Greater Boston Yarn Crawl

The Candy Shoppe Shawl
designed by Jillian Melnyk

Inspired by candy canes and freshly-pulled salt water taffy, The Candy Shoppe Shawl is designed to experiment with color and uses two 100g skeins (200 yards each) of contrasting DK or Worsted weight yarn.

Knit tip-to-tip in garter stitch with a built-in i-cord edge, it is an easy, beginner-friendly shawl pattern that is fun for new knitters and experienced knitters alike.

The joy of this pattern is in experimenting with color combinations – it is designed to highlight the unique characteristics of handspun yarn, hand-dyed/indie dyed yarn, and dyed-in-the-wool/marled yarn from your favorite dyers and local mills.

Penny Candy
designed by Woolliam Sheep

This simple side-to-side crochet pattern creates an easy triangle shawl that gives you a variety of options for playing with color. The sample combined a solid color with a colorshifting yarn to offer a gradual movement of color across the entire work. You could combine two solid colors for a tonal look, use up scraps paired with a single skein of a solid color, or just play with bits and pieces to create something brand new.

To change size, use bigger or small yarn and a matching hook. Alternatively, do more increase rows, which will be matched with more decrease rows.