Class - Assigned Pooling Shawl Winter 2026

Calico is a light and airy triangle shawl reminiscent of your favorite flower print dress. It's designed it to be wide enough to wrap and drape nicely while only needing two skeins of fingering weight yarn. It’s the fourth in a series of projects using the concept of Assigned Pooling. Assigned Pooling occurs when a change in stitch and texture is assigned to changes in color within a skein of variegated yarn. In this case, simple Stockinette Stitch is assigned to the main color to create a backdrop for the floret cluster stitch assigned to the accent color.

SKILLS NEEDED: basic knitting, purling, casting on, binding off

SKILLS LEARNED: bobbles, assigned pooling, tips on controlling the pooling of hand-dyed yarns

CLASS DATES: 3 Thursdays // January 8, 15, 22 4pm-6pm

TEACHER: SHAWN