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Woodlawn is a cozy, worsted weight shawl that is knitted sideways in one piece. The long, slim shape can be styled in a variety of ways as a shawl or a scarf. Although the border edge looks knitted on, those elegant lacy stitches are actually worked at the same time as the garter body. The sideways construction ensures that there is plenty of action to keep your interest as you work your way across the rows, including a delicate Van Dyke lace panel edged with double yarn overs, a neat wrap-around garter selvedge and decorative slipped stitches framing a garter stitch body.

New lace knitters will enjoy the familiarity of knitting with worsted weight while learning a variety of easy-to-memorize traditional lace patterns which are often incorporated into border designs. Anyone looking for a project that is very easy to pick up and knit without having to look at charts for the most part will appreciate what a relaxing knit Woodlawn is. I found it a wonderful shawl to knit to relieve stress when I needed it during most of last year. I knitted 4 of them!

The Woodlawn pattern includes both charts and full written out instructions for those of you who prefer not to use charts.

CONSTRUCTION: Woodlawn is worked sideways from end to end. The elongated shape is created by increasing one stitch every four rows when working the increase section, working the center section with no increases or decreases, and then decreasing one stitch every four rows for the decrease section. The length of the shawl is determined by how many repeats of the center section chart is worked.

SIZE AND YARDAGE: The dimensions and yardage range quoted above refer to a Woodlawn worked at the pattern size of 14 repeats each of Charts 2, 3 and 4. But if you prefer, the length of the shawl is easily adjustable by working additional repeats of the center section (Chart 3). Detailed instructions explain how to use a digital scale to weigh your yarn when using limited quantities to make sure you don’t run out (or when you want to maximize your yardage for custom lengths/yarn weights). Yardage estimates for various custom lengths are included on the pattern as well.

YARN CHOICE: The texture that results from knitting this shawl in worsted weight yarn is off the charts! But although the pattern calls for worsted, Woodlawn could certainly be worked in lighter weights as well, although I’d not recommend going any lighter than fingering/sock weight. I’ve got a one-skein-wonder project worked in fingering if you are interested in seeing that weight. The design will work well with a variety of yarn choices—tonal and slightly variegated hand-dyed yarns as well as heathers, tweeds or solids.

SAMPLE SHAWLS YARN INFO: The purple sample was knitted with Deluxe Worsted Tweed Superwash by Universal Yarn in the Raisin colorway (560 yds/512 m), the cream sample with Woolstok Worsted by Blue Sky Fibers in the Driftwood colorway (580 yds/530 m).