I love braiding my hair, I never had long hair as a child and now I’m more than making up for it. This cable reminds me of a fish bone braid, strings of hair, rope or yarn repeatedly crossing over each other.

Fish Bone Braid is a crescent-shaped shawl with cables and lace. It requires 400-700 meters of fingering to DK weight yarn. Use needle size that gives you a nice lacy effect. The shawl can be enlarged by adding additional repeats. The pattern is charted.

Red shawl used all of 1 skein Wollmeise Merino DK in Bussi 100% merino, 468 yd/428 m per 200g on 4 mm (US 6) needles. Blocked size is 52 x 140 cm (23 x 57 inches). Gauge is 15 stitches and 24 rows per 10 cm in stockinette.

Beige shawl used 2 skeins Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light colourway Calligraphy 100% merino, 420 yd/384 m per 100g on 4 mm (US 6) needles. Blocked size is 142 x 55 cm ( 56 x 21.5 inches). Gauge: 19 stitches = 10 cm in stockinette.