Hi, my lovely fiber friend! I am so excited to share this week’s gorgeous shawl with you. It’s a stunning mosaic knitted shawl pattern called Wilbraham, and I hope you love it just as much as I do!
Wilbraham was designed by Janica York Carter. Make it with our Resilient Sock yarn, for a sophisticated addition to your wardrobe!
She says, “The moment I saw the gorgeous colors in the Copper Patina kit, I was reminded of beautiful domes atop magnificent buildings. I wanted to design something with architectural elements, such as coffered ceilings and mosaic friezes. This wrap maintains clean lines with a simple rectangular shape but has colorful flourishes and textures that are deceptively simple to achieve.
Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham (1632-1705) has been called the first female architect of the United Kingdom. Women weren’t permitted to be architects at the time, but it is likely she designed about 400 grand houses that were attributed to men. Historians now believe that she was a tutor to Sir Christopher Wren, and she helped him design 18 of the 52 churches that he worked on following the 1666 Great Fire of London.”
We filmed two video tutorials for you showing you how to knit this stunning shawl!
Have a look:
The sample shown features our Copper Patina Hues Kit, but you can use any 3 skeins of our Resilient Sock yarn to make this shawl.
The total yards used for this sample: approximately 1,150 yds (375 yds Color A, 375 yds Color B, 400 Color C).
We sincerely hope you love knitting this stunning mosaic shawl. The coffered squares and mosaic panels will keep you interested throughout and mosaic knitting is such a fun technique to learn. You may become addicted!
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Talk to ya soon.
XOXOXOÂ Chandi
I am confused by an instruction in the shawl pattern Wilbraham. In the Coffered Squares section, row 4 says …….”sm, p1, k11, ( p2, k11) across to last 7 sts”……
And in Row 5 it says the same thing but using p11 instead of k11.
What does p11 and k11 mean in these two rows? It does not make sense to me. I need some help. I have tried googling this but no help there. Thank you.
RE: My previous email to you a few minutes ago.
I figured it out. I don’t need help now.
Thank you.
Just to clarify. Received the beautiful copper patina hues in the mail today. To make the wrap as photographed-A, B, and C yarns. In the pattern is A the green, B the variegated and C the copper? I realize I could do whatever but to replicate the photograph, please clarify. Thanks
Yes, that’s the correct color sequence! Enjoy!
I think by looking at the example wilbraham shawl the colors are not as janice mentioned but rather A=green, B=copper, and C=variegated! Otherwise you could not get the darker copper at one end and the green at the other end! Unfortunately, I started my shawl with the incorrect colors and now need to undo if I want the darker brown/copper at one end and bright green at other end. I hope others do not make the same mistake
I love this pattern, but just a suggestion. The coffered squares section should also have a chart. I personally much prefer knitting from a chart instead of trying to read written instructions.
Thanks for the suggestion.
I think by looking at the example wilbraham shawl the colors are not as janice mentioned but rather A=green, B=copper, and C=variegated! Otherwise you could not get the darker copper at one end and the green at the other end! Unfortunately, I started my shawl with the incorrect colors and now need to undo if I want the darker brown/copper at one end and bright green at other end. I hope others do not make the same mistake