Flowers & Fields is the perfect shawl for in-between seasons - lightweight, but warm enough to keep you cozy during the early spring or fall nights. Inspired by fields that are just starting to bloom, this shawl is worked up from the tip until it reaches a very wearable asymmetrical triangular shape.

The combination of the intricate flower bud pattern and comforting, meditative garter stitch makes it an absolute joy to knit!

Finished Measurements

• Total length: 177 cm / 70”
• Total depth: 85 cm / 33.5”

Yarn

Garthenor Beacons (75% Polwarth, 15% Romney, 10% Hebridean; GOTS certified, 135 metres / 148 yards per 50 g)

810 metres / 890 yards

Sample shown is knit in colourway Basalt. Please note that the shawl uses exactly 6 skeins of Beacons, so if your gauge differs or you wish to make a swatch, you may want another skein as a buffer.

Needles

4 mm / US 6 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge

Gauge

22 sts x 20 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in garter stitch, after blocking)
24 sts x 17 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in charted pattern, after blocking)

Notions

• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)
• Cable needle
• Darning needle
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure

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Flowers & Fields is one of the 12 wearable, layerable, joyful patterns featured in Issue 9 - In Bloom - of Making Stories Magazine.

Issue 9 is available through our webshop in print and digital as well as in a subscription, through our Ravelry store as a digital version and our stockists.

About Making Stories Magazine

With Making Stories Magazine, we strive to feature companies and makers who focus on sustainability, transparency, fairness and equity in their work. We love telling their stories and hope to inspire and enable crafters to make conscious and informed decisions about the materials they use and the companies they support.