These easy knit shawl patterns are the kind of project that you’ll wear for years to come. A knit shawl can add elegance, warmth and style to your wardrobe. They are the perfect item for every season of the year and they also make fabulous gifts.
What’s not to love about them? And for that exact reason I’ve put together this list of 20 Free Knit Shawl Patterns so you can find the one that suits you best!
Knit wraps and shawls are incredibly versatile and come in a wide variety of different styles and types. There are many different ways to knit a shawl and they can be made in any shape or size.
Whether you are looking for something casual or something more elegant, there’s a free knitting pattern option below for any of your fashionable needs!
Enjoy! x
#1
STEPPING STONES SHAWL
Design By: Rachel of ravinsdesigns.com
Photo Credit: ravinsdesigns.com
“This is the Stepping Stones Shawl. It is a gorgeous lace shawl that transitions from one lace to another seamlessly. The flowing design is like stepping stones through a river. It is made by starting at different colors alternating 2 different cakes of the same colorway of variegated yarn every 2 rows. This is what causes the fun two colored striping effect. The shawl is purposefully large for a cozy oversized feeling, which is perfect for snuggling into when it’s cool outside. But, you can adapt the size to your liking by either adding or subtracting repeats of the lace patterns. “
- Skill Level: Easy
- Size: Width (end to end): 82″/208.3cm, Length (top to tip): 37″/94cm
#2
Shockwaves
Design By: Beata Jezek of hedgehogfibres.com
Photo Credit: hedgehogfibres.com
“Shockwaves is a light and airy wrap of generous proportions. Pleasant and easy knit, great for showcasing all your cherished speckled skeins. You’ll need 4 colours of Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles yarn. Simple construction will let your yarns shine. You can either opt for a nice contrasting colours (Electric blue version), or go for all speckle look (Fool’s Gold gray version). No need to cut your yarn for the stripes, carry it inside the i-cord edge! Ideal project for Hedgehog Fibres Skinny club yarns, past and present!”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: approx. 94.4″/240cm by 20.8″/53cm
#3
Coffee shop wrap
Design By: Alexandra of twoofwands.com
Photo Credit: twoofwands.com
“Whether you’re warming up to a hot cup of joe or popping in to cool off with an iced coffee, the Coffee Shop Wrap has you covered – literally. The cooling cotton won’t overheat you but the enveloping size and triangle shape is the perfect light layer for an air conditioned space. Wear it wrapped like a scarf in front or draped over your shoulders for two different looks.”
- Skill Level: Easy
- Size: Width: 86”/218cm, Length from top to point: 32”/81cm
#4
Milvus Shawl
Design By: Linette of knotions.com
Photo Credit: knotions.com
“Milvus Milvus is the Latin name for magnificently graceful Red Kite, a bird of prey with steeply angled wings and deeply forked tail, that soars across the skies of my home. It inspired the choice of shape for this cool kite-shaped shawl – an exciting and fun project that is easy enough for even a real beginner knitter. What makes this shawl unique is the technique of making your own yarn by combining short lengths of other yarn into a knotted ball . Knots and ends can be left showing to give texture to the fabric, or sewn, or knitted in for a neater finish (health warning: there will be lots and lots).”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: Approx. 54”/137cm spine depth and 80”/203cm along wide end edge
#5
Leaf Relief Shawlette
Design By: Wiam Alisa of wiamscrafts.blogspot.com
Photo Credit: wiamscrafts.blogspot.com
“Shawlettes and small scarves are so cute! and sometimes, are the key element in a chic look. That’s why I design at least one every year. This shawlette features a botanical-inspired, leaf-shaped pattern that flows in vertical stripes, all contained in a triangle structure.”
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Size: approx. width = 47″/120cm, height = 27.5″/70cm
#6
BLUSH WRAP
Design By: Mirella of mirellamoments.com
Photo Credit: mirellamoments.com
“This cozy rectangle-shaped wrap is worked flat on circular needles.
The pattern features chevron and eyelet sections separated by garter stitch. The first and last 5 stitches of every row form a garter stitch border.”
- Skill Level: Easy
- Size: Finished size after blocking: approx. 14”/36cm by 65″/164cm
#7
Down-Home Pocket Shawl
Design By: Tonja of pinkplumeriamaui.com
Photo Credit: pinkplumeriamaui.com
“The Down-Home Pocket Shawl was inspired to be cozy as well as functional. I love keeping my hands warm and the Down-Home Pocket Shawl is made to do just that. This design works up quickly as it uses 2 strands of yarn and a repetitive pattern so it’s perfect to make on a weekend or over a couple of evenings. Using 2 strands of worsted weight yarn gives a little weight to the shawl so it holds its shape. You can use different colored yarn for the pockets too.”
- Skill Level: Easy
- Size: approx. 14″/35.5cm by 58″/147cm without fringe
#8
Hoolet
Design By: Amelia Archer of knitty.com
Photo Credit: knitty.com
“Hoolet is Scottish for owlet—a baby owl. Shawls make me think of birds, and since we have owls that swoop down as our headlights hit the dark driveway in the woods near where we live and also perch in the high treetops on late summer nights, I was inspired by their hooting (and also admittedly by the garter knits of Outlander) to create my first shawl.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: Width: 120″/305cm on the inside edge, Depth: 21″/53cm depth at center neck
#9
Delilah
Design By: Aubrey Busek of universalyarn.com
Photo Credit: universalyarn.com
“Lightweight, lacy, and perfect for summer, Delilah is a linen luxury. Knit using our timeless Flax yarn, this shawl is a perfect topper to any outfit you choose. With an easy-to-memorize lace repeat combined with soothing stockinette stitch, this shawl is just as fun to work up as it is to wear. Tassels adorn each corner of the shawl, adding a bit of flair to the finished project.”
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Size: Width (at widest edge): 30.7″/78cm, Length: 50.5″/128cm
#10
Jhumka
Design By: Sandhya of swatchophile.wordpress.com
Photo Credit: swatchophile.wordpress.com
“Jhumka is a rectangular shawl featuring a lace pattern worked over a multiple of 22 stitches and 28 rows. You cast on a total of 74 stitches, including 66 main pattern stitches (22 x 3) in the center and 8 border stitches – 4 on either side. The shawl can be made wider or narrower, longer or shorter by adding or leaving out one or more pattern repeats. The pattern includes both a chart and written instructions.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: 14.5″/36.8cm wide and 61″/155cm long
#11
Lagertha Knit Lace Shawl
Design By: Kristin of kristinomdahl.com
Photo Credit: kristinomdahl.com
“This is a top down, half hexagon shaped shawl with gorgeous lace details in a feathered pattern that reminds me of wings. The edging is knit perpendicularly to the last row of the shawl and joined as you go for a seamless finish.”
- Skill Level: Easy
- Size: 66″/167.6cm wide by 28″/71.1cm long
#12
Wild Swan
Design By: Anne-Lise Maigaard & Nim Teasdale on ravelry.com
Photo Credit: Anne-Lise Maigaard & Nim Teasdale on ravelry.com
“The shawl is worked from the neck down and bound off using either a knitted picot bind off or a crochet picot bind off, according to taste. Picots can be left out.”
- Skill Level: Medium/Advanced
- Size: approx. 23″58cm deep and 52″/132cm wing span
#13
Stormy Sky
Design By: Ksenia Naidyon of lifeiscozy.com
Photo Credit: lifeiscozy.com
“Stormy Sky is a lightweight, asymmetrical shawl, it’s dynamic and modern. Knitted from the corner in a shape of a skewed triangle, it makes a great and fast project for that one very special skein of yarn. Alternation of sections creates nice texture and is rather easy to memorize. Tassels can be added to make corners look more polished.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size 1: 77.6”/197cm long +tassels, 30.3”/77cm wide
- Size 2: 75”/190cm long +tassels, 28”/71cm in the widest part
#14
Seascape Stole
Design By: Kieran Foley of kieranfoley.com
Photo Credit: kieranfoley.com
“Seascape is a featherweight wrap with sinuous lines of shifting yarn overs, like ocean waves and strings of pearls.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: Finished measurements after blocking: 60″/157cm by 22″/56cm
#15
Merlin Sage Shawl
Design By: Wiam Alisa of wiamscrafts.blogspot.com
Photo Credit: wiamscrafts.blogspot.com
The Merlin Sage Shawl is an asymmetrical knitted shawl. This one features a pattern with diamonds and big eyelets. A bonus feature for this shawl is that you can repeat the general pattern as many times as you want until you get the size you desire.
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Size: approx. width = 53″/135 cm, height = 31″/79 cm
#16
Consolation Shawl
Design By: Linette of knotions.com
Photo Credit: knotions.com
“This triangular shawl offers the option to mix and match sections, so you can create a cozy shawl unique to your style.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: 57”/145cm long and 18”/46cm deep
#17
Polyantha Rose Garden
Design By: Pia Thadani of stitchesnscraps.com
Photo Credit: stitchesnscraps.com
“Lacy leaves, dotted with clusters of rosebuds and bordered by spectacular blooms. Step into the rose garden with the Polyantha Rose Garden triangle knit shawl. Wrap yourself in the generous layers of lace, perfect for a breezy, summer evening.
This is an advanced pattern, with 2 separate lace stitches plus mesh, and a looped edging worked sideways with a few short rows at the point.”
- Skill Level: Advanced
- Size: 60″/152.4cm wide at top by 36″/91.5cm tall at center
#18
Ashton Shawlette
Design By: Dee O’Keefe on ravelry.com
Photo Credit: Dee O’Keefe on ravelry.com
“Ashton is a lovely shawlette that is offered as a comprehensive 13-page, charted pattern/tutorial that was designed specifically for knitters who wish to venture into using charts or knitting lace for the first time. Ashton is the perfect shawlette to showcase your favorite variegated hand-dyed or tonal yarns and can be knitted using only one skein of most sock yarns. The ability to increase the shawl size simply by adding repeats of the leaf bud motif section makes Ashton easily customizable for whatever yarn or needle size you choose.”
- Skill Level: Easy/Medium
- Size: Shawlette 52″/132cm by 26″/66cm, but easily customizable up to a full shawl size
#19
Delovely shawlette
Design By: ClaraBeauty on ravelry.com
Photo Credit: ClaraBeauty on ravelry.com
“This is a new version of Delovely shawl: now it is reversible, worked in garter stitch and it has an extra lace band. Also, I made it in two different and contrasting colors, gorgeously hand dyed by Riverside Studio.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: 35.5″/90cm (w) by 12″/30cm (h)
#20
Arum Shawl
Design By: Rachel Brockman of universalyarn.com
Photo Credit: universalyarn.com
“Arum is a lacy, asymmetrical shawl inspired by the arrow-shaped leaves of the arum family of plants. These flowering plants, sometimes called arum lilies, feature beautiful flowers that come in a variety of colors. Warm, yet lightweight and airy, this shawl is optimal for mildly cool days. Kingston Tweed adds a touch of rustic texture.”
- Skill Level: –
- Size: Width (at cast-on edge): 25.5″/65cm, Length: 67”/170cm
I hope you’ve enjoyed this beautiful collection of Free Knit Shawl Patterns!
We thank and appreciate the amazing designers behind all these patterns!
Which one is your favourite?
Happy Knitting!
Valerica x
