Opening Gambit

The shawl border is starting out with repeats of Razor Shell (surprise) alternating with a plain stockinette ground. See? easy so far.



Now that Razor Shell is going to transition into a frame for something a little fancier.



I narrowed it down to one column of eyelets and positioned a Shetland Madeira motif between columns. Now it's going to widen out again, but not as Razor Shell. We're getting a little more complex here, but still not too bad. After all, at this point every wrong side row is still plain old purl.