Year Round Shawl

nataliapleshko

Sep 10

4 min read

Updated: 5 hours ago

Easy knitting shawl pattern

The Year Round Shawl is a pattern for any season in your life.

Choose any yarn weight, any fiber content, and almost any amount of yarn, and work this relaxing and repetitive pattern as many times as you want.

Choose multicolored hand dyed yarn or solid color, or add several colors, and you’ll get a unique result every time.

one pattern in 3 different yarns, Year Round Shawl samples

Inspiration

The idea for the shawl started with the yarn. I had a big skein (8 oz) of Interlacements Yarn Zig Zag in my stash for quite a long time, and wanted to use it. Also, I wanted to make something that is easy to make, some mindless project. I looked at a few shawl patterns on Ravelry, but I didn't like some of the small details, so I decided to create my own design.

knitting pattern of triangular shawl in DK weight yarn, sample in fall colors of varigiated hand dyed yarn

After I finished the sample in DK weight yarn, the idea to make one more shawl in fingering weight popped into my head. Would it be great to check the same pattern, same amount of yarn - 8 oz (225 g) and see how it looks in thinner yarn and what size of the shawl I can get?

So, here we go: the sample in fingering weight yarn ended up absolutely gorgeous!

fingering weight yarn triangular shawl knitting pattern, made in cotton and bamboo hand dyed yarn

At this point, I was convinced that basically any yarn weight is possible to use with this design. So, naturally, I made one more sample in worsted weight yarn, using the same amount of yarn - 8 oz (225 g).

worsted weight yarn triangular shawl knitting pattern, made in merino hand dyed yarn

I think you get my drift :), I like this simple, easy going pattern.

And I decided to name it Year Round Shawl: like fingering sample is my summer shawl, DK weight sample is fall shawl, worsted sample is winter shawl. And what was left to make? Spring shawl!

It would probably be good to make a spring shawl in DK weight, but I didn't find something suitable in my stash, and I ended up using fingering weight but held 2 strands together.

With this sample, I also played with different colors - made mesh sections in one color and garter sections in another. And this sample also goes beyond the 8 oz of yarn, it's close to 12 oz (340 g).

I hope you can see how versatile this pattern can be. Choose your yarn weight and make as small or as big the shawl as you would prefer. The pattern is the starting point for your creative project.

Yarn

As you can see, you can use several different yarn weights for this pattern.

Here are the exact yarns I used for the samples:

1. Fingering weight: Brick House Fiber Arts (if I remember correctly, no exact name on the label) Boardwalk fingering, 51% organic cotton, 49% bamboo rayon, 495 yds (452 m)/4 oz (113 g), color Boardwalk.

Lovely to work with, so soft! The drape is amazing. Only one downside: the colors weren't set properly, and they bleed.

2. DK weight: Interlacements Novelty Zig Zag, 525 yds (480 m)/8 oz (226 g), Cotton-Rayon-Nylon blend, color Desert Lichen.

Fun, slightly curly yarn. It won't give you sharp stitch definition, but with variegated colors and an easy stitch pattern, it's great for this project.

3. Worsted weight: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted Multi, 100% merino, 225 yds (206 m)/4 oz (113 g), color 912 Kedzie.

Love this merino yarn, so squishy! And absolutely scrumptious colors!

4. Fingering weight with 2 strands together: Yarn Bee Authentic Hand-Dyed, 100% merino, 400 yds (366 m)/3.5 oz (100 g), colors Flower Fusion and Coral Carrot.

Very smooth and soft merino, I worked a few different projects before, and all look nice.

worsted weight yarn knitted shawl made with variegated hand dyed merino yarn

Construction

The shawl has a symmetrical triangular shape and works from the neck down, gradually expanding.

You'll start with a few stitches (no garter tab here) and will increase along the spine and both sides of the shawl.

Stitch patterns

Two stitch patterns are involved in this design: Garter stitch (only knit stitches are involved) and Mesh stitch (yarn overs and K2tog or Ssk needed here).

Needed skills to make the shawl

You need to know how to do knit and purl stitches, k2tog, ssk, yarn over, and reverse yarn over.

Size: Any size, customizable

Finished measurements of samples: a - wingspan; b - spine length

1. Fingering: a = 92” (230 cm), b = 34” (85 cm)

2. DK/sport: a = 84” (210 cm), b = 31” (77 cm)

3. Worsted/Aran: a = 68” (170 cm), b = 26.5” (66 cm)

4. Fingering 2 strands: a = 84” (210 cm), b = 31” (77 cm)

What do you need to make the shawl

Yarn: any weight yarn between fingering and worsted.

Fingering approx. 985 yds (900 m) or more.

DK/Sport approx. 500 yds (455 m) or more.

Worsted/Aran approx. 450 yds (410 m) or more.

Needles: circular needles 32” (80 cm) or longer, depending on the yarn weight

Fingering: size US 4 (3.5 mm)

DK/Sport: size US 6 (4 mm)

Worsted/Aran: size US 7 (4.5 mm)

Notions: marker, tapestry needle, scissors, blocking mat & pins (or combs)

easy knitted shawl made in cotton and bamboo fingering yarn

Where to find the pattern Year Round Shawl

The pattern is available for purchase on Ravelry and Payhip.

Year Round Shawl on Ravelry

Year Round Shawl on Payhip

Easy knitting shawl pattern

The Year Round Shawl is a pattern for any season in your life.

Choose any yarn weight, any fiber content, and almost any amount of yarn, and work this relaxing and repetitive pattern as many times as you want.

Choose multicolored hand dyed yarn or solid color, or add several colors, and you’ll get a unique result every time.

Inspiration

After I finished the sample in DK weight yarn, the idea to make one more shawl in fingering weight popped into my head. Would it be great to check the same pattern, same amount of yarn - 8 oz (225 g) and see how it looks in thinner yarn and what size of the shawl I can get?

So, here we go: the sample in fingering weight yarn ended up absolutely gorgeous!

At this point, I was convinced that basically any yarn weight is possible to use with this design. So, naturally, I made one more sample in worsted weight yarn, using the same amount of yarn - 8 oz (225 g).

I think you get my drift :), I like this simple, easy going pattern.

And I decided to name it Year Round Shawl: like fingering sample is my summer shawl, DK weight sample is fall shawl, worsted sample is winter shawl. And what was left to make? Spring shawl!

It would probably be good to make a spring shawl in DK weight, but I didn't find something suitable in my stash, and I ended up using fingering weight but held 2 strands together.

With this sample, I also played with different colors - made mesh sections in one color and garter sections in another. And this sample also goes beyond the 8 oz of yarn, it's close to 12 oz (340 g).

I hope you can see how versatile this pattern can be. Choose your yarn weight and make as small or as big the shawl as you would prefer. The pattern is the starting point for your creative project.

Yarn

As you can see, you can use several different yarn weights for this pattern.

Here are the exact yarns I used for the samples:

1. Fingering weight: Brick House Fiber Arts (if I remember correctly, no exact name on the label) Boardwalk fingering, 51% organic cotton, 49% bamboo rayon, 495 yds (452 m)/4 oz (113 g), color Boardwalk.

Lovely to work with, so soft! The drape is amazing. Only one downside: the colors weren't set properly, and they bleed.

2. DK weight: Interlacements Novelty Zig Zag, 525 yds (480 m)/8 oz (226 g), Cotton-Rayon-Nylon blend, color Desert Lichen.

Fun, slightly curly yarn. It won't give you sharp stitch definition, but with variegated colors and an easy stitch pattern, it's great for this project.

3. Worsted weight: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted Multi, 100% merino, 225 yds (206 m)/4 oz (113 g), color 912 Kedzie.

Love this merino yarn, so squishy! And absolutely scrumptious colors!

4. Fingering weight with 2 strands together: Yarn Bee Authentic Hand-Dyed, 100% merino, 400 yds (366 m)/3.5 oz (100 g), colors Flower Fusion and Coral Carrot.

Very smooth and soft merino, I worked a few different projects before, and all look nice.

Construction

The shawl has a symmetrical triangular shape and works from the neck down, gradually expanding.

You'll start with a few stitches (no garter tab here) and will increase along the spine and both sides of the shawl.

Stitch patterns

Two stitch patterns are involved in this design: Garter stitch (only knit stitches are involved) and Mesh stitch (yarn overs and K2tog or Ssk needed here).

Needed skills to make the shawl

You need to know how to do knit and purl stitches, k2tog, ssk, yarn over, and reverse yarn over.

Size: Any size, customizable

Finished measurements of samples: a - wingspan; b - spine length

1. Fingering: a = 92” (230 cm), b = 34” (85 cm)

2. DK/sport: a = 84” (210 cm), b = 31” (77 cm)

3. Worsted/Aran: a = 68” (170 cm), b = 26.5” (66 cm)

4. Fingering 2 strands: a = 84” (210 cm), b = 31” (77 cm)

What do you need to make the shawl

Yarn: any weight yarn between fingering and worsted.

Fingering approx. 985 yds (900 m) or more.

DK/Sport approx. 500 yds (455 m) or more.

Worsted/Aran approx. 450 yds (410 m) or more.

Needles: circular needles 32” (80 cm) or longer, depending on the yarn weight

Fingering: size US 4 (3.5 mm)

DK/Sport: size US 6 (4 mm)

Worsted/Aran: size US 7 (4.5 mm)

Notions: marker, tapestry needle, scissors, blocking mat & pins (or combs)

Where to find the pattern Year Round Shawl

The pattern is available for purchase on Ravelry and Payhip.

I hope you can enjoy making the shawl using this pattern as much as I enjoyed designing it.

Happy knitting!

Please, if you’re sharing your finished projects on social media, tag me @natalia_yarncraft and use the hashtag #YearRoundShawl

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