To celebrate the 300th post on my knitting blog, I designed and knit this shawl. The pattern is available for free on the blog.

I had three goals in mind with this pattern:

1. It had to be in garter stitch. (Mindless knitting, yeah!)
2. It had to use yarn already in my stash. (Limited funds, boo!)
3. It had to match my COOL BOOTS! (Cool boots, yeah!)

(You can see the boots in the second photo.)

I love this shawl. It is a deceptively simple pattern, composed of long, thin triangles, but once it’s off the needles it has fabulous drape and the colour pops! Please enjoy the pattern.

The shawl is knit lengthwise in garter stitch, with six very long triangles formed with short rows.

Size: Approximately 18” x 70”

Yarn: Fingering weight wool in three colours; approximately 70 grams (350 meters/383 yards) of each colour. For this shawl I used Tvinni Tweed by Isager in shades 17S, 28S, and 32S. These are 100% wool tweed yarns in shades of red, coral and fuchsia, with a grey tweed undertone.

Needles: US4 (for the shawl) and US6 (for cast on and bind off)

Gauge: 24 x 48 in garter stitch

The pattern has extensive notes, including a link to a photo tutorial for German short rows.