For those who google for patterns for wedding ring shawls, I’ll make it very simple: the definition of a wedding ring shawl is one that is knit so fine that you can take off your wedding ring and pull it through it (um, just watch out for catchy-edging prongs and the like. And try not to flip your ring across the room in the process like I did once if you don’t have a metal detector to help you track it down afterwards.)
I spent last week taking one of the largest of my circular shawl patterns and knitting it up with Fino baby alpaca/silk, a laceweight yarn but on the heavier side of laceweight, 875 yards to 100g; I used size 7 needles. I was pleased to see, when I got done, that it was wide enough around not only for me but for a friend who is a goodly bit larger than I am.
I never thought…But I was curious, and what could it hurt to try. And look at that ring!