These knit poncho style sweater shawls are adorable and such an easy layer to throw on! They come in different colors and ...

The original shawl is designed to be worked in six colors of fingering weight yarn, with a solid black background, although I recently saw a shawl knit in a worsted weight and was no less impressed.

Just in time for summer, two publishers have released books of lace shawl patterns. In my Thursday In Stitches column in the newspapers today, I have reviewed Anna Dalvi's new book, "Mystic Lace," ...