Pussy Willow Shawl was created for the 2026 Kansas City Yarn Crawl, for Unwind Fiber Arts in Lees Summit, MO. Available free at Unwind throughout the Yarn Crawl, with the purchase of a shawl kit.

The pussy willow is widely celebrated for its soft, silky, fuzzy silver-gray catkins that emerge in late winter or early spring before the leaves appear. The Pussy Willow shawl is the baby sister to the Willow Moon cowl and the Whispering Willow Shawl. This shallow triangular shawl uses one-color brioche branches and I-cord bobbles to emulate the look of the pussy willow. It is knit from one end to the other, casting on just a few stitches and increasing from the wrong side until it reaches its maximum width, then decreasing until finished.

YARN
Total Yardage: 328 yds / 300 m each of a Sport weight yarn and Lace weight Suri Alpaca; or equivalent Worsted weight yarn

Sample shown in Farmers Daughter Reminisce (100% non-superwash Rambouillet wool; 185 yds / 169 m, 57 grams) and Oh Dang! (74% Sure Alpaca, 26% Silk; 328 yds / 300 m, 50 grams).  Color: Dumplin’

Yarn is held together throughout.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 8 / 5.0 mm, 24 in / 60 cm circular needle 
stitch markers
tapestry needle

GAUGE
20 sts X 30 rows to 4 inches (10 cm) in 1-color brioche rib
Note: Two passes (RS + WS) are required to create a complete row.