The Knitting Fiend

You’ve found Lucia’s calculator to create a pattern for “Sarah”, a simple pie wedge type shawl knit in garter stitch. The calculator lets you imitate my design exactly or if you want to substitute another yarn and knit at another gauge, you can enter your own values. My shawl is knit using 4 skeins of Taiga Caress Mohair which is soft on the skein, and softer after you wash it. (It’s also easier to rip than most mohair yarns.) I love this shawl shape for wearing to the theater or opera. The back just reaches the chair– but I don’t need to sit on the shawl. The fronts are long and cover my legs.

The pattern directions created by the calculator will be relatively brief. If you need a tutorials for knitting the pattern, you’ll find a whole bunch in the category shawls. You can also find a lot of tutorials by clicking the numerical links at the bottom of the Barbara Shawl blog post. (Note: The Barbara Shawl has a deep trim, but is not as symmetric as the Sarah. The reason why is discussed in the pie wedge shawl theory post.) (more…)

You’ve found the calculator to create a pattern to knit “Barbara”, a simple pie wedge type shawl. The calculator lets you imitate my design exactly or if you want to substitute another yarn and knit at another gauge, you can enter your own values.

The pattern directions here will be brief. If you need a tutorial for knitting the pattern, click any of the “read series” buttons below! (more…)