Two phases: all increases, then all decreases. A triangle worked from side to side instead of from a center point. Completely different construction logic, same shape.

Named Exhale on purpose. The lace ringlets follow the rhythm of breathing in and out, which makes this one of the more meditative shawls in the whole collection.

A triangle that commits to one direction. Increases and decreases placed to create a dramatic slant. This is where the shawl series gets genuinely unexpected.

Written on my 33rd birthday. 33 things I've learned navigating chronic mental illness, neurodivergence, Buddhist and Te Ao Māori philosophies, and leftist politics. Specific, personal, no tidy conclusions.

Makariri is Māori for winter, and this shawl earns the name. Oversized garter stitch with lace and colorwork stripes across 3 yarn colours. Good for the kind of knitting that takes all season.

Crescent shaping comes from increases worked on alternating rows. This guide breaks down the (k1, yo, k1) double increase and where the twisted yarn over fits in.

Part of the Kākahu Shawls collection, which grew out of an online Māori weaving class in 2020. Māwhitiwhiti is crescent-shaped and features the whetū stitch, a star pattern drawn from traditional weaving.

The companion to the Māwhitiwhiti in the Kākahu collection. Whatu means weaving in Te Reo Māori, and this one-skein shawl translates weaving stitches into knitting through slip stitch work.

The foundational shape in the shawl series. Garter tab cast-on, a center spine, increases on every right-side row. Once you've knit this, the rest of the series makes more sense.

Te Manawakura is Te Reo Māori for The Muse. An asymmetrical triangle with garter stitch, lace, cables, and bobbles. For when you want a shawl that keeps asking something of you.

I started this pattern in 2021 during my hardest year, then set it aside. Picked it up again after healing. Inspired by Ka Mua Ka Muri: the Māori proverb about walking backward into the future.

Designed around La Bien Aimée's Cashmerino and Suri + Silk blend. The slip stitch texture creates depth without difficulty, and the whole thing knits up faster than you'd think. Top-down, free.