Elizabeth Zimmermann was born on August 9th, 1910 (8/9/10), so this year 2010 is the 100th anniversary of her birth. This shawl is one of a set of six shawls designed as a tribute to EZ and a celebration of all she has done for us. They are based on her PI Shawl which can be found in her book Knitter’s Almanac. Three of the EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawls (Gull Wings, Hearts, and Camping), are full circles; modifications have been applied so that the lace design stitch repeats and the number of rounds are multiples of 8, 9, and 10 (the numbers in her birthday). The other three shawls are half-circle versions of Gull Wings, Hearts, and Camping.

Use any yarn weight and needle size that you like. You don’t have to use the stitch patterns that I provided, you could unvent your own stitch patterns with repeats that are multiples of 8, 9, or 10.

Allow enough yarn! I used 5mm needles and fingering weight wool for all three shawls. Approximate yards used and blocked diameter were: Gull Wings (1350 yards, 62”, 158cm); Hearts (1380 yards, 64”, 163cm); Camping (1300 yards, 64”, 163cm). Your required yards and diameter will vary depending on yarn weight, needle size, and tension. It’s better to have yarn left over than to run out near the end.

There are 6 different EZ 100th Anniversary shawls (3 full-circle and 3 half-circle). They are:
EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawl: Gull Wings
EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawl: Hearts
EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawl: Camping
EZ 100th Anniversary Camping Half-Circle
EZ 100th Anniversary Gull Wings Half-Circle
EZ 100th Anniversary Heart Half-Circle

Relevant threads:
EZ 100th Anniversary PI Shawl KAL thread in the 10 Shawls in 2010 group.
September KAL in Beginning Lace Knitter’s group.
A thread in Zimmermaniacs.

Note to those who have used the earlier version of the instructions: In the new instructions, to keep the charts consistent across all three shawls, I renumbered the pattern rounds for the Gull Wings pattern and the Vines pattern, so that the odd numbers (1,3) are the pattern rows, and the even numbers (2,4) are the plain knit rows. This meant I had to alter the number of plain knit rounds at the beginning and end of the ring. The end result is identical, but don’t try to combine the different sets of instructions within a ring.