Deconstructed Shawl with Solid Zig-Zag Edging

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I had built up a basket of lots of partial balls of yarn and longer scraps, which I knit up into this shawl. For this item, I just used the yarn as it came out of the basket, tying the ends with 2 inch tails, and knitting the garment in garter stitch, placing the tails all on one side. (For projects of this kind, I will often measure out 4 or 6 yard lengths of left-over yarn and tie them together with an overhand knot leaving 2 inch tails.)

This shawl ended up being very large - 17-18 inches deep at the back neck and about 84 inches long from tip to tip. The photos show both the "civilized" and the "deconstructed" sides. I love the way the zig-zag edging came out. The idea for the edging came from a sweater pattern in an old Rowan knitting magazine that I paged through a few weeks ago. I'm planning to use it again some time.






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