Contains:
- Pattern for simple scalloped shawl, perfect for a cool spring or summer day
- Suitable for advanced beginners
Materials you need at home:
- Approximately 485 m of fingering-weight yarn: 385 m of the main color and 100 m of a contrasting color. Sample shown was knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light (100% merino)
- 3.5 mm/US 4 needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. A circular is best because of the number of stitches
- 12 locking stitch markers
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
- Blocking supplies
Tes is a little garter stitch crescent shawl in two colors with a scalloped edge and picots. Designed specifically to be worn bandanna-style around your neck, it also makes a light shoulder covering for warmer weather.
Skills required: increasing, backwards-loop cast-on, short rows, knitted-on cast-on (for the picot bind-off)
Because of the short row scallops, resizing is not recommended, although you can use a heavier weight yarn for a larger shawl.
Finished measurements: approximately 152.5 cm wide and 35.5 cm deep after blocking
Gauge: 22 stitches to 10 cm of 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.