This pattern has been floating around in my backlog for a couple years now. I first came up with it as a way to use up every bit of my handspun, no matter what amount I had. My first version was knit in a fingering weight alpaca silk two ply, spun from some luscious silvery Corgi Hill Farms fiber.

I loved the results and soon knit a second one from some thicker handspun I had from Three Waters Farm, dyed just for me in a color I called Red Hydrangea. In each case I simply repeated the pattern until I was close to the end and then added a few rows of garter and bound off. On the 2nd one, I chose to pull points in the garter edge during blocking.

I loved both results, but somehow never got around to publishing the pattern.

This holiday season (2015), I had some Plucky Knitter Scholar worsted weight in a beautiful red (Kissing Valentino) that was languishing in my stash with no immediate plans. Just for fun, I decided to see what would happen if I knit this pattern I had intended for handspun in a solid color yarn. I started with a size 6 needle (perhaps a bit small for worsted weight, but I love the density of the pattern. It really pops at this gauge) again knit until I was close to the end and then knit my garter rows and voila.

A funny thing happened by knitting at the smaller gauge: the piece pulled inward at the patterned rows in a lovely scalloped edge. I chose to emphasize the edge, pulling it even further as I blocked.

This one may be my favorite version. The solid yarn really shows off the patterned stitches and the end result is a wonderful shawlette perfect for the holidays.

I call the pattern Third Dimension, because a) it is a textured knit and b) you repeat simple knit and purl rows three times (for three ridges), then work 3 easy patterned right side rows (with a 3 stitch repeat) to make your openwork sections. All wrong side rows are purled. Easy, peasy!

So, knit yours however you like. Pick a yarn (handspun or not) choose your needle size as something that pleases you. Swatch to make sure you are happy with it, and have at it.

No two will be alike, and isn’t that why we knit in the first place?