Luxury Shawl & Scarf Pattern

The Luxury Shawl & Scarf set is the perfect way to give lace knitting a try. Knit the scarf version first - knitting a smaller size with fingering weight yarn will make for an easy transition into lace knitting. Next, move onto the shawl version - larger than the scarf, it is also more delicate and lightweight as it is knit out of a thinner lace weight yarn. Although lace knitting might seem intimidating at first, this simple garter and lace stitch pattern has you doing lace on only one of twelve rows. Simple to learn and even easier to memorize, you will be knitting lace in no time at all!

From A Passion for Knitting book

Scarf: 12" x 42"
Shawl: 20" x 70"

Nancy J. Thomas is editorial director at Lion Brand Yarn Company, the former editor of Vogue Knitting and Knitter's Magazine, the founding editor of Family Circle Knitting, and author of a nationally syndicated column called "The NeedleWorks". Nancy also coauthored Vogue Knitting: the Ultimate Knitting Book. She has appeared on television, include the Today Show, to promote knitting and has hosted hand-knitting fashion shows around the country.

Ilana Rabinowitz is director of consumer marketing at Lion Brand Yarn Company in New York, where she oversees their catalog and Web site. She is also a freelance writer and the editor of two books--one on psychotherapy and a second on Eastern philosophy.