For the Curious and Creative Knitter

Custom Shawls is a knitting sourcebook by Kate Atherley and Kim McBrien Evans, designed for knitters who want to understand shawl construction deeply enough to make it their own. Rather than just providing patterns to follow, the book equips you with the technical knowledge to adapt, customise, and eventually design your own shawls and wraps.

The more than a dozen patterns are split evenly across skill levels — a third for beginners, a third for intermediate knitters building new skills, and a third focused on creative customisation. Tutorials cover shaping, stitch pattern adaptation, colour choices, and fabric selection, with yarns ranging from luxury fibres to accessible classics.

A practical, well-structured reference for any knitter who wants to move beyond following a pattern and into making considered design decisions.