The Zippy Triangle Shawl is a breeze to knit with its large open stitches. It’s a lovely evening shoulder cover up.
Knitting loom: Zippy loom (5 Zippy looms, connected together, 20 pegs total).
Yarn: Approximately 80 yards of super bulky yarn. Sample used Loops & Threads Opus (2 skeins in Bermuda used) 42 yds/38m.
Notions: knitting tool, big eye tapestry needle.
Gauge: varies depending on thickness of yarn. Pattern is worked with the e-wrap stitch as the knit stitch.
Size: Approximately 60″ wingspan, 22 inches in length (blocked).
Pattern notes: Connect the 5 Zippy looms together to have 20 pegs. Begin the cast on the right side.
INSTRUCTIONS
Ewrap cast on (from left to right) 2 stitches.
Row 1:Ewrap knit to end of row.
Row 2: Increase one at the beginning of the row, purl to the end of row. (Recommend to use the Half Hitch cast on method: Here is a video link to Bethany Dailey’s video on the Half Hitch increase).
Rep Row 1 and Row 2: until you have increased to 20 stitches.
Next row: Ewrap knit to the end of row
Next row: Purl to the end of row.
**Next row: Ewrap knit to the end of row.
Next row: Decrease one at the beginning of the row, purl to the end of row.**
(To decrease, move the stitch from the last peg to the adjacent peg to the right. Ex: Move loop from peg 20 to peg 19; then purl the entire row to the end (treat the peg with the two loops as one loop)
Repeat from ** to ** until you have 2 stitches remaining.
Bind off loosely with basic bind off method.
Weave all ends in. Block to open up the stitches.