Knit in a simple stockinette stitch, this pattern features a curvy winged shape which mirrors a butterfly’s wings. The shawl uses row increase and short row shaping to create the wing segments.

This would be perfect for that beautiful yarn you’ve been saving that you don’t want to overwhelm with a busy stitch pattern. This simple shape would beautifully accent a solid color yarn, a varigated yarn, or any yarn combination. The pattern includes yarn color change information to match the example shawl.

For those of you who would like to make your wings a bit fancier, a pattern stitch could easily be put inside each of the wing segments.

Here are the stitches / techniques you’ll need to know:

k – knit
p – purl
m 1 – make one. May be done with yarn over, or by using the left needle to lift the strand (the ladder in between stitches) and using this loop to make another stitch by knitting into the back of the loop
pm – place marker
Seed Stitch – Row 1: k 1, p 1, k 1.
Row 2: k 1, p 1, k 1.
skpo – slip one stitch purlwise, knit next stitch, pass slipped stitch over.
sl – slip indicated number of stitches purlwise
sm – slip marker
w & t – wrap and turn. When doing short row shaping, you need to wrap the stitch at the turn to avoid a hole in your fabric (unless you want a hole, then skip the wrap and just turn your work). To do a wrap and turn, take the yarn between the needles to the opposite side of the work, slip one stitch purlwise, bring the yarn back to the original side of the work, slip that stitch back onto the left needle and then turn your work. You are now ready to start working on the other side of your work.
– repeat the sequence of stitches within the brackets until told to stop.