Waterfalls Bias Shawl

A Machine Knitting Shawl Pattern // Design by Barb Barone

Learn to use your knitting machine with the Waterfalls Bias Shawl. The knitted fabric will shift and move along the needle bed to create a fabric with a parallelogram shape, a perfect blank to practice increases and decreases.

This pattern is free for School of SweetGeorgia members.

Skill Level

• Beginner

Yarn

• 3 skeins SweetGeorgia Trifecta Fine in Old Letters (370 yards / 338 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 75% bluefaced leicester, 15% mohair, 10% silk) 
• 3 skeins SweetGeorgia Silk Mist in Sangria (325 yd / 297 m per 0.88 oz / 25 g skein; 60% fine kid mohair, 40% cultivated silk)

Machine Settings & Tools

• Machine: Silver Reed LK 150 Stitch Setting 8, Tension 3
• Tools: Size 0 US / 2.0 mm circular knitting needle, 24" / 60 cm long

Gauge

• 21.5 sts and 16 rows = 4" / 10 cm in stockinette stitch with yarn held single, after blocking, measured along one edge
  Please note that changes in gauge will affect yardage used and final measurements

Finished Measurements

• 14" / 35 cm wide x 79" / 200 cm long

Pattern includes an 8-page PDF.

Taught by Barb Barone at the Machine Knitting: Basics online course, this shawl is more than just a first project; it’s your gateway to everything machine knitting can be.