Squishy texture, easy stitches, and cute little vertical lines make this a project that you will love to make and wear. The shape is an asymmetric triangle.
It can be knit in different yarn weights and in different sizes. It has been tested in fingering, dk and worsted. The pattern provides guidance for needle size and gauge for fingering weight, dk and worsted.
Knit at recommended gauge the regular size needs approximately 440 yards (400m) total, divided equally between 2 colours. You can of course make it bigger! The small version can be made with as little as 250 yards (230m), half in each colour.
Gauge is not crucial for this project but will affect yarn usage and the finished dimensions of your shawl. A tighter gauge will require more yarn to get the same dimensions.
The worsted weight sample used two skeins of worsted weight yarn. After blocking it measures 47” (119cm) wingspan and 40” (102cm) on the long straight side.
You will need needles to suit your yarn weight and a cable long enough to hold your stitches. A circular needle is used to accommodate the stitches as the shawl grows but you are working back and forth in rows.

The pattern uses only knit, kfb and knit below (K1B). A photo tutorial is provided if you have not done K1B before.

For less confident knitters, there are 4 pages of additional information including photo tutorials and helpful explanations of:
• how to know you are on track,
• how to spot mistakes (and fix them) and
• how to know what stitch you are up to if you put your project down in the middle of a row.

Also included are photos of how different yarn combinations look when knitted in pattern, as well as recommendations on suitable yarn bases.
To get the blended effect, it is recommended to use a solid/semi-solid with a variegated or speckled yarn. My worsted weight version used a pastel variegated yarn with a co-ordinating semi solid. My small fingering weight version used a speckled yarn with white. You could also use two similar tonal hand dyed yarns or you could choose to make it in a single colour (worked from two balls at a time), such as Bendigo Woollen Mills tweed yarn, for a nice effect.
My testers made lovely versions. Thank you!!

Note: The straight edge will be inclined to curl very gently as the shawl curves across your body. Accept it as part of the charm.