quick + purly: 5 square shawls

Now that summer is squarely upon us (no pun intended), and the Solstice arrives on Sunday, I'm looking for some travel knitting. For me travel knitting means shawls: one skein of beautiful laceweight yarn that squishes easily into my purse or carryon + one long circular needle so that no stitches will be lost + one compelling pattern.

Have you ever worked a square shawl? What's your favorite on-the-go type of knitting?

Here are a few that caught my eye this week.

1. Life Cycle by Laura Nelkin $7 USD 

   

   Gorgeous progression of patterns

2. Alcove my Mam'zelle Flo €5 EUR 

   

   Perfect travel knitting with the garter stitch center

3. legacy square shawl by bunnymuff $5.99 USD 

   

   Swoony stitch patterns
   Be careful with those beads when traveling, though!

4. Spider Queen by Hazel Carter $8 USD 

   

   The pattern page picture does not do this beauty justice -
   be sure to check out the projects pages!

5. Poinsettia Shawl 401 by Lucy Neatby $12 CAD 

   

   Clever structure and beautiful stitch patterns

And I can't forget the square "travel" shawl I designed for myself a few years back: Hap-py (updated pattern layout coming soon!) $7 USD. I just loved knitting this one!

Easy-to-remember center and edgings
make this perfect social knitting

There are plenty more beauties in this category. Click here to see for yourself.

So, what travel knitting do you have planned for the summer? Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!

xoxo,