At last! After a loooong nightmare caused by a virus-whose-name-should-not-be-pronounced, life is slowly but surely returning to “normal”… Before everything went crazy, I was working on a new shawl design so every night of this crisis, I was “Zigging the Zag”💤 !! …and this project helped me to find peace of mind every night after a long day of hard work!
Because most of this design was improvised, I had to resolve myself to write this pattern row by row…. which took me 3 – 4 full days (and possibly aggravated my myopia of 10% 😜)
Zigging the Zag unblocked 
Zigging the Zag shawl on the blocking mat 
Close up of Zigging the Zag shawl on the bloking mat 
Zigging the Zag shawl pattern
Now this pattern is currently being tested by 18 of my wonderful testers and I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to them: their help is SOOO PRECIOUS and allows me to offer patterns that are clearer and hopefully easier to understand. 😘 I can’t wait to see all these new Zigging the Zag shawls!!
If you would like to be added to my testers list, you can CLICK HERE 😉
To work this shawl, I used the following hand-dyed yarns:
Louise Robert Design – Super Sock (75% merino sw, 25% nylon; 400m by 100g skeins)
Les Laines Biscotte – Hermione (75% Kid Mohair et 25% soie; 420m par écheveau de 50g)
FINAL SIZE OF ZIGGING THE ZAG SHAWL
- WIDTH measured from one tip to the other : 244 cm; 96 in
- HEIGHT measured on the center : 53 cm; 21 in
What’s next?
I’ve always been a HUGE FAN of Noro Yarns and since the beautiful ITO yarn is now available in Biscotte local yarn stores, I couldn’t resist and grabbed this two awesome colours to start a shawl:
If you know me, you’ve probably noticed that I’m constantly looking for new ways to play with colours! I made no exception to the rule with those two balls of yarn!! I am currently working on the last rows of this new shawl where I alternate two rows of each balls!
Here’s what the final result should look like: (unfortunately my skills as an illustrator are not very developed but you can get the idea 🤓)
I should be able to show you the real final result shortly! Since then, I am wishing you a beautiful day, stay healty and knit outside to enjoy the sun when you can!