Pick out two variegated colors and knit your own vibrant plumaje (Spanish for plumage). This shawl combines a wide wing-like shape with stitch patterns evoking the texture of feathers.

CONSTRUCTION
This triangular shawl is knit flat starting at the nape of the neck. It increases at six points to form long wings.

SKILL LEVEL
Advanced beginner (basic lace, picot bind-off)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
width = 23”/59 cm at center
length = 88”/223 cm from tip to tip
Approximate, after blocking. Note that the finished object will be very stretchy and malleable to blocking.

YARN
435 yards/398 meters of color A (garter stitch) and 390 yards/357 meters of color B (mesh)
Shown in: Hedgehog Fibres Sock Yarn, colorways Pucker (A) and Heyday (B) and Republic of Wool Twist Fingering, colorways Herbology (A) and Thrasher (B)

NEEDLES
US #6/4.0mm (or size you need to get gauge) for working flat

NOTIONS
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, blocking wires or pins

PATTERN REVISIONS
Version 1/5/2016 - Originally published.
Version 9/6/2016 - Page 5: Errata. Garter Section #4 should be 12 rows (not 22). In other words:
Rows 113-122 - switch to color A and work as for Garter #1 Rows 15-24. 10 rows and 5 garter ridges worked.
Row 123 - work as for Row 15
Row 124 - switch to color B and work as for Row 16.
Row numbers after that change appropriately.
Version 02/2021 - Updated layout and added additional photos.