Thrive is a triangular shawl, worked from the bottom up starting with an I-cord tab. It uses a single skein of fingering weight yarn, but can be easily extended to include additional skeins to create a larger shawl.

The design was inspired by a quote from Elliot Page, a transgender actor, who wrote “The more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive” when coming out. The thick cable along the center of the shawl is meant to represent self-love and self-acceptance, and the branching cables throughout are meant to represent the growth and prosperity that comes from that self-love. We must listen to the transgender, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming and give them space and safety to be their true selves.

Required skills: Knit stitch, purl stitch, cables, increases

Materials

Yarn: 400 yards of fingering weight yarn, shown here in Yarn Dragon Silkpaca in the colorway “Amber” (430 yards/100 grams)

Needles: US size 4, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: Yarn needle, cable needle

Gauge: 28 stitches and 40 rows = 4’’/10cm in stockinette stitch after blocking

Upon purchase, you will receive two copies of the pattern -- a standard version and a version optimized for screen readers and low-vision knitters