Tribute Shawl: European Goldfinch

This is one of a series of knit and crochet accessories that are designed to celebrate the beautiful colors and interesting patterns of the birds we see in our own gardens, and also birds from all over the world. The European Goldfinch Tribute shawl is a garter stitch shawl that is knitted from the bottom up, has more increases on the right side and fewer increases on the left side to create the asymmetrical effect. It is designed to be interesting but also not very complicated to knit, the German Short Row technique is used to create the black and red face, the white markings on the black tail and the yellow zig-zag marking on the side that identifies this beautiful finch in nature. It is also designed to not need very aggressive blocking making it an item you can knit with a high quality acrylic or even cotton blend yarn which is easily machine washable.

Any DK weight yarn in the correct color shades will be suitable for this project.