Agave Fields Shawl

Succulents are okay with who they are. They don’t need the most dazzling blooms. They bring a simple beauty to often neglected places, and are also the only plants my black thumbs can keep alive.

Maybe it would be easier to have an adorable pink polka dot plant or some fresh basil if my cat wasn’t such a jerk, but here we are. My poor succulents live in a birdcage to keep them safe. And if my cat doesn’t get to a plant unlucky enough to leave the store with me, then I’ll certainly over or under water them until they rot and die.

I want to be like one of those girls — you know the ones I’m talking about. They live in an 800 square foot apartment, but somehow still manage to make it look light and airy because of all the healthy, 100 percent alive and thriving plants. My grandmother was one of those girls before it was cool. Visiting her house as a child was like stepping into a fairy glen that also happened to serve enchiladas and had pictures of Jesus on the walls. She always made it look so easy.

This shawl, on the other hand, is actually easy. It’s perfect for Advanced Beginners looking to stretch their muscles or more intermediate knitters looking for a satisfying knit that won’t take ages to complete. (Yay, DK weight!) It only took me one season of Fringe to knit this shawl.

Side Note: Yes, here at Lattes & Llamas, we measure everything in binge-able episodes of our favorite television shows. We are those nerds.

The Agave Fields Shawl was inspired by these gorgeous pictures of people walking through actual blue agave fields in Mexico at sunset. The decadence of the single-ply alpaca yarn hearkens back to sweet agave nectar while the simplicity of the pattern prepares you for what those fields are really planted for: Tequila.

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About the Pattern

This pattern is an Advanced Beginner triangle shawl with the option to add tassels. A link to a photo tutorial on how to make tassels is embedded in the PDF of the pattern. Gauge is not crucial for this project, but variations will affect yardage requirements and final measurements.

Required Skills: Knit; Purl; YO; K2Tog; sl wyib; sl wyif; Comfortable carrying yarn between color changes.

Recommended Yarn: One skein of Lattes & Llamas Escape Yarn (100 grams/ 252 yards) or comparable DK weight yarn in two contrasting colorways. Sample is shown in ‘British Bake-Off’ (CC1) and ‘Reptile Room’ (CC2).

Needles: US7 /4.5 mm 40” circular needles or long enough to hold a large number of sts.

After spending awhile editing the original photographs I took of Megan-Anne wearing the shawl, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it would be 30% better if it had tassels. Since this shawl is destined to be worn by me all autumn and winter long, I decided to follow my heart and add tassels. You don’t have to, of course. I never thought I’d be a tassel sort of lass either, but here we are.

Before Megan-Anne and I met up at our local greenhouse to snap a couple of new pics to show what it looks like with tassels, I had to swear to my husband that I wouldn’t leave with any new plants. After killing a cute little African Violet and Pink Polka Dot plant last month, I am currently banned from purchasing new plants to murder until he forgets that I’m banned. Jokes on him though because my succulents have outgrown their current pot. After we finished taking pics, I got myself a bag of cactus soil to try my hand at propagating succulents from cuttings of my own plants. They aren’t new if I already own them.

Checkmate, David.

~Jac

One day I’ll turn these black thumbs green.