Jen Shawl

I have designed this small shawl to knit for yourself or to make a quick gift for a friend. It is a simple shawl design which is a variation of the well known Bactus pattern. The body is worked only in knit stitches while the simple lace border is knitted on as you work the main shawl. It starts with a small number of stitches and increases steadily for half of the length. The second half mirrors the first. The pattern works best with a variegated yarn which has short colour changes or an almost solid colourway. If you have a sock yarn with longer colour changes you can easily knit the pattern using both ends of the same ball of yarn.