The HayFields Stole is worked in one piece, beginning with the picket fence-like lace edge, followed by the body with its delicate edging. The stole is finished with a mirror image of the beginning lace.

The pattern can be easily customized to as narrow as a scarf or as wide as a square shawl. To decrease or increase the width, 24 stitches is subtracted or added for every pattern repeat to be omitted or added. The length of the stole is determined by the number of times Chart 2 is repeated.

A 21 x 73 inch scarf knit from fingering weight yarn using US #5 needles would take about 800 yards of yarn.

A 23 x 76 inch stole knit from lace weight yarn using US #3 needles would take about 1200 yards of yarn.

This stole pattern is inspired by Triinu Scarf in “Knitted Lace of Estonia” by Nancy Bush.