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TECHNICAL EDITING & ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS

The 3 Shawls that Stole the Show

by | Oct 13, 2026 | Knitting

A woman standing at a craft stall displaying hand-knitted jumpers, shawls, and printed pattern sheets for sale.

This Sunday saw me exhibiting my knitting patterns at Tetbury Wool Fair and it was so much fun! The show was only on for a day but it was packed with dyers, spinners, weavers, yarn, floof, sheep and alpaca. I didn’t get to see much of it as I was on my own, but I had some lovely conversations with customers and was excited to see their yarn choices for my patterns.

The star of the show this weekend for me was definitely Saltash triangular shawlette, closely followed by Penhale and Elowen Shawl, which are all 4ply weight patterns that can be worked with one skein. I usually have a lot of sock knitters come to my stand but we definitely seemed to have more of a shawl crowd this time around. 

 

 

The Star:

A green knitted triangular shawl, a mug of coffee, and a pair of pink knitted socks resting on a brown blanket.

Saltash is worked from corner to corner, casting on with an (optional) icord cast on and working travelling cables to halfway through your skein of yarn while increasing. When you hit the midway point, your cables change direction and you begin to decrease. You then have the option to cast off the last few stitches or to graft the two sides of the i-cord edging together.

A rust-coloured, hand-knitted shawl with an intricate lace pattern draped over the shoulders of a person wearing a forest-themed print dress.

Penhale is cast on at the bottom edge and a lace repeat is worked widthwise across all the stitches. When complete, you then begin to work in garter stitch with some simple short rows to shape the top of the shawl into a gentle curve, before casting off. 

Close-up of a blue knitted shawl, featuring a feather and fan lace pattern and garter stitch, draped over a mannequin's shoulders. The background features blurred greenery, a wooden trellis, and blooming flowers.

Elowen is worked in much the same way as Penhale, but using a much simpler feather and fan repeat. Penhale was getting a lot of love at shows, but after a lot of requests for something a bit easier, Elowen was born. This pattern was inspired by Cornish gansey sweaters and features some little ‘flags’ after the fan repeat is finished. If you can knit, purl and work a yo and a decrease, you can do this. I’ll talk you through the short rows 😉

If you like all three shawls, you can use my show discount 3for15 and get all of them (or three of my other accessories) for just £15 here and Ravelry.

If you’ve knit one of my patterns recently, let me know! Tag @fayeperriamreed on social media – I love to see your creations.

I also have a Ravelry group and we are still doing a sock KAL for the rest of October. Feel free to join even if you don’t fancy the knit-along, there will be other things happening throughout the upcoming months.