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The Flying Solo Shawlette is your next favorite knit!

Experience Level: Advanced Beginner

The Flying Solo Shawlette is a triangular shawlette with a mixture of simple stitch patterns that are repeated throughout. It’s designed to work with a 100 gram skein of your favorite fingering weight yarn. The stitch patterns lend themselves to an array of color families and dye styles; optional beading gives this shawlette some extra sparkle. This pattern is easily adaptable for a larger sized shawl made with additional yardage or a thicker yarn and larger needles.
Construction Details: The shawl is worked in one piece. The pattern starts out at the “small” corner and increases along the shawl’s length to the other straight edge. The pattern is a repeat of 60 textural rows that include mesh lace, knit/purl texture, wrap and drops, and optional beading on stockinette stitch.

Techniques Necessary
• Cast On
• Elastic Bind off
• Knit/Purl
• Increasing (YO, kfb)
• Decreasing (ssk)
• Wrap and Drop elongated stitch texture.

Tutorial videos are linked in the pattern to Shaina’s YouTube channel for many of the techniques.

Finished Measurements: 55”/137cm span across the longest side x 22”/56cm depth

Yarn: Approximately 440 yards or 100 grams of fingering weight (CYCA #1) yarn. Samples made with Freia Yarns Ombre Merino Fingering Shawl Ball (100% US Merino Wool, 430 yds/100 g) in a one-of-a-kind colorway and Dyed By Shaina “Luxury Fingering” (75% ultrafine superwash merino wool, 15% mulberry silk, 10% cashmere; 437 yds/100 g) in Canadian Maple.

Gauge: 19 sts and 40 rows = 4”/10cm in garter stitch, unblocked and 17 sts and 32 rows = 4”/10cm in garter stitch, blocked, using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needle: US 7/4.5 mm 24-32”/60-80cm circular needles to accommodate the increasing stitches. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Additional Materials: Tapestry needle, size 6/0 seed beads (optional) and a beading hook or dental floss threader for beading.

Note: This is listing is for a downloadable PDF knitting pattern to create your own Flying Solo Shawlette

Flying Solo Shawlette is an easy knitting pattern for a triangle shawlette worked sideways, flat, and seamless in a single piece. A garter stitch foundation gains texture through slipped stitches, open mesh sections, and intentionally placed dropped stitches, producing a light, elastic wrap that blooms with blocking. One gradient skein carries you from cast-on to bind-off.

Construction and Technique

• Worked flat and sideways from tip to tip, shaped as one seamless piece
• Garter stitch base with slipped-stitch detailing and mesh sections for open, airy texture
• Dropped stitches placed intentionally for an elongated, ladder-like mesh effect
• Triangle shawlette shape with neat selvedge edges throughout
• Easy skill level: accessible to knitters comfortable with basic increases, decreases, and yarn overs

Materials

• Yarn weight: fingering weight / CYC size 1 (Super Fine)
• Yardage: 400-450 yds (366-411 m) of fingering weight merino
• Sample yarn: Freia Ombré Shawl Ball Merino Fingering (gradient); any fingering weight merino works beautifully
• Needles: US 7 / 4.5 mm (larger than standard fingering-weight sizing, intentional for open mesh gauge; always follow pattern gauge)
• Gauge, unblocked: 19 sts x 40 rows = 10 cm / 4 in in garter stitch
• Gauge, blocked: 17 sts x 32 rows = 10 cm / 4 in in garter stitch
• Gradient and hand-painted skeins show off the stitch texture especially well

Sizing

• One size, suitable for adults and teens (ages 13+)
• Triangle shawlette proportions with positive ease; finished dimensions given in pattern

What’s Included

• Full written instructions in English
• Video tutorial support for key techniques
• All abbreviations defined within the pattern

A satisfying one-skein project for makers who want a portable, engaging knit with a polished result. The unisex construction makes it a thoughtful handknit gift for any maker on your list.

Cast on and fly.