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Contents

Guide

Custom

Shawls

for the Curious

and Creative

Knitter

Kate Atherley &

Kim McBrien Evans

Abrams, New York

contents

Custom Shawls

Our methods are rarely the same, but combined

they give all sides of the puzzle, giving confidence to

knitters and allowing them to create the shawls of their

dreams. We share deep respect for our craft, for each

other, and for you: the knitters.

If you are a beginning shawl knitter, we will take

you through the basics. Youll learn everything from

shapes and techniques to color theory and stitch

selection.

If youve knit several shawls, we will strengthen

your shawl knitting by expanding your vocabulary

of techniques and ideas. Youll learn how to make

better fabric, how to mix and match shapes with stitch

patterns, and how to combine color like a boss.

And if you are an expert, we will show you how

to leap off the cliff to create your own beautiful

shawl. To take chances and experiment. To improve

your technique, to improve your knowledge of yarn

management, and to express yourself in shawl form.

Introduction

Look in various dictionaries, and youll find

diverse definitions of the word shawl . Some

define it by shape. Others, by material. Still

others by age or gender or geography. Yet

say shawl to a contemporary knitter and

we all generally agree: A shawl is a piece of

fabric of any shape you wish that you wrap

yourself up in for warmth, for comfort, to

make yourself feel elegant and sophisticated

on a special occasion, or to simply revel in the

I made this! joy that comes from completing

a project youre proud of. Shawls are for all

ages, genders, and walks of life.

So who are we, and why did we write this book? We

are two lifelong knitters, teachers, and designers who

come to knitting from very different perspectives:

Kate is analytical and enjoys symmetry. Her

favorite color is black. She loves formulas and

spreadsheets. Her approach is orderly and technical.

She will build your shawl vocabulary of basic shapes,

techniques, and stitches so that you can tell the best

stories through your hands. She believes that we all

have in us the ability to create whatever we put our

minds to. And shes created the tools we need to do

just that.

Kim has never fully followed a pattern in her life

and believes Kates favorite color is... not a color.

She likes breaking traditional structures, changing the

rules, and taking chances with color and shape. She

likes her world a little asymmetrical and off-balance

and doesnt see limits in anything she tries. She

believes that we all have creative muscles, primed to

flex in our knitting.

How to Use the Book

How to Use the Book

Weve provided recipes for a broad range of

standard shawl shapes, symmetrical and

not. They work with any yarn, and you can

follow them as written to create fantastic

straightforward, everyday sorts of shawls. You

can go further and customize them with the

addition of pattern stitches from the Stitch

Dictionary chapter and/or color changes and

patterns from the Color chapter.

The Techniques chapter provides information

and tutorials on the key shawl-knitting skills: casting

on (including the often-tricky and misunderstood

Garter tab), increases, bind-offs, blocking, and much

more. There are tools here to help you better knit

existing shawl patterns, or to allow you to customize

and create your own. Want invisible rather than

yarnover increases? We can help you with that. Want

a different edging effect? There are suggestions and

ideas. Unsure about blocking? Weve demystified it.

The Yarn and Fabric and Color chapters help

you become a better shawl knitter by teaching you how

to make choices that suit the pattern, your needs, and

your tastes.

And the Breaking the Rules chapter is all about

letting your creativity fly. Take Kates recipes and

follow Kims path to inspiration.

If you just want to get knitting, weve got thirteen

patterns for you. In each case, there are notes to guide

you with yarn substitution and alteration. After all, its

all about creating exactly the shawl you want. In this

section, weve provided some guidance on how to wrap

and wear shawlsbecause even if the shawl is perfect,

its no good unless you wear it!

chapter

one

The

Shapes

and

Recipes

Custom Shawls

This chapter provides recipes for all the key

shawl shapes. For those that have shaping

that is, all of them but the simple squares and

rectanglesthe recipes are all written to be

worked from the inside out, from the smallest

stitch count to the largest. Weve done it this

way to give knitters the most flexibility with

size and yarn usage: You can work until it

hits a specific size, or until youve used up a

specific quantity of yarn.

Many of these shapes can be worked from the outside

edge to the inside, from the largest stitch count to the

smallest; indeed, some of them, including the Faroese

shawl, are traditionally done this way. This direction

avoids a hard bind-off edge, which can impede the

stretch of blocking, but working this way is more

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