Midsommar Shawl, free on Ravelry
Midsommar Shawl is a chunky weight wrap
It uses a mixture of garter stitch, stocking stitch, yarn overs and dropped yarn overs. All are simple to work but they create a lot of different textures and makes it an interesting knit.
I used 5 balls of Rico Melange Chunky in shade 64 - a range of yellow, lilac and teal.
![wrapped shawl as a scarf](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0271/6257/4915/files/midsommar-shawl-rico-melange-chunky-the-woolly-brew_4_1024x1024.jpg?v=1637592641)
Melange Chunky has a long colour sequence of varying lengths so you get thick and thin stripes. It works well over small number of stitches or a lot. Perfect for this shawl which starts with a few stitches and grows quickly to a lot of stitches.
The finished sized is about 220cm along the length and about 55cm at its deepest.
You can block this shawl even bigger. I just soaked in Eucalan, squished out the water and laid it flat, smoothing and straightening the edges. It dried relatively quickly as the Melange Chunky is lightweight despite its chunkiness.
![looped scarf](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0271/6257/4915/files/midsommar-shawl-rico-melange-chunky-the-woolly-brew_3_1024x1024.jpg?v=1637592702)
You need to knit this on a circular needle because there are so many stitches. I started with a 6mm x 60cm (less length is easier to manage with few stitches) and then as the number of stitches grew I moved it onto a 100cm long needle.
The big size means it can be worn over your shoulders like a wrap or you can loop it around your neck like a scarf.
And because it's lightweight you get the bulk without the heaviness.
We have another large wrap in Rico Melange Chunky in the shop. Shades of Wicklow is a triangle shawl with striped stitch patterns.