An FO

Which book did you get Mary?

VP

The recommended one, the Knitters' Almanac. If the pi pattern isn't in there I shall not be pleased.

Mary

Well, according to this page that described a Pi Shawl Knit-Along, you ordered the right one.

We shall see.

I'll report.

:-)

Mary

Of course it doesn't. The basic pi shawl pattern is a formula for a circular shawl knitted outward from the center, circularly. EZ provides instructions for some very basic lace that will produce something that looks like the shawl in the Pi-along.

I put lace patterns of my own choosing in my pi shawls, you should do the same. Patterns are, after all, general guidelines, right?

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com spun a FINE 'yarn':

Lordy that is GORGEOUS!

Taueret

The idea is simply that for every inch wider the shawl is, it has to be 3.14 (pi) inches more around in order to lie flat. However, since knitting is flexible and stretchy, and lace is more so, you don't have to increase 3.14 stitches for every half inch of knitting (one half inch on each side of the circle adds to make one inch increased diameter). You can knit your lace pattern evenly for, say, four inches and then add 4 pi stitches spaced evenly around the shawl: that would be

So you could probably do it in crochet, especially if you use one of the fancier stitches that make a more flexible fabric. Something with treble crochets ought to work.

=Tamar