Though there is a gauge and yarn listed for this shawl, this piece can be knit with any yarn, yardage, gauge & size. You can start and stop knitting it when it reaches the size you prefer, or you run out of yarn (whichever comes first!).

Do you ever have gorgeous skein of yarn in your stash that you can never quite find the perfect use for? I recently got my hands on a small skein of pink yarn with a yellow/green gradient section. After sitting with it for a couple weeks, I realized it would be fun to design a square shawl with it to highlight the shape of the garment and how the colors change as you knit.

Constructed from the center out, you add stitches at the edges and evenly across each quarter of the shawl. Increasing the stitches in this way creates a perfectly square shape, with an opening along one edge from the center to accomodate the wearer’s head. I love how the color change “turns” each corner of the square, highlighting the shawl’s bold, geometric shape!