Some say love … it is a river, that drowns the tender reed …

The shawl is worked on the bias in a rib and cable pattern. An intarsia stripe separates the cabled border from the shawl body.

It can be worked in a variety of yarns and to any desired size.

Difficulty level: intermediate (cables, intarsia)

Yarn: Knit Picks Bare Hare (80% merino wool, 20% angora; 200m/50g; 219yds/1.76oz); 3 skeins. Lana Grossa Meilenweit Special (80% wool, 20% nylon; 209m/50g; 229yds/1.76oz); 1 ball. Sample in a length of 135cm (54in) and 50cm (20in) at its widest point used 456m (499yds) of main color (Bare Hare) and 34m (37yds) of contrast color (Meilenweit Special).

Needles: 3.5mm/US 4

Notions: cable needle, yarn needle

Gauge: 26 stitches/36 rows in ribs = 10cm/4in.

Size: can be worked to any desired size