This shawl/scarf is totally reversible and can be easily made from one skein of yarn. The garter stitch-based lace edges are knit on either long edge at the same time as the central pattern. The pattern is zigzag-themed and features a jewellry touch, using two sizes of Czech seed beads knit into the two end sections

Janus was the Roman god who presided over beginnings and endings, entrances and exits, and was represented by a two-faced image.

I fell in love with this yarn; bought some and thought hard about what I wanted to achieve with it. To make a cowl you have a scarf you can’t accidentally lose. But to pull it up over your head you need a pattern that is reversible and is long enough to snuggle into. Then looked for an edging stitch I liked for both ends of what is a very curva...

This pattern makes extensive use of short rows which produce shaping. Offset feathers also contribute to shaping. The pattern is worked in stripes of colour (first a feather, then a background shape, ending with a feather) and the yarn continues to be uncut until the piece is completed. Each feather used 3 grams of yarn and each background spac...