Pattern designer

Shawl

Pick a shape; FARROW works out every row. A shawl grows as you knit it: it can stop exactly when the yarn runs out.

Shape

The great classic: start at the top, at the nape of the neck, and increase along two lines down to the point.

Yarn and

No yarn yet? These give about 22 stitches per 10 cm:

stitches / 10 cmrows / 10 cm

Size

Stitch

Smooth on one side; garter edges keep the sides from curling. Measure your swatch in stockinette.

Placed motifs

Choose a chart (cables, lace, bobbles… from the library or the editor) and place it on a piece. The stitches to add under cables are worked out, to keep the width.

Draw on the piece

For a free design, like in a photo: cabled stems, an X, wheat ears, scattered bobbles. The drawing is made for the chosen size; in other sizes it keeps its place from the center and from the top.

EdgeEdgeFlat, doesn't curl, wonderfully rustic.Edge depth (cm)

One step at a time, with a row counter; the screen stays on.

For a PDF, choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.

“All sizes” writes the pattern the way books do: “Cast on 100 (104, 112…) stitches”, with your size highlighted.

At a glance

Cast on

stitches · wingspan 159 cm

Yarn

≈ 960 to 1,330 m

Depending on your tension and blocking. Plan for the top of the range: “until the yarn runs out” counts generously so you never run short.

Preview: the measured schematic, or the piece in 3D.

The pattern

Materials

Yarn: about 1,330 m.
A 120 cm circular needle in your gauge size: you knit back and forth, and the cable carries the weight of the stitches.
2 (on each side of the center stitch), a tapestry needle and pins for .

22 stitches × 30 rows = 10 cm in the body stitch, after blocking.

Start

7 stitches.

Row 1 (wrong side): k2, purl to the last 2 stitches, k2.

Place a on each side of the middle stitch: it is the center stitch, the spine of the shawl.

The 2 stitches at each edge are always knitted: this edge keeps the side from curling.

Body of the shawl

Right-side increase row: k2, , knit to marker, yo, slip marker, k1 (the center stitch), slip marker, yo, knit to the last 2 stitches, yo, k2. +4 sts.

Wrong-side row: k2, purl to the last 2 stitches (including yarn-overs), k2.

Repeat these 2 rows through row 245: you have 495 stitches. Rows 234 to 245 form the edging: keep increasing.

Edge and bind-off

Edging, rows 234 to 245 (12 rows), in : knit all, yarn-overs included.

very loosely, ideally with a larger needle: the edge must stretch when blocked.

Finishing

Weave in the ends without cutting them. the shawl: soak it, roll it in a towel, then pin it flat to the schematic measurements, opening up the yarn-overs. Trim the ends once dry.

Pattern calculated by FARROW. Blocking opens a shawl up a lot: block your swatch too to know the true size.

All sizes

Size	Wingspan	Depth	Cast on	Yarn
Small	119 cm	60 cm	7	550–760 m
Medium	159 cm	80 cm	7	960–1,330 m
Large	200 cm	100 cm	7	1,500–2,090 m