When I designed this shawl, I needed comforting and restorative knitting. In general, knitting is something soothing in my life that provides peace and calmness for me. All of my knitting is comforting, but repetitive, easily-memorized, squishy-texture knits really restore me. This particular shawl was restorative to me; it became my comfort zone during a busy season of my life.

A friend suggested naming this shawl Comfort Zone because she said fingering weight yarn and mohair is her “comfort zone.” I immediately knew it was the perfect name for this design. I hope that this knitting project can be your comfort zone for a time and space in your life when you need it.

Comfort Zone is a triangle-shaped shawl that uses two different types of fibers, wool and mohair. For the shawl featured in pictures, I used a slub, fingering yarn paired with a mohair (a Duet from Chelsea Yarns). With any fingering and laceweight held double, you will create a beautiful garter texture with eyelet holes dispersed for some interest. You begin at the corner of a triangle and finish at the longest edge, creating a triangle on the bias. Although my samples were knit with one skein of fingering, slub yarn and one skein of mohair, the testers used a wide range of fibers (e.g., suri held with fingers, DK weight). Feel free to substitute the mohair with a different fuzzy fiber or get creative with different weights of yarn. Enjoy the comfort that knitting brings.

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