The Robin Shawl - Free Knitting Pattern

Robin Shawl

Part of our Secret Garden Read and Knit. Knit this basic triangle shawl if you've ever wished a friendly robin would lead you to a secret door that opens to a dilapidated garden just waiting for you to bring it back to life. Mine is a robin's egg blue - yours can be any color you'd like!

-2 - 3  Skeins Briggs and Little Heritage (215 yds 4oz)

-Size US 7 (4.5mm) straight or circular needles long enough to accommodate stitches

Be sure to give the finished product a thorough blocking!

Begin:

Cast on 6 stitches.

Row 1: Knit 3, yarn over, knit 3.

Row 2 (wrong side) : Knit 3,  purl 1, knit 3

Row 3: Knit 3, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 3

Row 4 and all wrong side rows: Knit 3, purl to last 3 stitches, knit 3.

Row 5: Knit 3, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit 3

Row 7: and all following right side rows: Knit 3, yarn over, knit to center stitch, yarn over, knit 1, yarn over, knit to last 3 stitches, yarn over, knit 3

Note: you may mark the center and side stitches to keep track, but it should be fairly obvious to see where the yarn overs lead, and a stitch marker may interfere with your yarn overs. 

Repeat rows 4 and 7 49 times more, OR until shawl measures desired length. 

Picot Edge:

1: With right side facing, using the knitted cast-on method, cast on 2 stitches

2: Bind off 4 stitches

3: Move stitch from right hand needle onto the left hand needle

Repeat steps 1-3 until 1 stitch remains. Pull tail through final loop. 

Sew the cast on edges together.

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