Nim Teasdale has created a wonderful new series of patterns: fun, simple, and oh-so-lovely.

This one,  Veer Left, was originally knit with Schoppel's Gradient Yarn --- and we just happen to have a few skeins of that in stock and ready for you to knit into something glorious!

The Design

Here is how Nim describes this new Veer Left: 

Veer Left is a striped elongated half hexagon shape in drapey, stretchy garter. It is designed to be knit on the go, with a short, easy to memorise sequence of rows which is repeated, gradually increasing the width of the shawl until a percentage of the yarn is used, at which point the knitting veers off to the left and decreases down to the far side.

Ideal for long colour run yarns, handspun, variegateds or striping yarns, try striping a variegated against a solid, or try two complementary solids for bolder stripes..

This is one of a her new collection of mostly garter projects in a variety of shapes, focussing on simple yet interesting four-row construction.  The idea behind this is that each is easily memorised so you don’t need to carry the pattern around with you all the time.

The Yarn

The pattern is written so that it can be knit in just about any yardage of yarn from lace to worsted weight yarn.  All that is needed is to adapt one's needles to get a pleasing density of fabric.  

Again I quote Nim: The sideways construction of this design makes the sizing very adaptable. Start at one corner and knit until you reach the turning point of your yarn.

Gradient  is the yarn she used for the shawls you see here.  It is 100% Virgin Merino Wool and has 284 yards per 100 gram ball.  Nim used roughly1 1/2 for hers.

Here is how Schoppel describes this yarn: If you love Zauberball, get ready to do backflips for Gradient! It comes in the same charming ball and has the same slow color repeats, but it knits to a much larger gauge. It is a slightly felted wool single that will resist pilling.