Janelle Shawlette in Sock Yarn Shawls collection

Photo courtesy of Knit Picks

Knit Picks has published a new collection of 7 shawls using their sock yarns.  I am happy to say that my pattern Janelle Shawlette is included, and also made the cover!  Woohoo!  

Janelle is pretty simple to knit, with a Stockinette stitch body and feather and fan border.  The spiraled sections are shaped with increasingly larger yarnovers.  The shape is a large circle with an opening in front, and the spiraled increases give it a swingy shape hanging down from your shoulders.

I've worked double-yarnovers in complicated lace patterns, and I really liked the effect of having different-sized holes in the lace.  I went a little crazy with that idea, and used up to quadruple-yarnovers in this design.  Working into double-, triple-, or quadruple-yarnovers isn't as complicated as it sounds; you just need to alternately work knits and purls into the yarnovers, and will end up with a big eyelet.

Knit Picks has an interesting way of working with designers; the sample that ends up being photographed is knit by a sample knitter and not the designer.  So I will present the photos of my sample to better illustrate the shape of the shawl.  The yarn is Stroll Hand-Painted in the colorway Make Believe.

So, if you are interested, you can find Janelle on the Knit Picks website, as a printed book or ebook of Sock Yarn Shawls collection or as a single pattern download.

Until next time, Happy Knitting!