free knitting patterns for a Shetland shawl, women's winter clothes

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The basic knit fabric (usually called a stocking or stockinette pattern) has a definite right side and wrong side. Because the yarn holding rows together is all on the front, and the yarn holding side-by-side stitches together is all on the back, stockinette stitch has a strong tendency to curl toward the front on the top and bottom, and toward the back on the left and right side.

you need straight or flat knitting needles

Tips for my basic knitting patterns

The length and quality of the fiber in a knitting yarn determines its texture, luster, strength and hand.
Knitting yarn made from long fibers will pill less, be smoother, stronger, more lustrous and more elastic.
Knitting Yarns containing a mixture of fiber lengths are softer, fuzzier and less strong.
Tightly twisted knitting yarns display the texture of a knitted pattern to its best advantage.

your free knitting pattern for a shawl in several gauges or tension swatches

pattern is for a stocking stitch knitting pattern, but you can crochet it too.

Shetland shawl patterns for size 104 x 104 cms

Free knitting pattern: Shetland shawl

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first
STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).

Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 18,0 stitches by 24,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 4.5 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 3.5 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel 70,0 70,0
Border 13,0
Edging 4,0
Total 104,0 104,0
Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.
SHORT ROWING:
1. Sprint Borders are knitted using short row shaping at the corners. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce
the amount of counting. The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 stitches every other
row x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. knit the given number (n1) of stitches less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn
around the st to the front. Return the slipped st to the LH needle without knitting it. (Wrapping the last stitch is
optional - not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and knit to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), knitting n1 more stitches each time.

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 126 stitches on size 4.5 needles. Start knit in Stocking Stitch.
2. knit even for 168 rows (70,0 cms).
3. Cast off all stitches.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Cast on 23 stitches loosely on size 3.5 needles.
2. knit in chosen border pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the border to the
main panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row 7 times, then 1 stitches every other row 8 times.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of every other border row together with a stitch from the main panel, in the
approximate ratio of border rows to main panel stitches/rows as detailed below.
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 31 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 168 rows of border pattern, grafting to the main panel
(approx 1 border rows to each 1 main panel rows).
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 23 stitches).
2D. knit 168 rows of border, grafting to the top of the shawl (approx 4 border rows to each 3 main panel stitches).
2E. Repeat for the other side and bottom, until the border has been knitted completely around the main panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

EDGING:
1. Cast on 7 stitches loosely.
2. knit in chosen edging pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the edging to the
border panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row twice, then 1 stitches every other row twice.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of each right side edging row together with a stitch from the border panel (match
one row edging to one row border, as they are knitted at the same gauge).
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 9 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 232 rows of edging pattern, grafting to the border
panel.
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 7 stitches).
2D. Repeat for the other three sides, until the edging has been knitted completely around the border panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

FINISHING:
1. Sew or graft the border corner(s) together. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
257,2 for main shawl panel
303,3 for borders and edging
560,5 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:
Free knitting pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Medium Shetland Shawl with a Sprint Border
constructed Bottom Up

Free knitting pattern: Shetland shawl

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first
STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).

Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 21,0 stitches by 28,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 3.5 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 2.5 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
                        SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel               70,0                    70,0
Border                      13,0
Edging                       4,0
Total                      104,0                   104,0

Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.

SHORT ROWING:
1. Sprint Borders are knitted using short row shaping at the corners. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce
the amount of counting. The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 stitches every other
row x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. knit the given number (n1) of stitches less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn
around the st to the front. Return the slipped st to the LH needle without knitting it. (Wrapping the last stitch is
optional - not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and knit to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), knitting n1 more stitches each time.

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 148 stitches on size 3.5 needles. Start knit in Stocking Stitch.
2. knit even for 196 rows (70,0 cms).
3. Cast off all stitches.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Cast on 27 stitches loosely on size 2.5 needles.
2. knit in chosen border pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the border to the
main panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row 8 times, then 1 stitches every other row 10 times.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of every other border row together with a stitch from the main panel, in the
approximate ratio of border rows to main panel stitches/rows as detailed below.
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 37 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 196 rows of border pattern, grafting to the main panel
(approx 1 border rows to each 1 main panel rows).
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 27 stitches).
2D. knit 196 rows of border, grafting to the top of the shawl (approx 4 border rows to each 3 main panel stitches).
2E. Repeat for the other side and bottom, until the border has been knitted completely around the main panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

EDGING:
1. Cast on 8 stitches loosely.
2. knit in chosen edging pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the edging to the
border panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row twice, then 1 stitches every other row 3 times.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of each right side edging row together with a stitch from the border panel (match
one row edging to one row border, as they are knitted at the same gauge).
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 11 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 270 rows of edging pattern, grafting to the border
panel.
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 8 stitches).
2D. Repeat for the other three sides, until the edging has been knitted completely around the border panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

FINISHING:
1. Sew or graft the border corner(s) together. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
259,0 for main shawl panel
303,3 for borders and edging
562,3 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:
Free knitting pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN

Free knitting pattern: Shetland shawl

Always knit (or crochet) a tension swatch first
STITCH OR KNITTING GAUGE, AND TENSION: depends on the pattern of stitches in the fabric and the tension of the
individual knitter or crocheter ( or how tightly one knits or crochets, and thick or thin yarns produce different stitches ).

Gauge (Stocking Stitch over 4 in = 10 cm): 24,0 stitches by 32,0 rows.
Body knit by hand on 3 mm needles
Ribbing knit by hand on 2 mm needles

FINISHED DIMENSIONS: (cms)
                    SHAWL WIDTHS SHAWL LENGTHS
Main Panel              70,0                   70,0
Border                    13,0
Edging                      4,0
Total                     104,0                  104,0

Note: Read ALL these instructions thoroughly BEFORE starting to knit.

SHORT ROWING:
1. Sprint Borders are knitted using short row shaping at the corners. You may find using a marker helpful to reduce
the amount of counting. The instructions below are fairly brief and are of the form: [short row n1 stitches every other
row x1 times]. This means:
1A. Wrong side facing. knit the given number (n1) of stitches less one. Yarn at back. Slip the next st and wrap the yarn
around the st to the front. Return the slipped st to the LH needle without knitting it. (Wrapping the last stitch is
optional - not wrapping makes lacey holes that may look good on a shawl).
1B. Turn the piece and knit to the end of the row.
1C. Repeat steps 1A and 1B as required (x1 times), knitting n1 more stitches each time.

MAIN PANEL:
1. Cast on 168 stitches on size 3 needles. Start knit in Stocking Stitch.
2. knit even for 224 rows (70,0 cms).
3. Cast off all stitches.

BORDER PANEL:
1. Cast on 31 stitches loosely on size 2 needles.
2. knit in chosen border pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the border to the
main panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row 10 times, then 1 stitches every other row 10 times.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of every other border row together with a stitch from the main panel, in the
approximate ratio of border rows to main panel stitches/rows as detailed below.
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 41 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 224 rows of border pattern, grafting to the main panel
(approx 1 border rows to each 1 main panel rows).
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 31 stitches).
2D. knit 224 rows of border, grafting to the top of the shawl (approx 4 border rows to each 3 main panel stitches).
2E. Repeat for the other side and bottom, until the border has been knitted completely around the main panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

EDGING:
1. Cast on 10 stitches loosely.
2. knit in chosen edging pattern around the shawl, knitting short rows at the corners and grafting the edging to the
border panel as follows:
... Short row 2 stitches every other row 3 times, then 1 stitches every other row 3 times.
... Grafting: knit the last stitch of each right side edging row together with a stitch from the border panel (match
one row edging to one row border, as they are knitted at the same gauge).
2A. After cast-on, knit 1 row across all stitches. knit short row increase shaping until 13 rows completed.
2B. Starting at lower left corner of shawl, right side facing, knit 308 rows of edging pattern, grafting to the border
panel.
2C. At the corner, knit short rows in reverse order (decreasing to 1 st), knit 2 rows across all stitches, then knit short
rows again (increasing from 1 st to 10 stitches).
2D. Repeat for the other three sides, until the edging has been knitted completely around the border panel.
2F. knit a final short row shaping (decreasing to 1 st), then knit 1 row even.
3. Cast off loosely.

FINISHING:
1. Sew or graft the border corner(s) together. Darn/weave/sew in all loose ends.
2. BLOCK. Really, it makes all the difference.

REQUIRED AMOUNT OF YARN: ( APPROX. ):
257,2 for main shawl panel
312,4 for borders and edging
569,6 Grams TOTAL

NOTES:

Free knitting pattern © Jessica Tromp with KNITWARE DESIGN