This was a second, solid version of my striped garter stitch shawl, a spin on the basic ‘comfort’ shawl - light, fingering yarn, versatile wide triangle shape, graphic color or texture stripes, definition from a very simple eyelet border and a tailored, deep ruffle that added some amount of softness, drape and flow, but was not overly frilly.

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!!!

The pattern gauge is for a blocked swatch. Working at the gauge specified, in the pattern yarn, usually results in a much looser gauge and larger shawl after wet-blocking.

Finished dimensions after wet blocking and pinning with wires was 60” wide and 20” tall, although some of my testers’ projects worked out to slightly wider widths. 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. Pre-blocked dimension on this one was around 45” wide, and 14” tall.

I love this soft, light yarn with the drape of the stitches. The grey striped one is here. The solid version shown in the photos here in “Calligraphy” needs a proper blocking still.