Duck Pond Shawl Knitting Kit | Yak Merino Sock Yarn

Yep. Those are duck footprints. 🦆🧶🏴☠️

The Duck Pond Shawl was inspired by the footprints my Muscovy ducks left waddling through the snow outside my dye barn. And yes, those adorable little footprints ended up in a knitting pattern!

The prints travel right along the edge of this asymmetrical shawl, where you can actually see them when you're wearing it. The rest combines relaxing stockinette and garter stitch ridges for a shawl that's fun and interesting without being overly complicated.

And it's knit with my hand dyed Treasured Yak Toes Sock Yarn, a luxurious blend of merino, yak and nylon with gorgeous depth of color and a soft, drapey feel.

Designed in collaboration with Ellen of The Chilly Dog.

🧶 What’s in Your Booty

• 2 full 100g skeins of Treasured Yak Toes Sock Yarn in the Main Color

• 1 coordinating 50g skein in the Contrast Color

• Approximately 1,092 yards total

• Duck Pond Shawl knitting pattern

• 1 stitch marker

Everything gathered together and ready for one seriously cute yarn adventure.

💬 Why You’ll Love This Kit

• Yes, there are actual duck footprints in the shawl!

• The footprints travel along the edge where you can see them when it's worn

• Relaxing stockinette and garter stitch with a fun motif to keep things interesting

• Written AND charted instructions

• Approachable for adventurous beginners

• Luxurious merino, yak and nylon blend

• 250 grams of my hand dyed yarn

• Everything you need for the project except your needles

• Makes a fabulous gift for a knitter... or a perfectly reasonable gift for yourself

🎨 Choose Your Color Adventure

Turquoise + Orange
Mermaid's Curse + Lusty Wench

Natural Gray + Orange
Sandy Shores + Lusty Wench

Natural Gray + Turquoise
Sandy Shores + Mermaid's Curse

Turquoise + Natural Gray
Mermaid's Curse + Sandy Shores

🦆 About Those Duck Prints...

Here's how this whole thing happened.

One snowy winter, I shared photos of the footprints left by my Muscovy ducks as they waddled around our homestead. They live here year round and, despite being perfectly capable of flying, would much rather wander back and forth between the barn and their pond.

My designer friend Ellen of The Chilly Dog saw those little prints and decided they HAD to become a shawl.

So we combined her design skills with my hand dyed yarn and the Duck Pond Shawl was born.

The duck footprint motif travels along the straight edge of the shawl, while stockinette and garter stitch ridges grow across the body. That means when you wrap up in your finished shawl, those adorable little footprints are right there along the edge.

Is it possibly THE BEST COMBINATION OF YARN & PATTERN IN THE HISTORY OF TIME?

I mean...I have ducks in the fight, but I think so. 🦆🏴☠️

⚓ The Yarn

Treasured Yak Toes Sock Yarn
70% superwash merino wool / 20% yak / 10% nylon

Main Color: 2 full skeins, 100g / 437 yards each
Contrast Color: 1 half skein, 50g / 218 yards
Total: 250g / approximately 1,092 yards

The natural gray yak fiber adds richness and depth to my hand dyed colors, while merino keeps the yarn soft and nylon adds durability.

The result is a soft, luxurious yarn with gorgeous color and beautiful drape.

⚓ You’ll Also Need

US 4 (3.5 mm) 40-inch circular knitting needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Knitting needles are not included in the kit.

⚓ Skill Level

Adventurous beginner and up.

The pattern includes BOTH written and charted instructions, so you can follow whichever works best for your knitting brain.

⚓ The Details

Kit value: $92
Your price: $85

This listing is for ONE Duck Pond Shawl Knitting Kit. Finished shawls shown in the photos are examples of what your yarny treasure can become and are not included.

A note from the yarn pirate dye barn: Colors can vary a bit from one screen to another. I do my best to photograph my hand dyed yarn as accurately as possible.