The name of this shawl has a story. A dear friend recently suggested I start naming patterns for songs, because I have a long history with vocal and choral music. I don’t really see this as the “Oops! I did it again!” shawl or “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” shawl. Phydilé is a beautiful song by M. Henri Duparc, which I sang on my graduate voice recital. YouTube surely has many performances of this chanson. I think the name fitting for this lacy pattern using the pearl stitch sequence.

Please note hook size, gauge, and yardage are estimates. Everything depends on the yarn you choose, the hook you use, and the size shawl you wish to create. Most of my patterns work with dimensions rather than stitch counts.

This works with any self-striping, variegated, or solid yarn, or indeed, even with manual color control striping. The sky’s the limit!