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Ways to Wear a Triangle Shawl, Plus a Pattern to Try

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how to wear a triangle shawlI recently published a pattern for a bulky triangle shawl, which is super fast and easy (really, I knit mine in three days) and a perfect gift knitting project.

I have a lot of triangular or similarly shaped shawls, and I know it can sometimes be difficult to figure out exactly how to wear them so you can both show off your knitting and keep warm.

This post from Llama Llama Ewe shares eight great ways to wear a triangular shawl, from the traditional wrap it around the shoulders and pin to kerchief style, turning it into a shrug or even wearing it like a scarf, among others.

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There are definitely some ideas here I’m going to try.

What’s your favorite way to wear a triangular shawl?

[Photo via Llama Llama Ewe.]

 

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  1. Thank you for sharing this! There are so many really beautiful shawl patterns available, but I have no idea how to wear them, so I don’t bother knitting them. But there are some wonderful ideas and instructions in this post. Thanks!

Have you read?

Knit a Fish Pouch, for Reasons

I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]