"Samba" Shawl Pattern (Sideways Knitted Triangular Shawl)

My version of this sideways knitted triangular shawl has two row garter stitch stripes and a slipped stitch selvage. It is immensely comfortable to wear because the biased fabric wraps itself around the body very readily. 

I have published the pattern on ravelry: Samba Shawl on ravelry.

My first attempt at two-row garter stitch stripes did not go well. I wanted an edge which can be shown off and somehow felt the ordinary garter stitch edge let me down when I carried the second colour. In this shawl I have come up with a solution by doing a slip-stitch selvedge. 

Materials:

Fingering weight sock yarn in two colours, 100g or more of each colour. I have used 150 g of each colour for a larger sized shawl.

3.25 mm needles (US size 3). I recommend a circular needle about 80 or 100 cm long

Tapestry needle

Gauge:

23 stitches and 40 rows to 10 cm (4 inches) knitted in garter stitch (knit every row). 

Finished size:

140 cm wide and 75 cm deep (unblocked) if using 100 g of each of two colours.

164 cm wide and 104 cm deep (unblocked) if using 150 g of each of two colours.

I have also made a class about knitting this shawl. If you have access to skillshare.com or would like to join then please use the link below. For new members it will give you a very reasonably priced trial for skillshare.com: http://skl.sh/2m0J1yj