The “Snowflake” name comes from having knitted most of the body of the shawlette while waiting out a blizzard at Brian Head Ski Resort, besides it looking a bit like a snowflake itself.

True to its name, the pattern is very easy, so it makes a good project to carry around to work on whenever you have some spare time.

I really like the pretty border - the lace pattern reminds me of a DNA helix.

The “points” on the edge of the pattern are forced in blocking - the lace pattern itself does not give a scalloped edge. I found it difficult to block them out as much as I would have liked.

I stuck with the size 6 needle specified in the pattern since I wanted to be sure not to run out of yarn. I ended up with a lot left over when I reached the end of the pattern as written, so I worked 1 extra repeat of the border, ending with 1.4 grams left over. I would definitely have had enough to use size 7 or even size 8 needles, and wouldn’t have had to block it quite so hard.

If I make this again, I’ll either use laceweight with US6/4mm needles, or use fingering with US8/5mm needles.

The size of the shawl could easily be adjusted, as long as you increase or decrease the main body of the shawl in 12-stitch increments (6 sts per side).

I used about 26 g of yarn for the main body, and 22.5 g for the border (including the extra repeat). I estimated that if I had not worked the extra repeat, the border would have used about 15 g.

Approximate size after blocking: 53” wingspan, 25” down the spine.