Hardy Heroine Shawl

This is the shawl that I imagine Bathsheba Everdene, Grace Melbury or Tess Durbeyfield wrapping themselves in. Made with soft but robust West Country wool and richly coloured, it features a Victorian stitch pattern for the knit on edge.

The half hexagon shawl has three triangular panels and is worked out from a garter stitch tab and provisional cast on. It is worked in rows on a circular needle to accomodate the large number of stitchess.

The fuchsia leaf edging is added using the knitted-on method. The joining sts that connect the edging to the main body of the shawl are worked as decreases from the WS.