The Shape of the Shawl
About The Shape of the Shawl
You bought that gorgeous hank of yarn on your last vacation. It was so beautiful in the store, but now you are home and not sure what to do with it? Not sure how the colors will match with other yarns in your stash? Here’s a solution: Make a shaped shawl! We’re all familiar with the triangle shawl, but what about heart-shaped, square, or half-circle. This class will show you how to take that unique yarn and create the shape you want for your shawl. We will cover casting on with a garter tab, placing markers, and how to get 4 shapes other than the basic triangle. Participants will receive a 2 sided guide to 5 shawl shapes for future reference and extra guide with additional shapes. Let the beautiful color of the yarn do the work for you.
What will students learn:
starting with a garter tab, increases to create the different shapes, why/how the shapes are created, tips to add a little interest to the simple shawl shape.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
DK or Worsted weight yarn for practice/sample and knitting needle 1-2 sizes larger than suggested. If you’d like to start practicing and continue to finish the shawl, bring yarn of choice and needle 1-2 sizes larger (example: fingering weight and size 4 needle).
Materials Kit and Kit Description
No materials kit for this class.
Pre-class Homework
None
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 16
Skill Level
Advanced beginner (some experience)
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
casting on, knit, purl, simple increases, binding off
Contact the Teacher
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When
Single 3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Classroom 11
How It Works
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Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Rusty Boyd
Rusty Boyd has been a crocheter since the age of 9. At age 34, he took his first knitting class and was “hooked.” Since that time he has taught himself to knit lace, cables, stranded, mosaic and more. After attending his first Men’s Knitting Retreat, Rusty had his first pattern published by Skacel for their Simplicity Men’s Booklet.
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Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. The 20th annual Carolina FiberFest is March 13-14, 2026 at the NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh NC. Workshops will be held Thurs. March 12 - Sat. March 14, 2026.