Tessellated Triangles is designed to be a simple knit, using only knit, purl, knit 2 together and yarn over stitches. It uses 2 different yarns but only in 6 row stripes, so no experience of colourwork is necessary. The only counting is making sure you have the correct number of stitches on your needles every now and then and that you have done 6 rows with each colour.
When designing it I had 4 things in mind;
1) I wanted to design a simple pattern that you don’t have to think about too much. The repetitive process of stitching creating a feeling of calm and peacefulness - perfect for daydreaming, meditation or allowing mental space to reflect on and resolve issues or make considered decisions. Or just keep your hands busy whilst watching TV!

2) I love knitting triangle shawls – they are my favourite thing to knit and they are so versatile to wear, but at a certain point when the rows get too long I get bored and put it down, moving on to something else. I wanted to keep rows to around 150 stitches.

3) I wanted to make the pattern versatile – not everyone loves triangle shawls as much as me! That’s why I decided to make it a pattern for the component tessellations – you can make as many as you need to and they could be stitched together in different ways to make a cushion, a bag, a long scarf, all sorts of things…use your imagination and make it your own!

4) I love variegated yarn and wanted to design a pattern that would show it off!

You will need:
• In order to make a large triangular shawl measuring 1.5 metres across (see below) I made 9 Tessellated Triangles and I used 2 x 100g skeins of fingering weight sock yarn in colour A and 1 x 100g skein of fingering weight sock yarn in colour B.

• 3.75mm circular knitting needle

However, you can use any yarn, any number of colours and continue in the pattern for as many repeats as you like. Just use the recommended size needles for the yarn you use – it should say on the label. This would be a perfect pattern for using up leftover scraps of yarn!