Flowerbed Shawl Pattern PDF
Flowerbed is a boomerang-shaped shawl featuring two-colour brioche triangles of blooming flowers and delicate buds, and a terraced garden section designed with short rows and eyelet beams.
YARN
Fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colours.
Penny Lane Yarns, Fingering Lane, 100% merino, 400 m / 437 yds / 100 g
MC: 1 skein / 380 m / 415 yds
CC: 1 skein / 380 m / 415 yds
Sample shown in MC Summer (speckled light blue) and CC Jean-Paul (dark blue)
NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
4 mm / US 6 circular needles
tapestry needle
waste yarn or long stitch holder
GAUGE
19 sts x 48 rows = 10 cm / 4” over garter stitch after blocking
19 sts x 26 rows = 10 cm / 4” over main brioche motif after blocking
Gauge is not crucial but will affect yarn quantity requirements.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Depth from top edge to tip of triangle: 44 cm / 17” ½
Wingspan along top edge: 180 cm / 71”