This started out as the “Simple Shawl for Fancy Yarn” shawl, but after about 20 rows I realized that it was actually too simple, and I was getting slightly bored by it.

But instead of frogging, I decided to play around it with a bit, so I’ve added a couple of fan-and-feather motifs, some flower motifs, and now I’m trying to make up my mind where to go next.

May 22nd: Ended up as more of a shawlette than a shawl, but my nieces will like it, so that’s fine by me :) Now to see if I can write down the pattern from my notes!

Wingspan pre-blocking: 78cm
Post-blocking: 105x64cm

Pattern notes:
CO 5 sts
R1: k5
R2: k5
R3: k2 yo k yo k2
R4: k2 p3 k2
R5: k2 pm yo k yo pm k pm yo k yo pm k2
R6: k2 p to last marker k2
R7: k2 sm yo k to marker yo sm k sm yo k to marker yo sm k2

Repeat 6-7 until you have a total of 53+2 sts on each side of center stitch.

R8: k all

Fan-and-feather pattern:
R9: as R7
R10: as R6
R11: k2 sm yo k1 k2tog x3 (yo k)x6 k2tog x3x3 yo sm k sm yo rep k1 yo sm k2
R12: k all
Work twice

Flower pattern:
R13: as R7
R14 and all even rows until R20: as R6
R15: k2 sm yo k2 yo ssk k1 yo ssk k3 k2tog yo k1 k2tog yo k1 rep until last sts before marker k1 yo sm k1 sm yo k1 rep until 2 sts before marker k2 yo sm k2
R17: k2 sm yo k3 k1 yo ssk k1 yo ssk k1 k2tog yo k1 k2tog yo k2 rep until last 2 sts before marker k2 yo sm k1 sm yo k2 rep until 3 sts before marker k3 yo sm k2
R19: k2 sm yo k4 k2 yo ssk k1 yo ssk k1 s1k2tog psso yo k1 k2tog yo k3 rep until last 3 sts before marker k3 yo sm k1 sm yo k3 rep until 4 sts before marker k4 yo sm k2
R21: as R7
R22: k all

Repeat fan-and-feather pattern twice more.

Repeat R6-7 until 107+2 sts on either side of the center stitch.

Repeat fan-and-feather pattern until yarn runs out - starting and ending with a R 12.

Bind off loosely.