Sixth Degree Shawl by Heidi Gustad

Sixth Degree Shawl

Knitting
May 2016
DK (11 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette with measurements taken after wet blocking
US 7 - 4.5 mm
490 - 500 yards (448 - 457 m)
27.5 inches wide by 72 inches long
English
This pattern is available for free.

I love knitting shawls. I’m obsessed with playing with the geometry possibilities, the outfit possibilities, and the chance to show off some beautiful yarn on the canvas that is a big, flat piece of knitting. This new shawl pattern began as a wee experiment with making a shawl featuring increases along one side of the work every few rows, which forms a right triangle. I love the fact that the yarn over increases are hidden in this piece’s chain edge, and I love that its wide, diagonal ribs are formed by simply alternating groups of 6 knit and purl stitches, hence the name Sixth Degree Shawl. I hope you enjoy knitting this as much as I did!