Presta is a sideways knit triangle shawl. The pattern started as an attempt to recreate “The Sunlight Shawl for Sad People” by Sylvia McFadden. Sylvia was kind enough to let me dissect her design, and reference it throughout this pattern. If your looking for a great hand knit project checkout her pattern page and her other designs. I wrote about the process of going from a hand knit to a machine knit shawl here

Presta is named for the Kick-Ass Elf on the podcast Total Party Kill (TPK). She is played by the equally Kick-Ass knitter and nerd Erica Ensign. In addition to TPK, Erica hosts a number of podcasts including the Doctor Who Podcast Verity, The Audio Guide to Babylon 5 and is a regular on The Incomparable