A curved garter stitch shawl and a lacy edge, shaped with short rows to easily drape round the shoulders.

Winter Thyme is an aromatic evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. It has many small purple and blue flowers with fragrant green leaves that have a variety of uses. It likes to grow in rocky areas in the North.

Winter Thyme is a pattern from the Winter Blooms book

Size:
One size
150 cm (59 in) long across top edge of shawl and 30 cm (12 in) deep at widest point

Yarn:
Fingering weight yarn
TJFrog Shorelines & Strata - 4ply (85% Poll Dorset wool, 15% Hebridean wool, 350 m / 380 yds in 100g) in colourways:
Limestone (MC) 430 m / 470 yds
Purple (CC1) 80 m / 90 yds
Blue (CC2) 80 m / 90 yds
Green (CC3) 80 m / 90 yds

Needles & Notions:
3.5mm (US 4) 100cm (40 in) circular needle
1 stitch marker

Gauge:
34 sts x 19 rows in 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) measured over garter stitch

Skills required:
Knit and purl stitches
Yarn over increases
Increases and decreases
Following a simple charted or written lace pattern
Casting on and off

Pattern information:
Originally published January 2018.
Current version: Winter_Thyme_v1.0.pdf
PDF file size: 2.1kb
Blog post with more information can be found here
Technical Editor: Gwen Wagner-Adair
Model: Freya Boycott-Garnett
Photography: Aldersign