Speckle Shawl

This speckled yarn is knit into an asymmetrical triangular shape. It is slightly curved, due to the placement of the increases and decreases. Evenly spaced eyelet rows and garter sections keep the pattern simple to emphasize the speckled yarn.

I used one skein of Knit Picks Hawthorne Fingering in Cosmic Speckle with size 8 needles.

CO 3, long tail.

Row 1: k 1 st, kfb, kfb

Row 2: kfb, k to last 2 sts, k2tog

Row 3: k to last 2 sts, kfb, kfb

Repeat rows 2 and 3 four times.

Row 4: kfb, (yo, k2tog) to last 2 sts, k2tog

Row 5: k to last 2 sts, kfb, kfb

Repeat rows 2 and 3 four times, then rows 4 and 5 once. Continue in this manner to create the evenly spaced garter and eyelets. Repeat until the shawl is the desired size, or until you are nearly out of yarn. BO using JSSBO or something stretchy after a row 5. Weave in tails. I was playing yarn chicken with this one, so make sure you have enough yarn to bind off, since there end up being a lot of stitches by the end.

Block this shawl if desired, to give it drape and to open the eyelets. The shawl naturally curves a bit, and I blocked it into the curved shape to emphasize it a bit more.

This shawl is 16" from the bottom starting point to the top, and about 60" along the bind off edge. I love the speckled yarn, with the vibrant fuchsia, blue, and black against the pale blue-gray background.

I wanted to make this shawl increase at a faster rate than my other asymmetrical triangle scarves, so I increased two stitches for every two rows instead of just one stitch every two rows. This resulted in this curved shape, and after knitting I discovered that this is sometimes called a boomerang shawl. I like the curved triangle, since it's different than the usual asymmetrical triangle. It also creates a bit of a spiral on the ends of the shawl.

I hope you enjoy this pattern.

XOXO, Alyssa