Contains:
- Knitting pattern for graphic garter stitch shawl
- Schematic and row-by-row stitch counts included
- Suitable for advanced beginners
Materials you need at home:
- Approximately 1055 m of fingering weight yarn in two to thirteen colors. The requirements for each section and the border are as follows: 170 m for section 1, 95 m for section 2, 70 m for section 3, 55 m for section 4, 60 m for section 5, 65 m for section 6, 60 m for section 7, 45 m for section 8, 40 m for section 9, 45 m for section 10, 55 m for section 11, 80 m for section 12, and 215 m for the border
- 3.75 mm/US 5 needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. Gauge is not critical but will affect yardage required and finished size. A circular with a 60 cm cable works well
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
An asymmetrical triangular garter stitch shawl knit in at least two - but as many as thirteen - colors.
Pattern includes spreadsheets that you can download with row-by-row stitch counts for each section. A sketch of the finished shawl is included for color planning.
Skills required: decreasing (k2tog), increasing (kfb), short rows (instructions included), picking up stitches (border only)
Finished measurements: approximately 178 cm across and 63.5 cm deep
Gauge: 22 stitches and 44 rows to 10 cm in lightly blocked garter stitch
Note: Though conversions to the metric system have been made on this page for your convenience, the pattern itself uses American measurements.
Laura Aylor
If ‘knitting designer’ had been one of the job choices for those aptitude tests they give you in high school, I wouldn’t have spent so many years trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. My best subject in high school was math; my best classes in college were logic, drawing, and a commercial art class. After careers in computer programming/analysis and child-rearing, knit design snuck up on me, but I think it’s the perfect use of my odd skill set! I love every step of the process, from figuring out how to actually make what I’ve envisioned to putting the finishing touches on a pattern, not to mention all the knitting that comes in between!
I also love reading and hiking and spending time on Brier Island in Nova Scotia every summer.