About My Journey....

What constitutes a shawl?

According to Wikipedia:

"A shawl is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head. It is usually a rectangular or square piece of cloth, that is often folded to make a triangle but can also be triangular in shape. Other shapes include oblong shawls."

For the purposes of my knitting adventure, the different shapes I will be knitting are:

• triangular
• rectangular stoles
• scarves
• square
• semi-circular
• circular or Pi shawls

In addition, shawls I knit may contain:

• lace (arctic, estonian, icelandic, shetland, orenburg, etc.)
• texture
• simple stockinette
• stripes!

Some of my favorite knitting designers from which I plan to knit more than one shawl patterns from are:

1. Jared Flood
2. Nancy Bush
3. Evelyn A. Clark
4. Leila Raabe
5. Galina Khmeleva

I am very interested in breed-specific wools, so I plan to spend 12 months during this journey knitting a different shawl each month from different breeds of sheep so I can experience the varieties they have to offer.

Timeline?

Well, seeing as it takes me at least a month to complete one fairly simple shawl, I'd like to give myself a generous timeframe to reach my goal.

End date: March 5, 2021 (my 40th birthday)