The Flying Solo Shawlette is your next favorite knit!
Experience Level: Advanced Beginner
The Flying Solo Shawlette is a triangular shawlette with a mixture of simple stitch patterns that are repeated throughout. It’s designed to work with a 100 gram skein of your favorite fingering weight yarn. The stitch patterns lend themselves to an array of color families and dye styles; optional beading gives this shawlette some extra sparkle. This pattern is easily adaptable for a larger sized shawl made with additional yardage or a thicker yarn and larger needles.
Construction Details: The shawl is worked in one piece. The pattern starts out at the "small" corner and increases along the shawl's length to the other straight edge. The pattern is a repeat of 60 textural rows that include mesh lace, knit/purl texture, wrap and drops, and optional beading on stockinette stitch.
Techniques Necessary
- Cast On
- Elastic Bind off
- Knit/Purl
- Increasing (YO, kfb)
- Decreasing (ssk)
- Wrap and Drop elongated stitch texture.
Tutorial videos are linked in the pattern to Shaina's YouTube channel for many of the techniques.
Finished Measurements: 55"/137cm span across the longest side x 22"/56cm depth
Yarn: Approximately 440 yards or 100 grams of fingering weight (CYCA #1) yarn. Samples made with Freia Yarns Ombre Merino Fingering Shawl Ball (100% US Merino Wool, 430 yds/100 g) in a one-of-a-kind colorway and Dyed By Shaina “Luxury Fingering” (75% ultrafine superwash merino wool, 15% mulberry silk, 10% cashmere; 437 yds/100 g) in Canadian Maple.
Gauge: 19 sts and 40 rows = 4”/10cm in garter stitch, unblocked and 17 sts and 32 rows = 4”/10cm in garter stitch, blocked, using size needle to obtain gauge.
Needle: US 7/4.5 mm 24-32”/60-80cm circular needles to accommodate the increasing stitches. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Additional Materials: Tapestry needle, size 6/0 seed beads (optional) and a beading hook or dental floss threader for beading.
Note: This is listing is for a downloadable PDF knitting pattern to create your own Flying Solo Shawlette