If you’ve been holding on to a skein of beautiful hand-dyed fingering-weight yarn, this might be the project that gets it on your needles: a simple tip-to-tip shawl construction that shows off the beautiful color variations in a hand-dyed skein of yarn. It’s the perfect project for a special gift.

This shawlette is worked from tip-to-tip and features a lace edging along the bottom, a simple textured stitch for the body, and a garter stitch border worked along the neckline to complete the shape. You’ll cast on enough stitches to begin the top edge and lace edging. To create the shawl body, increases are worked along the border of the lace pattern to gradually create the first half of the crescent shape. Once it has reached its full depth, a few repeats of the lace pattern are worked straight (no increases and decreases) before you begin decreasing along the same edge to complete the other half of the shawlette.

While it’s a small one-skein project, there are a few ways to wear it – like a traditional shawl, as a bandana shawl, or even as a scarf. It’s also very easy to adjust and create a large shawl as long as you have enough yarn.

Finished Measurements:
Width: 48 inches/122 cm
Depth at center: 17.5 inches/44.5 cm

Needles:
US #6/4mm needles for working flat

Yarn:
Neighborhood Fiber Co. Rustic Fingering 100% Superwash Merino; 475 yds/435 m per 4 oz skein; color: Dupont Circle; 1 skein

Or choose a superwash merino or other fingering-weight yarn that has good drape and will block easily (the neck edge will have a noticeable curl before blocking).

Additional Materials:
Stitch marker
Blocking mats and pins
Optional: wires or blocking combs
Tapestry needle

Gauge:
22 sts/34 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in Stockinette stitch
23 sts/32 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in Pepper Pattern stitch

Video Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/HHtMk0aWvmg