Irish Ale Shawlette

The Irish Ale Shawlette is a companion
piece (as they say in the art world)
to my Irish Ale Socks. I love those
socks so much that I've been thinking
about making something with a similar
pattern for yonks. The stitch pattern
always makes me think of settling ale,
swirling, newly poured, in a pint
glass, and the bubbly head at the top
(or in this case, the bottom) just
cries out to be made out of such a
pretty ruffled edging – a stylised
form of the main stitch pattern. And
so this little shawl was born. Or perhaps poured...

The shawlette is worked from the top
downwards and works well in most lighter-weight
yarns, as long as you finish after one full repeat. The yardages quoted here are
for fingering and lace-weight yarn, but are only guidelines.