This plain shawl with its overall eyelet design is based on a pattern in the sixteenth series of ‘Weldon’s Practical Knitter’, published in 1891. I have simplified the original pattern by leaving out the border. I have also worked the eyelets more closely together and altered the shaping instructions.

The result is an easy, repetitive knit which can be worked with any yarn and needles to make shawls of any size. Details are included of the two shawls I knitted: a small shoulder shawl with 150g of 4 ply yarn and a much bigger version using 250g of DK yarn.

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Happy Knitting!