I am Ukrainian. My family and friends live in Ukraine. All the proceeds from this pattern sales are going towards humanitarian support to my hometown, Chernihiv.

A sister project to the Mallow Cowl and Mallow Mittens, this piece offers the familiar comfort of a triangular wrap combined with beautiful textures. Health and protection - two main symbols behind mallow flowers - are knit into the fabric of Mallow Shawl.

The pattern further explores different techniques of Japanese knitting, including two types of wrapped stitches. The textured panels feature cable-looking designs that are composed of not cables, but traveling stitches - a combination of increases and decreases that has an appearance of cables without adding bulk to the fabric.

The shawl is worked from the bottom corner up, allowing the knitter to stop whenever they desire (or run out of yarn!). Perfect for mindful knitting sessions, this design requires an adventurous intermediate to advanced skill level and knitter’s engagement in most rows. Both charts and written instructions provided.

Size

• Wingspan 78” / 200cm
• Depth at the widest point 27” / 68cm

Yarn

• Littoral DK from Sea Change Fibers (100% Falklands merino; 3.5oz / 100g, 270yds / 247m), 4 skeins; sample color - Seafoam
• Sea Change Fibers is very kind to be donating $10 per skein to the organisations that support Ukrainian citizens and residents. So for each shawl set, that’s a $40 donation. Please consider making the shawl in its original yarn if that’s accessible for you to help us raise more funds. Find the yarn here
• OR 1080yds / 988m of plump DK to worsted weight yarn, preferably solid or lightly tonal colorway

Needles and Gauge

• US 6 / 4mm needles (straight or on a long cable) or the size needed to obtain gauge of:
• 24 sts and 36 rows in 4” / 10cm in Diagonal Rib Stitch, unblocked
• 21 sts and 34 rows in 4” / 10cm in Diagonal Rib Stitch, blocked
• Cable needle or a dpn of a matching size for wrapped stitches

Construction

• The shawl is worked flat from the bottom corner up.

• Increases made along the sides on every row shape the shawl as a triangle.

• The sides are worked in rolled stockinette edging.

• When the desired length is reached or the knitter runs out of yarn, the top is finished with i-cord bind off.

• Optional tassels can be added for a more boho-inspired look.

• This project features two types of wrapped stitches, diagonal rib pattern, and traveling stitches - a combination of increases and decreases that has an appearance of cables.