Thursday Afternoon

Ribbing makes a fantastic shawl fabric – a casual, everyday piece that works with any style. The ribbing lies on the bias, making it curl nicely around your neck and stay in place.

A simple pattern stitch, an easy-to-understand-and-memorize repeat, and a “work until you run out of yarn” construction make this an ideal TV or travel knit. The slightly unusual shaping results in an asymmetrical, shallow triangle. The shallowness of the triangle gives it more of a casual scarf-feel, rather than formal shawl. And the geometry works brilliantly: centre the point on your back, the long end wraps around you, and the two ends hang at the same level.

Use the yarn you have. The black sample was worked with approx 400yds of an aran-weight; the orange with 500yds of DK. Substitute at will! Since it doesn't have to be stretched, a wool or other fibre blend would be great, too. I used solid & semi-solid colours because I had them on hand, this would look fantasic in a gradient or speckled hand-dyed.