Four Season Shawls - Winter
Kuurankukka (Frost Flower)

Four Season shawls are the result of a long “quest for crescent”, where I wanted to eliminate the often appearing “bump” in the upper edge. Also the tips of the shawls don’t curl at all or very little.

There are four sizes, which all have their own charts. The pattern is very detailed and user friendly. For example the beginning is explained with pictures and video. I’ve also tried to explain each step in detail for less experienced knitters.

Sample shawl in pictures:

Isager Highland Wool: Ice blue, 50 g / 275 m
Size: medium, Weight: 92 g, Meterage: 470 m, Wingspan: 205 cm. (This was a prototype shawl that took a bit less yarn than other mediums)

Note: Small sized shawl out of Isager Highland Wool took 68 g of yarn with meterage of 374 m. Medium sized shawls out of the same yarn took 501 and 512 m.

Unfortunately I don’t have mini and large sample shawls. My other shawl Polku in size mini took 275 m of yarn and it has almost the same number of rows - large ones have taken 704-715 m.

You can use any fingering weight yarn (or some other yarn weight by adjusting the needle sizes). For stretchy merino yarns, I recommend 4 mm needles. For Isager Highland Wool, 4,5mm or 5mm. (I´ve used both, but now prefer 5mm). Prepare with extra meterage - there are no instructions to switching to a smaller size in the middle of a project.

The lace is created with quite basic lace knitting skills: k, p, k2tog, ssk, yo, centered 2-stitch decrease and twist to right/left. The shaping is made with: kyok, make 1 right/left, make 1 purled st right/left. Wrong side rows are purled, with shaping in the ends.

The repeat is 10 sts. The pattern presents a way to memorize the row you are knitting, so you don´t have to look at the pattern as you knit.

Note that I knit in continental (Norwegian) style, if it makes difference.

Materials:

• yarn (fingering weight)
• needles: 4 mm, 4,5 mm or 5 mm (US 6, 7 or 8)
• needles for bind off: 5 mm, 5,5 mm or 6 mm (US 8, 9 or 10)
• short scrap yarn/thin ribbon (for start, not obligatory)
• crochet hook (for start, not obligatory)
• (stitch markers are not instructed, but can be added)
• darning needle (for weaving in yarn ends)
• blocking mats and lots of sewing pins

PS. The hat in the pictures is Rikke Hat by Sarah Young.