Hey Now...You're a Shawl Star

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Last year, when Shawl Star (Knit Shawls like a pro!) came out, I was ever so excited to see 40 different shawl shapes.  So much of my own knitting and designing involves shawls, and working out where/how to put increases/decreases involves a lot of...time, math, swatching, frogging and re-knitting.  Having worked with Knotions for my own patterns, I knew, that whatever was in that e-book was going to be helpful and I was not wrong.

40 shawl shapes, from simple triangles, to hybrids, crescents and half circles with a couple of special shapes thrown in, but not just the recipe for how to achieve the shape!  Each one includes a Pros and Cons Section for example :

Crescent Worked Sideways:

Pros: "....ideal for maximizing your yarn ...."
Cons: "....it is less easy to create decorative borders..."

Then Elizabeth Felgate, the author, gives the formula for how to achieve the shape (for those math lovers!) and then a simply recipe (for the non mathy people!).

I am rather partial to the Special Shapes that are included...Logarithmic Spirals is destined to one day get cast on...I think in some Habu Textiles Copper Yarn, and hung as an art piece in the corner of my living room.

photo credit Mimz381 on Ravelry

I have referred to this book a lot in the past year, playing with shapes that turned into shawls and...heard recently that there will be new special shapes coming this Saturday!

As you, loyal reader, know...I like to work with Knotions and have a relationship built up with the editor...so...with a little gentle persuasion...I got a sneak peak at what is coming up and if you love knitting shawls as much as I do, you are going to be thrilled with the additional shapes that are coming. (Especially when you see that not only do you get the Pro's, Con's, Formula and Recipe...for some you get a link to a handy dandy calculator that does all the math for you!)

Here's where the affiliate link comes in....If you buy the original Shawl Star today...and you know you want to...when the new shapes come out on Saturday you will get them too! And if you do purchase, by clicking here...I'll get a small commission for cluing you in.

I was asked a while back who I would recommend this book to, by a friend, and my answer was "Everyone who knits shawls, but especially people who want to design their own!"

Knowing the how/why, formula and having a recipe to follow means that you can pick a shape and work out stitch patterns (or stick to a plain garter stitch shawl) without having to do the heavy lifting of working out the geometry.  And who knows...if you don't already design shawls having that heavy lifting done for you might have you designing your own and singing along...

"Hey now, you're a Shawl Star, get your knits on, go play
Hey now, you're a Shawl Star, get the pattern done and get paid."