Use this to plug and play your desired stitch patterns into any shawl shape with ease! These are also exceptional jump-off points for budding designers who wish to take the plunge into shawl design. Knowing how to shape it will make it that much easier to achieve your goals!
This fun top-down crescent shawl is started at the top at the centre and works its way out from there. Aggressive blocking with a stretchy bind-off makes this shape come to life. That’s what gives crescent-shaped shawls that classic curve.
Shawl Shaping Rule: 2 increases per every row, 1 at each end after and before your edging.
ABBREVIATIONS
Inc: Increase. My sample used a yarn over for the increase, but you may choose to use whichever one-stitch increase you prefer for this shawl shape.
K: Knit.
RS: Right side.
St(s): Stitch(es).
WS: Wrong side.
Directions
Cast on 7 stitches.
Setup Row (WS): K2, inc, work to last 2 sts, inc, k2. (2 sts inc.)
Row 1 (RS): K2, inc, work to last 2 sts, inc, k2. (2 sts inc.)
Row 2 (WS): K2, inc, work to last 2 sts, inc, k2. (2 sts inc.)
Repeat Rows 1-2 until you’ve reached your desired size. Work a Stretchy Bind-off so you can block the shawl into a crescent shape.