Knitting Adventure with Stephen West’s Rockefeller Shawl

You know my love for geometric, modular, architectural-like knitting, right?

We were in the middle of an early summer heat wave when I swooned over the dramatic-looking shawl project on several pairs of needles at my local yarn shop. Thus my introduction to knitwear designer Stephen West and, before I’d taken another breath, I’d committed to knitting a tri-color Rockefeller shawl in Madeline Tosh Vintage yarn! I now understand the frenzy for Tosh yarns that I witnessed in the Vogue Knitting LIVE marketplace last January — this merino wool feels like silk and is delicious to knit with. West’s other creative aspect as a dancer makes sense of the Rockefeller’s extreme wing span. Doesn’t my model look as though she’s about to take flight?!

 This is definitely a distinctive wardrobe addition for the fall.

Divided into four sections, the pattern is super-fun to knit, with interesting use of short rows, i-cord edging, and two-color work. … Looks like Corabelle’s interested in the Rockefeller shawl, too!