I took Laura Nelkin’s shawl class at Craftsy and made this shawl. I had made a few shawls before so I took the opportunity to add beads in order to make the project more challenging. I only had one skein of yarn, so I had to alter the pattern a bit. I skipped the last increase row and several rows after that and added some extra yarn overs to the border.

I highly recommend Laura’s class, especially for beginning lace knitters because she explains and demonstrates everything in detail and the Skywalker shawl is structured so the lace designs start out simple and get progressively more challenging. A great way to learn.