Today I'm reviewing "Everyday Shawls - 10 patterns & recipes to
create your own" by
Kate Atherley.
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Kate Atherley has produced some terrific knitting books, focusing on socks, hats, mittens, and more. Now she is tackling a style of shawl that's easy, wearable, and cozy, without a lot of fuss or bother. They are calming, too, perfect for these stressful times.
These are both patterns and recipes, so that you can substitute your own stitch patterns.
They use a wide triangle shape, starting at the point and getting wider and wider. With this approach you can just keep knitting till you run out of yarn. These are everyday shawls that you can use on a daily basis, and not save for special occasions. You can use any weight of yarn and any fiber that you like whether it be wool, alpaca, cotton, or synthetic.
The patterns use simple stitch patterns so they make for great relaxing TV knitting. They use garter stitch, garter ridges, and various styles of ribbing – just knits and purls in repetitive patterns.
Nearly any weight or style of yarn can be used -- solid, speckled, gradient, mini-skeins, etc. And you can feel free to combine leftover yarns to create a striped or color block shawl.
Kate helpfully provides yardage guidelines so that you know how much yarn will make how big a shawl. For example, 400 yards of worsted weight yarn gives you a shawl that's 45 inches across. Good to know! There are several variations; for example, from simple rib you can branch out to Mistake Rib or Ridge Rib or other ribs.
These shawls are easy to knit, and make great gifts as well. Using a heavier weight yarn, you’ll be done in no time! I can't wait to pick one and get started.
Thanks, Kate, for sending me a copy of your book.
Thanks for the review. I like Kate Atherley and have wondered about this book. I took a sweater-making class with her. She is a great teacher.
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