Growing up in the midwestern part of the United States, we were a bit hardened to the challenges of winter weather. Snow days from school were few and far between; our district didn’t call off school unless our very lives were in peril (and even then, it sure seemed like they took their time thinking about it). My Snow Day Shawl is an homage to those blessed days when the weather gave us plump flakes of snow, freezing rain, hail, flurries and maybe even sheets of ice (or any combination thereof) so we could stay home from school. You’ll see these weather patterns mimicked throughout the stitches on this nostalgic shawl. It’s incredibly cozy and warm, and just the right size to wrap once and pin closed—bulky, but in a manageable size.

Snow Day is a triangle shawl worked from the bottom center point to the top with a series of increases at the edges. Snow Day grows from the bottom point to the top bind-off edge.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Yardage: 300 yards (274 m)

Needle Sizes: U.S. size 10/6 mm (32” 80 cm) circular needle