This pattern helps all the beautiful mini skeins you’ve collected shine. This shawl is knit on the bias with easy-to-memorise stitches, making for an approachable wrap. Knit it with treasured mini skeins, full skeins, or just use this pattern with leftover scraps of various amounts for a fun, vibrant shawl. The stitch pattern emulates the constellation after which the pattern is named with subtle W-shaped eyelets.

To buy

Ultraviolet Knits is available to buy online immediately delivered direct to your email in PDF form at www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/ultraviolet-knits at $22/€20 plus VAT. Alternatively, you can buy a copy of the book on anchorandbee.com at €22 with shipping from 1 July.

Pattern

Knitwear designer Evin Bail O'Keeffe has just released her latest book, Ultraviolet Knits. \ Niall Twamley

Weight of yarn: 1 super fine.

Skill level: Intermediate.

Finished measurements: Length – 50cm. Width – 242cm.

Materials

I used:

  • Eve Chambers Textiles SOCK MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 100% Superwash BFL): 2 skeins Sad Summer (Grey).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Bonkers Biologist (Blue-Green).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Phunky Physicist (Purple).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Crazy Chemist (Grey-Green).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Mad Scientist (Citrus Yellow).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Erratic Engineer (Orange-Peach).
  • Mad Scientist Yarns SOCK STELLAR MINI SKEINS (87yds/80m, 20g, 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Silver Lurex): 1 skein Apoplectic Engineer (Bright Green).
  • Mothy and the Squid 4-PLY SOCK MINI SKEINS (91yds/84m, 20g, 75% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Waterlilies (Aqua-Pink).
  • Mothy and the Squid 4-PLY SOCK MINI SKEINS (91yds/84m, 20g, 75% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Blue Raspberry (Blue-Pink).
  • Mothy and the Squid 4-PLY SOCK MINI SKEINS (91yds/84m, 20g, 75% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Japanese Maple Leaves (Brown-Pink).
  • My Mama Knits CHOUFUNGA SOCK MINI SKEINS (92yds/85m, 20g, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Stardust (Purple).
  • My Mama Knits CHOUFUNGA SOCK MINI SKEINS (92yds/85m, 20g, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 1 skein You Shoot Like Girls (Pink-Green).
  • My Mama Knits CHOUFUNGA SOCK MINI SKEINS (92yds/85m, 20g, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 1 skein That’s a Manly Name (Grey-Green).
  • My Mama Knits CHOUFUNGA SOCK MINI SKEINS (92yds/85m, 20g, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Bee Mine (Grey-Pink-Yellow).
  • My Mama Knits CHOUFUNGA SOCK MINI SKEINS (92yds/85m, 20g, 75% Merino, 25% Nylon): 1 skein Pumpkin Patch Party (Orange).

    • (NOTE: Yarns for this project were sourced at etsy.com/ie/shop/EveChambersTextiles ; www.madscientistyarns.com; www.mymamaknits.com ; www.mothyandthesquid.com)

  • Size US6 (4mm) 24” (60cm) circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
  • Stitch marker.
  • Tapestry needle.
  • Gauge: In pattern stitch 30 sts and 32 rows = 4 in/10cm.

    • CO 138 sts with a stretchy or long-tail cast on.

    Row 1 (RS): Sl1kw, k2, kfb, *k1, yo, k3, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, k3, yo; rep from * until 4 sts remain, k2tog, k2.

    Row 2 (WS) and all even-numbered rows: Sl1kw, k2, purl until 3 sts remain, k3.

    Row 3: Sl1kw, k2, kfb, *k2, yo, k2, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, k2, yo, k1; rep from * until 4 sts remain, k2tog, k2.

    Row 5: Sl1kw, k2, kfb, *k3, yo, k1, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k2; rep from * until 4 sts remain, k2tog, k2.

    Row 7: Sl1kw, k2, kfb, *k4, yo, sl1kw, k2tog, psso, yo, k3; rep from * until 4 sts remain, k2tog, k2.

    Repeat until yarn runs out, switching mini-skeins as you go. This can be done mid-row if you like.

    Bind off loosely.

    Block and weave in ends.

    Glossary

    Here are terms and abbreviations used in the Cassiopeia Mini Skein Shawl.

  • Block: After a knitted garment or item is complete, sometimes the stitches may be uneven or edges may roll. To train the stitches to lay flat or take on a shape, such as a tea cosy, use steam or moisture followed by drying time in a set position. This should not be done on ribbing or other stitches requiring a retention of stretch. Lace knitting is especially transformed when blocked because it goes from compressed and wrinkled to smooth and spread out.
  • Gauge: Number of stitches and rows in a 4-by-4-inch section of knitted material is needed to create the project in the desired size and stitch density.
  • K2tog: Knit 2 stitches together at this part of the pattern. This is used as a manner of decreasing stitches, to balance added stitches for a consistent stitch count, or for a design feature.
  • Kfb: Knit in the front and back of the stitch to increase one stitch.
  • Kw: Knitwise. The right needle slipping into a stitch on the left needle from left to right, as if to knit the stitch. It may also read as ‘Sl1kw’
  • PSSO: Pass Slipped Stitch Over. Pass the most recent slipped stitch over the last worked stitch(es) between slipping the stitch and the PSSO action.
  • YO: Yarn over. Simply wrap the working yarn around the right needle to create a new stitch.

    • NOTE: While each pattern has been technically tested, if errata (corrections) are required, they will be posted at anchorandbee.com