This shawl celebrates little stitches. Rainfall uses one of Catherine’s favourite stitches, the Estonian Button, and the sister pattern to this shawl, Starfall, uses a cross-stitch stitch. Instructions for both stitches have been included so that you can mix and match as you’d like, but just be aware that they have different gauges and use a different amount of yardage, so it’s a good idea to weigh your yarn so you don’t have to play yarn chicken.

Skill Level: Advanced beginner

Skills Used: knit and purl stitches, slip stitches, yo, k2tog, passover, k1tbl, kfb, following charted instructions

Gauge: 20 sts and 28 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette stitch

Yarn Requirements: 3 skeins of Bunting DK (100% Corriedale, 4 ply, 245 metres/268 yards per 100 grams)

Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5) circular or straight knitting needles, or the size required to achieve gauge.

Notions:

• pins, wires, and a mat for blocking
• tapestry needle for weaving in the ends

Finished dimensions of sample (see photo of schematic for letter references):
A: 78”/198 cm
B: 68”/173 cm
C: 40”/102 cm
D: 19”/48 cm

This pattern was tech-edited by Eleanor Dixon.