Finished shawl size: dimension from neck to bottom “point” of the shawl’s triangle should be at least 27 inches. When you begin knitting you are creating one end of the shawl. As you knit you increase to the bottom “point” of the shawl. Then you decrease from the “point” to the other end of the shawl. The 5 stitches between the stitch marker and the edge create the self-fringe; these stitches will be unraveled in the “finish” step of creating your shawl.