YAL 2025's first pattern is a fun one, it's the Achievement Badge Shawl! This is a top-down shawl filled with playful techniques to learn and build upon your knitting skills! This shawl is action packed with lots of motivating skills to keep you engaged and entertained. There's so much to learn with this project; the slip stitch jacquard technique, cabled slip stitches, and dip stitches.

Start by choosing 4 contrasting colors and begin with garter stitch and eyelet stripes. The next sections are framed with slip stitch polka dots and a slip stitch trellis detail. The color pop textures lead to a Latvian braid, short row mounds, and a final textured wavy border.