Sunshine and Dewdrops Shawl -- PDF knitting pattern

Sparkling glints of beads peak from the gentle curves of eyelet ribbing in the Sunshine and Dewdrops shawl. Zigzagging solar rays frame the shawl along its two bottom edges.

The use of beads for this project is optional. The beads are placed using the crochet hook method.

This asymmetrical triangular shawl is knit on the bias from one tip to the opposite edge. The lace border along the left is worked at the same time as the main body using intarsia. After the shawl body is completed, the border turns the corner at the bottom tip of the shawl and becomes a knitted-on lace border, binding off the main body’s live stitches.

Gauge is not critical for this pattern, but using a different yarn weight or needle size will affect the size of the finished shawl.

Instructions are both written and charted.

Size

51” / 130 cm in length and 20.5” / 52 cm deep at its deepest point

Yarn

550 yds / 503 m of fingering weight yarn (approximately 450 yds / 411 m of the main color and 100 yds / 91 m of a contrasting color)

Sample shown in Malabrigo Sock (100% superwash merino wool; 440 yds / 402 m per 100 g) in 131 Sank Bank (MC) and 355 Aladdin (CC)

Needles

US Size 3 / 3.25 mm circular needles, at least 40” / 100 cm in length

Gauge

22 sts and 42 rows per 4” / 10 cm in Garter Stitch after blocking

22 sts and 34 rows per 4” / 10 cm in Lace ribbing after blocking

Notions

Yarn needle; 2 stitch markers (mA and mB); 10 g of 6/0 seed beads and a 1.25 mm crochet hook (optional)