So first of all, let’s talk about the shape of this thing. There was no “very, very odd” shape category option when I was uploading this pattern onto Ravelry cough Cassidy cough ;)

But no really, this pattern is very odd. It was inspired by that sideways bias triangle shape (the shape that Martina Behm invented and that was popularized by Andrea Mowry’s Find Your Fade). I wanted the idea of starting on one side and ending on the other (which is lovely for stripes, especially since the fabric is biasing in two directions from a central decrease stitch). So I tweaked and tweaked and ended up here. Not at all where I intended to be, but so glad!

Once I had cast this thing off I sat it flat on the ground and went “Oh”. I had expected it to be quite triangle shaped still (I had imagined a shallower, longer, less biased Find Your Fade shape), but of course it wasn’t. The shawl looked sort of like like a rectangle where someone has pulled the top two points quite hard and they just stayed that way.

With mistakes comes innovation. Despite the fact that this is a very, very odd shape, this shawl is SO wearable. It’s long and wraps well, it’s still very shawl-y (lovely lace increases and again, that lovely lightly biased fabric). It has two pointed ends that drape lovely over your shoulders and the construction isn’t boring to knit!

I’m happy with it! I have a feeling this may end up being my new most-worn-shawl!

Super thanks to my lovely models! Sae Goto, Nicola Hodges and um, I guess myself? I’m in there too!

Creds Nicola Hodges for tech editing this pattern :)

Yarn:

3 skeins of Woolfolk Tynd in colourway “5” and 2 skeins of Woolfolk Sno in colourway “5 & 17” or approximately 600 yards (549 metres) of fingering weight yarn for MC and approximately 400 yards (366 metres) of fingering weight yarn for CC.

Needles:

5.5mm (US 9) circular needles in at least a 24” (60cm) cord. Or whatever size needles it takes you to get gauge.

Notions:

Whichever tools you prefer to weave in
ends, and whichever tools you prefer to
block your shawl.

Gauge:

16 stitches and 22 rows = 4” (10cm) square knit flat in garter and blocked.

Size:

113” (287cm) along the top
51” (129cm) from top right point to bottom right point.
50” (127cm) From the right bottom point to the left bottom point
40” (101cm) from the top left point to the bottom left point.
22” (56cm) deep.

Glossary:

K - Knit (K2 = Knit 2 stitches)
P - Purl (P2 = Purl 2 stitches)
S1K2P - Slip 1, K2TOG, Pass slipped stitch over
YO - Yarn Over
KP - Knit and Purl into the same stitch
WS - Wrong Side
RS - Right Side
sts - Stitches
KFB - Knit into the Front and Back of a stitch
M1R - Make 1 Right-leaning
M1L - Make 1 Left-leaning

As with all my self published for-pay patterns if you find yourself low on funds just send me an email (softsweaterknits@gmail.com) with your Ravelry username and the name of the pattern you want and I will be happy to gift a copy to you :)