Maureen Shawl & Cowl
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For a while, I have wanted to create a shawl that would carry my mum’s name, yet none of my earlier ideas ever felt quite right. When this design came to life on my needles, I knew I had found the one. While it echoes the spirit of the Joanna Shawl, its single-colour palette and twisted knit detail through the rib rows lend it a refined character entirely its own.

The large crescent shawl and coordinating cowl are worked sideways, allowing the fabric to grow beautifully without ever placing too many stitches on the needle at once. Twisted broken rib creates rich texture throughout, while an i-cord edge on both sides provides a polished, supple finish. Instructions for the cowl are included at the end of the pattern.

Information
Yarn: 2 x 100g (730 - 800m) fingering weight sock yarn.
Grey Sample: This sample was knit using Black Elephant fingering (100% BFL, 385m/110g) in two very similar one of a kind colour ways.
Peach Sample: This sample was knit using The Urban Purl Merino Silk (80% SW Merino, 20% Silk, 365m/100g) in the colour way Dido Intense.
Suggested Needles: US 4/3.5mm or needles required to get gauge.
Gauge: 26 sts x 37 rows to 10cm/4” over broken rib pattern blocked. Gauge is less important in a shawl, however, if your gauge is looser than specified more yarn will be required.
Measurements: Shawl: approximately 210 cm/84” wingspan, 37.5/15” depth.
Cowl: 60cm/24” circumference 37.5cm/15” depth