I loved experimenting with stripes this winter, and combined this classic style with a tailored, deep ruffle that added softness, drape and flow (without being overly frilly,) knit in a light, fingering weight yarn that was not blanket-heavy.

I knit several of these shawls, and each took me approximately 10-11 days with the ruffle alone taking about half the knitting time. A solid version is here. Also, depending on how fast you knit, binding off takes approximately 1-2 hours. A couple of knitters have needed up to 3 hours.

Although I generally consider myself to be more on the ‘product’ end of the knitting style spectrum, I find knitting garter stitch in fingering weight yarn to be a meditative, soothing and steady process.

Rather than a super fast project, this is something I would recommend as a simple knit - great for knitting in company or watching a movie. Binding off the ruffle took about 1-2 hours.

Both of my shawls measured approximately 60” wide and 20” tall at the center point when wet-blocked and stretched flat with blocking wires and pins. This triangle is wider than tall, but like many triangle shawls knit in this fashion, blocking the top edge stretched and pinned horizontally is beneficial.

I love the light weight of this yarn, and the drape it gives the fabric. It also relaxed/ grew and changed gauge a lot with wet blocking, so blocking your gauge swatch is important! Working at the gauge specified, in the pattern yarn, usually results in a much looser gauge and larger shawl after blocking.

The last photo is one I took December, 2010 on the frozen shores of Lake Erie while visiting my MIL. The tiny speck of light in the distance is a lighthouse.