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This shawl can be as long, short, wide or narrow as you want. I chose to make it out of a lace weight cotton but you could also use fingering or sock yarn or Dk or worsted weight. It depends what you like or plan to use it for, a cuddly warmer on your deck or out for dinner and the theatre! I made this using the fishtail lace pattern that is worked over 11 stitches. I also used stitch markers between each of the pattern sets to keep track of where I was on each row. Was easier to catch my mistakes as I went along this way. Whatever weight of yarn you choose, check the yarn band of your yarn choice to see how many stitches you need to make your shawl the width you want. 

For my shawl, I used 3.5 mm needles and knit till I was close to running out with enough left to complete the final edge. So here goes! For lace weight yarn, final width 20” and about 60” length. 

Cast on 139 stitches using 3.5 mm needles 

Knit in garter stitch for 20 rows 

Begin rows with pattern sets as follows: 

Row 1 - knit 9, (place stitch marker, p1, k1, yo, k2, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k2, yo, k1, p1) repeat pattern set 10 more times, place marker, knit 9 

Row 2- knit 9, (PM, k1, p9, k1) repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 3 - knit 9, (PM, p1, k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k2, p1) repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 4 - same as row 2 

Row 5 - knit 9, (PM, p1, k3, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k3, p1), repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 6 - same as row 2 * PM means place marker 

Continue until you have the length you want or are running low on yarn. Finish by knitting 20 more rows of garter stitch and then cast off loosely. Block if needed 

This shawl can be as long, short, wide or narrow as you want. I chose to make it out of a lace weight cotton but you could also use fingering or sock yarn or Dk or worsted weight. It depends what you like or plan to use it for, a cuddly warmer on your deck or out for dinner and the theatre! I made this using the fishtail lace pattern that is worked over 11 stitches. I also used stitch markers between each of the pattern sets to keep track of where I was on each row. Was easier to catch my mistakes as I went along this way. Whatever weight of yarn you choose, check the yarn band of your yarn choice to see how many stitches you need to make your shawl the width you want. 

For my shawl, I used 3.5 mm needles and knit till I was close to running out with enough left to complete the final edge. So here goes! For lace weight yarn, final width 20” and about 60” length. 

Cast on 139 stitches using 3.5 mm needles 

Knit in garter stitch for 20 rows 

Begin rows with pattern sets as follows: 

Row 1 - knit 9, (place stitch marker, p1, k1, yo, k2, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k2, yo, k1, p1) repeat pattern set 10 more times, place marker, knit 9 

Row 2- knit 9, (PM, k1, p9, k1) repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 3 - knit 9, (PM, p1, k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k2, p1) repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 4 - same as row 2 

Row 5 - knit 9, (PM, p1, k3, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k3, p1), repeat 10 more times, PM, knit 9 

Row 6 - same as row 2 * PM means place marker 

Continue until you have the length you want or are running low on yarn. Finish by knitting 20 more rows of garter stitch and then cast off loosely. Block if needed