I made this as a wedding present for my cousin, and it was my first circle shawl as well as my entry into making more intricate lace shawls; it turned out well, and is easier than it looks. The center is an adaptation of a birch leaf lace I used to make a small triangle shawl for my grandmother, and the outside is a classic, basic old shale.

The gauge given is fairly rough--by the nature of the pi shawl, the gauge varies. Also, I actually worked the center in a nameless, unknown yardage of angora lace yarn; I’m extrapolating from the known yarn I used for the outside. The finished shawl is approx. 4 feet and a bit in diameter (it’s hard to measure with the wavy edge); I’m 5’3”, and it is a nice size for me, but it does want a shawl pin. Larger needles might help, plus I ran out of yarn around the 70-somethingth row of the feather and fan section (as written, the pattern calls for 96 rows there).

Update: I made the bright pink child version with one hank of Madelinetosh Tosh Lace, with a bit over. Two hanks of that would certainly have made me a full-sized shawl, so I’m revising my estimates of yardage down a bit. (Only adaptation for kid sized shawl was that I did fewer old shale repeats).