Hello my pretties! I hope there are still some of you out there who are knitting along with me. If you haven't started, or haven't completed the "should drop section", here are the previous diaries: Irtfa'a Shawl Knit Along #1, and Irtfa'a Knit Along #2: Reading Charts. If you're interested in jumping in, the pattern can be downloaded for $9 here.
Although the shawl itself knits up very quickly, figuring out this pattern is… an adventure, and nowhere more so than in the shawl body, patterned in what the designer calls "large and small feather" patterns. Not only does she have you switching your focus between three sets of charts within each row, she also mixes up her references to row counts. More on the flip.