Everyone

Everyone Shawl by Kelly Spenhoff

What Is Being Made

Everyone is a knitted shawl designed by Kelly Spenhoff, sized as a one-size garment with finished measurements of 50.75 inches (129 centimeters) wide and 19.75 inches (50 centimeters) tall. This shawl is an intermediate-level knitting project that combines colorwork and textural stitch techniques to create a striking, wearable accessory.

Techniques Used

The Everyone shawl employs several key knitting techniques that build upon fundamental skills. The pattern begins with a garter tab cast-on, a method that creates a neat, finished edge ideal for shawl construction. Throughout the body of the shawl, the design incorporates increase rows marked with progress keepers to shape the triangular or crescent silhouette typical of modern shawl design. The pattern also features stripe patterning, which adds visual interest and demonstrates color work integration without the complexity of stranded colorwork techniques.

Stitches Used

The Everyone shawl utilizes a focused set of stitches suitable for intermediate knitters. The primary stitches include:

• Knit (k) – the fundamental stitch forming the base fabric
• Purl (p) – used to create texture and pattern definition
• K5below – a decorative stitch that knits into the stitch five rows below the working row, creating a textural or visual element unique to this design
• Make 1 Right (m1R) – an invisible increase worked on the right side
• Make 1 Purlwise (m1p) – an increase worked on the wrong side or within purl sections

These stitches work together to create the stripe pattern that is worked at a gauge of 25 stitches and 34 rows over 4 inches (10 centimeters).

Materials

Yarn: The Everyone shawl is designed using Socks That Rock Lightweight by Blue Moon Fiber Arts, a 4-ply weight yarn. The pattern calls for two skeins totaling 146 grams and 405 yards: one skein of Color A in Fleece Navidad (a variegated colorway) and one skein of Color B in Enchanted Forest (a semi-solid colorway). The combination of variegated and semi-solid yarns creates visual complexity and depth within the stripe pattern.

Needles: Knitters will need a US 6 circular needle with a 32-inch or longer cable to accommodate the increasing stitch count as the shawl widens during construction.

Notions: A yarn needle is required for weaving in ends upon completion. A progress keeper is recommended (though optional) for marking increase rows, helping knitters track their position within the pattern repeat.

Difficulty Level

Everyone is rated as an intermediate knitting project, making it suitable for knitters who have mastered basic knit and purl stitches and are ready to explore shaping techniques, specialty stitches like k5below, and simple colorwork through striping.