Pattern Review: Stripy Spring Shawl
At the beginning of January, I picked up my knitting needles after a crazy long hiatus. I finished the project that had been on the needles for literally years and fell back in love with knitting. Knitting is a very relaxing creative outlet for me and I enjoy easy patterns that finish in small amounts of time, excluding the times when I put them down for ages. The Stripy Spring Shawl is a fantastic pattern, with little knitting knowledge needed. If you know the basic knit stitch and how to increase using the knit in front and back of a single stitch, you'll be able to complete this project without fail. I enjoyed the project so much that I've made two of them. The first version was created using yarn I purchased in Hawaii in 2016, which is when I cast it onto the needles. I'd picked it up here and there as we crossed those for years, but pandemic times brought me into the grove of finishing a few projects. This first version turned out beautifully and I had sever