Is It Spring Yet?

Is It Spring Yet? is worked from the top down in a simple half-circle, starting from a small fan of stitches and growing outward in a smooth curve. It is built in three sections, and each one hands off to the next, so the shawl keeps changing as it grows and never asks you to do the same thing for too long. That steady sense of progress is a good part of why it is such a satisfying make.

The first section is an easy field that lets you settle in. From there you stretch into a section of lace, open and pretty and not a bit fussy, and then the shawl finishes with a fun edge that gives the whole curve a lively border. The three sections are set off from one another, so the finished shawl reads as blocks that build one into the next.

It is a cheerful, everyday size. Blocked, the shawl is 50 inches wide and 25 inches deep, an easy half-circle to settle around the shoulders. There is something hopeful about this one, the kind of shawl you reach for when you are ready for the days to turn brighter, which makes it a fitting thing to have on your hook as one year rolls into the next.

Yarn: 

700 yards / 595m of DK weight yarn, in three colors.

The sample uses Euro Yarns Baby Criative DK (40% alpaca, 30% cotton, 30% modal, 3.5 oz / 100g = 260 yards / 238m) in (A) #10 Aquamarine, (B) #03 Ice Queen, and (C) #16 Groovy Grape.

Hook: 

US size G/6 (4.0 mm), or the size needed for gauge. Make sure you take the time to check it before you start.

Notions: 

Yarn needle.

Gauge: 

14.5 dc and 8.5 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm. Check your gauge before you begin. It sets the finished size and how far your yarn will take you.

Finished Size: 

Blocked, the shawl is 50 inches wide and 25 inches deep. Blocking opens the lace and the edge and sets the half-circle shape, so plan for it.