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A knitted shawl is a versatile accessory. Wrap it, pin it, or wear it like a scarf. Make one in wool to ward off cool winds or make one in silk to go with a wedding dress. This illustrated step-by-step guide will take you through the process of making your own top-down triangular shawl, and includes two patterns.
Skill level Easy-intermediate
Yarn One skein (100 grams/462 yards) fingering weight yarn for each shawl
Dimensions Each shawl measures 46" wide by 23" tall (117 cm by 58 cm)
Tension/gauge 19 stitches and 34 rows = 4"/10cm in stockinette, after blocking Gauge is not crucial for this project
Needles Circular needles US 6 (4.0mm)
Most knitting patterns for hats are written for knitting in the round, either using double pointed needles (dpn’s), a short circular needle , or two circular needles.
But sometimes you want to make a hat on straight needles by working back and forth instead of knitting in the round. Maybe you don’t have needles for working in the round. Maybe you want to knit intarsia (which you can’t do in the round). Or maybe you want a break from knitting in the round and want to knit flat.
Good news! It’s easy to knit a hat on straight needles.
