Wednesday, April 4

Triangle shawls - let me count the ways... (updated)

How many ways can you shape a triangle shawl? In running this shawl contest, I've discovered there are many ways to accomplish this.

Bottom up
1) Cast on a bazillion stitches and decrease 1 stitch on each edge (every other row) until down to 3 stitches and bind off---Red Hat Lady Shawl
2) Cast on a few stitches, increase 1 stitch on each edge EOR until the size you want and bind off---Crystal Cove, Simple Triangle, Thrift Shop Shawl
3) Cast on a bazillion stitches and decrease 1 stitch on either side of the center stitch and at each edge EOR (every other row) until down to 3 stitches and bind off---Papillion, Spanish Dancer

Top down
1) Cast on 3 stitches and increase 1 stitch at each edge plus 1 stitch on either side of the center stitch EOR until the size you want and bind off---Comfort Shawl, Easy Garter Stitch Shawl
2) Cast on a bazillion stitches and decrease 1 stitch at each edge EOR (every other row) until down to 3 stitches and bind off---Shoulder Shawl

Side-to-side
Cast on a few stitches and increase 1 stitch on only one edge EOR until the size you want, then start decreasing EOR until down to a few stitches and bind off---Drop Stitch Twist Shawl

Mitered
Cast on a bazillion stitches and do a 2 stitch decrease in the center ever so many rows until just a few left and bind off---Mitered Squares Shawl

Multiple triangles
1) Knit 3 triangles and seam them together in an L shape---Loop de Loop, Sheer One Piece Shawl
2) Knit 2 big triangles. Cast on 3 stitches and increase on one edge EOR until big enough. Make another to match. Seam them together with the knitting running in different directions---Twin Peaks Shawl

Half square
If you have a square shawl pattern that's knit from the center out, you may be able to knit half of it as a triangle shawl.

Have I missed any? Let me know and I'll add it to the list.

The triangle shawl contest entries are now up to 81 patterns. There's still time to enter.

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