and a white hat. The shawl is knit in a triangle shape, and flows in the wind. A beach and waterfront can be seen in the background.
  • Jen stands in front of a body of water, looking off camera. She wears a shawl knit in pastel stripes with tassels on each end over a blue dress.
  • Seen from the side, Jen leans against a wooden railing. She wears a striped, triangle shaped shawl, knit from mini skeins, over a blue dress.
  • Seen from behind, Jen wears a pastel striped shawl, draped over her shoulders. The shawl has tassels at each point of the triangle shape. A beach and some trees can be seen in the background.
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Mini Drama

Mini Drama

$7.50 USD
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Mini Drama - the mini-skein buster shawl knitting pattern

Here’s the thing with little skeins: if you don’t swatch with them, how can you plan a project? But if you swatch, you’ve used up lots of your yarn! Introducing Mini Drama, a flexible pattern for making the most of your mini skeins, half skeins, scraps, or gradient packs.

Mini Drama can be knit as a shawlette or a full-sized shawl depending on your stash, and some sections are adjustable to accommodate yarn usage. Optional tassels can be attached at the three points for extra flair, and the shawl is designed with a versatile linen stitch, making this pattern customizable to both your stash and your wardrobe needs. 

Construction

Mini Drama begins with a few stitches at the center top neck, and is worked flat to the points of the triangle. Specific instructions are provided to create the shawlette and the full-sized shawl.

Sizes

Finished shawlette measurements: 52.5 inches / 130.5 cm wingspan; 23 inches / 58.5 cm deep.

Finished shawl measurements: 82 inches/ 208.5 cm wingspan; 36 inches / 91 cm deep.

Project size can be adjusted by working more or fewer rows and varying the stripe pattern.

Download the full schematic here.

Yarn

Sample 1 (shawlette) shown in Sprinkled Fibers 2 Ply Fingering

75% superwash merino, 25% nylon; 463 yds / 423 m per 100 g skein. This is a hand-dyed, 2-ply light fingering weight yarn.

Main color (MC): 260 yds / 240 m; 1 skein.

Contrasting colors (CC) (shown in a 5 mini skein gradient): 440 yds / 400 m; 5 mini skein set.

Sample 2 (full-sized shawl) shown in Leading Men Fiber Arts Showstopper: Intermission

75% superwash merino wool, 25% nylon; 231 yds / 165 m per 50 skein. This is a hand-dyed, light fingering weight yarn.

MC (shown in Dust in the Wind): 890 yds / 810 m; 3 skeins.

CC (shown in Dirty Truce, Perfection, The Haunted Wood, Gothic Queen, and Vintage Sleigh Ride): 890 yds / 810 m; 5 skeins.

Gauge

27 sts and 41 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in linen stitch.

Needles

US 6 / 4.0 mm

Notions

  • 1 Stitch marker
  • Tapestry needle

Techniques

  • Working directional increases
  • Working an i-cord edging

Credits

Tech Edit:  Heather Storta
Photography: Anna-Lisa Miller
Model: Jennifer Parroccini
Testers: Kelly, Tonya, Andrea, Leslie (Ravelry), Indira (Ravelry)

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