Back Porch Shawl…

Hello everyone!

I’ve been working on finishing up a shawl for myself before I get started on my pattern for Paintbox Yarns.

We have a lovely back porch at our house and my husband and I are out there all the time having our morning coffee on the weekends (except in the Winter of course!) and in the Spring and Fall it sometimes gets a little chilly!  So I thought, what would be better than having a shawl to  wrap myself up with while enjoying my coffee! 😀

I’ve always wanted to make myself a shawl but most of the patterns I found I thought to be too difficult.  Finally after a considerable amount of browsing, I found some super easy instructions, modified them a bit and came up with this!

I still have one more ball of yarn to go and I should be done.

If you would like to make one for yourself, here’s what you’ll need to know:

You will need approx. 850 yards of Aran (4) weight yarn

US size 8 circular needles (36″ min.)

Cast on 3 stitches

Row 1: Knit, Knit, Yarn over, Knit (the yarn over creates a new stitch)

Row 2: Knit, Knit, Knit, Yarn over, Knit

Knitting every row creates the Garter Stitch.

Continue with knitting every stitch, yarn over before the last stitch, knit the last stitch. Do this for all the rows.

Click here for a video on the Yarn over if you are not familiar with how it’s done.

In the video she does her yarn overs in the middle of her piece.  For the shawl, the yarn overs are only done once per row just before the last stitch.  Also, in the video she purls the stitches once she turns her work – you’ll be knitting all your stitches.

Here’s how your edges will look.

Well, off to get this shawl finished!

If you give it a try, please share a photo over on my Facebook page.  I would LOVE to see your work!

Happy knitting!

Diana