This is one of my favorite shawl collections. I have a shawl on the website knit from this book, the Highland Triangle Shawl, from Texas yarn, but Classic Merino Worsted would work equally well.

Folk Shawls presents 25 knitted shawl patterns including the history and traditions behind them. Each shawl pattern is complete with instructions in words and charts

Paperbound, 8 1/2 x 9, 144 pages, full-color and charts, ISBN 1-883010-59-4