Hello, Flatirons! I love garter stitch shawls but have a tough time knitting the same row over and over again, so I came up with an all-garter shawl that suits my less-than-perfect attention span. I have a love affair with fine details that give knits a really polished look, so the shawl also has a pinstriped trim and striped i-cord edging.
Getting photos was fun: I dragged it out to the sweltering desert while on vacation and put it on a Joshua Tree. It’s a long way from the Boulder Flatirons in Colorado, the pattern’s namesake and inspiration, but you do what you can with the scenery at hand.
The pattern is modular and written for any gauge — use any yarn you like! The sample is knit in two yarns from one of my favorite dyers, Gypsy Wools, out in Boulder. They’re two different sock yarns (an all-wool yarn and a silk/wool blend), both in the same colorway! The two yarns side by side really highlight how much different materials affect the finished yarn: the silk blend is lighter with a slight sheen to it and slightly less saturated colors, while the all-wool one has darker and subtler tones. The effect is really striking and it’s one I’m definitely going to play with again.