A Whole Pi

For a few years now, I’ve wanted to knit a Pi shawl. The mathematical formula appeals to the geek in me, and the idea of choosing my own lace stitches was a sense of adventure and freedom. Thanks to some encouragement on the Ravelry 10 Shawls in 2010 group, I finally went for it.

I had some left over lace weight yarn that I wanted to use up, so started with those three colours. I chose to use two different lace patterns, the well-known Print of the Wave and one called Lacy Garlands. These were chosen for two reasons, 1 – they looked like water waves and ripples and 2 – the row and stitch counts fit within the circles of the Pi.

In the end I needed to buy a full skein more of lace weight yarn, and still ended the shawl before the last section was complete. I did a k2, YO row followed by a purl bind off to ensure that the edge would stretch enough on blocking.

All in all I am really pleased with it. I consider this a process knit – I made it to see how it worked but I think I will also get some wear out of it. If not it makes a great tablecloth for my round living room table!

You can wear it longer as above, or shorter as below.

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