Coorie: Tunisian Crochet Fingerless Mitts

As Outlander prepares for the eighth and last season, I thought I would offer an ebook with some of my standard crochet patterns that span the Outlander story from the earliest season in Scotland to the latest season in Revolutionary War America.

This eBook is a collection of five Tunisian crochet fingerless mitts themed on the Outlander Book and TV series. Instructions are also provided for how to work Tunisian crochet-in-the-round and how to make the stitches called for in the patterns. The five patterns are:

In 2021, I started creating crochet designs for Outlander knit and crochet fan pages on Facebook. Rather than copying the garments seen in the show, I developed designs around the storylines of different episodes. Although both standard and Tunisian crochet designs were created, this eBook focuses on my Tunisian crochet shawl designs inspired by Outlander. The title of the book, ‘Seala’, is the Scottish Gaelic word for shawl.

The Corvus Cowl is a Tunisian crochet-in-the-round colorwork design created with one skein and three mini skeins of A Hundred Ravens Tyche single ply yarn. The Tunisian colorwork technique used results in no floats on the reverse side of the cowl and no need to carry yarn, so the cowl can be worn with either side showing.

The pattern on this Tunisian crochet cowl looks like ripples on the top of a long sea wave, or comber. Created flat and sewn, this kerchief style cowl can be made in an overlap (blue/Mountain dusk) or non-overlap (green/Sage brush) version. Made with sport weight yarn, the overlap version requires 310 yards, and the non-overlap version requires...

Blue Light is a worked-flat-and-seamed, on-the-bias, Tunisian crochet cowl, inspired by the healing blue light in the Outlander series. The Tunisian star stitch (instructions and step by step photos provided in the pattern) is used to represent a burst of light. This cowl is created with 370yds of DK weight yarn, and a 5mm Tunisian crochet hook...

In the Outlander TV series, a Celtic cross made of twigs is constructed and then burned to call the men to battle; this is the Fiery Cross. These fingerless mitts are worked in Tunisian crochet-in-the-round using separate colors for the forward and return passes to create a colorwork fabric with no floats. A double-ended Tunisian crochet hook i...

The national flower of Scotland is the Scottish Thistle. These fingerless mitts adorned with the Scottish Thistle aim to capture the feeling of Scotland in the first season of Outlander. These fingerless mitts are worked in Tunisian crochet-in-the-round using separate colors for the forward and return passes to create a colorwork fabric with no...

In Season 4 of the Outlander TV series, Claire and Jamie go to Wilmington and are reunited with their daughter, Brianna. Claire and Brianna are both wearing wrist warmers and these Wilmington Warmers are a crocheted version of Claire’s warmers. Worked flat in DK weight yarn, and sewn, these warmers are 9” long and can be made in three hand size...

The Prophecy Cowl is an Outlander inspired crochet pattern. The prophecy, in a book authored by Frank Randall, warns Jamie that the Revolutionary War is coming to the backcountry, and he is to play a major, but fatal, role. This cowl has a hidden code, using post stitches to represent morse code dashes and half double crochet for morse code dot...

‘Go Tell the Bees’ Fingerless Mitts: A Tunisian crochet-in-the-round version of the fingerless mitts worn by Claire when she goes to tell the bees about the passing of Amy in Season 8, Episode 2 of Outlander. These colorwork mitts, created in three colors of sport weight yarn, have a honeycomb look to them. The main color requires 130yds, the c...

The Outlandish Diamond Shawl is a crochet shallow triangle shawl inspired by Claire’s shawl in season 8 of Outlander. Created in fingering weight yarn (1075yds), the shawl is worked from the tip to the wingspan edge in rows of diamonds alternating between the blue and grey color yarn. The wingspan is 69” with a shawl depth of 24 ½”. The long wi...

Klappschal is a German word meaning folding scarf. It is a traditional shape that is made from a simple rectangle that is then folded and seamed. Requiring only 85 yds of each color of DK weight yarn, this is a great project for remnant yarn. A warm, fast, and stylish accessory for your winter wardrobe.

The Exogamy Cowl was created after I received requests for a cowl version of the Exogamy shawl. Exogamy, meaning marriage outside of one’s clan, was the theme for an Outlander inspired shawl pattern for the TV series Blood of my Blood. This pattern uses the same mosaic crochet method and stitch pattern that was used for the Exogamy shawl. Initi...

A great project for using up remnant fingering/sock weight yarn. As pictured, these mitts have been made with 14 different colors, all requiring less than 20 yds of remnant fingering yarn for the body of the mitt before ribbing. The Ribbing color requires an additional 90-100 yds. Small, repeated pattern motifs are called ‘peerie’ patterns in t...

Staffa, named by the Vikings, is a very small island in the Inner Hebrides. Famous for the hexagonal basalt columnar, the island is a geologic marvel. Vertical color work stripes on these mitts look a lot like the rock columns on the island. The added interest of cables makes these mitts slightly more challenging and requires the use of a small...

Tunisian in the round color work can be used to create Fair Isle patterned garments. These fingerless mitts named for the principal town of Fair Isle, Stonybreck, use three traditional Fair Isle motifs: OXO, Peerie circles, and Peerie check. Tunisian crochet-in-the-round mimics knitting, so most knitting Fair Isle motifs can be used.

The Shetland Islands are known for their Shetland Sheep and Shetland wool. This fanciful pair of sheep adorned fingerless mitts is named Lerwick (pronounced Ler-ick), the principal town on the Shetland Islands.

This traditional Fair Isle motif of stones and a circle invoked visions of the Callanish Stone Circle on the Isle of Lewis. The principal town on the Isle of Lewis is Stornoway.

The string of diamonds pattern on these mitts remined me of the isles of Orkney looking like diamonds in the North Sea above mainland Scotland. The principal town of Orkney is Kirkwall, meaning church wall. This pattern is worked in Tunisian crochet in the round and is a great use for yarn minis.

Scalasaig (pronounced skuh-LASS-ig) is the main settlement on the isle of Colonsay. The island is famous for its native black bees and the honey they produce, so a fitting name for a colorwork pattern that looks like honeycomb. These mitts are worked in Tunisian crochet in the round with straight Tunisian crochet used for the ribbing.

The Isle of Harris is famous for Harris tweed made in the principal town of Tarbert. These Tunisian crochet fingerless mitts have a woven look that reminded me of the Harris tweed fabrics. The body of the mitt is worked in the round with straight Tunisian crochet used for the ribbing.

Contrarian: A person who rejects standard social norms, beliefs and opinions. Contrarian is a Tunisian crochet shawl with a less than conventional construction created in beautiful Roots Lite (50g/200yds per skein) and Making Tracks Lite (50g/210yds per skein) yarn from Junction Fiber Mill. The shawl is worked in four sections: a solid color ba...

This is an Outlander/Blood of my Blood inspired pattern.

This is an Outlander/Blood of my Blood pattern.

A Blood of my Blood TV Series inspired pattern. This Tunisian crochet cowl was inspired by Henry and Julia falling in love through their letters during World War 1. The diamond shape on the cowl can be seen on Henry’s uniform arm. The background color of the cowl is purple, a color used by the British suffragette movement to represent loyalty, ...

Turbulence is a Tunisian crochet cowl/neck warmer, worked in the round with worsted weight yarn. The textured stitch works well with a solid color, but this cowl can also be worked in two colors using Lily Chin’s Tunisian color work technique that brings either the forward or reverse pass color to the front (no floats or carried with this techn...

A dovecot is a historic structure that contained openings for pigeons and doves to nest. The interlock transition row on this shawl reminded me of the openings in the dovecots. Created in standard crochet, most of the shawl is double crochet, with simple interlock crochet used only for the transition between colors. As pictured, this shawl is m...

Homecoming is a boomerang shawl created using two skeins of DK weight yarn: a solid color skein and a color-change skein, both 260yds. The shell edge of the shawl is worked at the same time as the shawl, resulting in only the start and ending threads to weave in. The boomerang shape represents the act of returning home, while the stripes indica...

The name of this crocheted shawl comes from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander book, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, the book upon which most of Season 7 Part 2 is based. The cover illustration of the book is a wax seal, leading to the unique edging design on this shawl. I chose the yarn color to evoke an image of Clare’s medical apron splattered with...

Interloper: A person who is in a situation where they do not belong. Inspired by Outlander season 7, Episode 14, where Lord John Grey, a British loyalist, is hiding in plain sight in the Continental army. This Tunisian crochet hood is created in grey (Lord John), red (British Army), and blue (Continental Army) using a three color straight Tunis...

This is an Outlander inspired pattern.

This pattern is inspired by Outlander season 7 Episode 12.

A shallow triangle crocheted shawl inspired by Outlander Season 7, Part 2, Episode 11; Claire and Lord John come together in their grief and love for Jamie. Each color represents a character: Copper for Claire, Grey for Lord John, and Red for Jamie. This shawl is created in sport weight yarn, as pictured Quill and Quiver Sport (100g/332yds/303m...

Inspired by Outlander Season 7, Episode 10: Jamie lost at sea with all hands on board! This Tunisian crochet, triangle shawl with an open mesh pattern, invokes the image of seaweed entangled rigging lost to the blue and green depths of the ocean. Created using two skeins of Yarn Hero Fiber Arts Merge Sport (100g/300m/330yds) in two complimentin...

Return to Lallybroch: A Tunisian crochet boomerang shawl created with two skeins of Bumblebee Acres Fiber Farm Bumble Sock, (100g/400yds/366m) 80% Superwash Merino wool and 20% silk, in color Lallybroch. To celebrate Jamie and Claire’s return to their much loved Lallybroch this Tunisian crochet shawl is an easy make for those new to the craft. ...

Inspired by a visit to Belfast, Maine, the Mid-Coast Neckerchief is a fun and fast Tunisian crochet project, perfect for those just learning this craft. Working in two colors provides two unique, and beautiful sides to your neckerchief, as well as making it really easy to see your stitches. If working in two colors, 55 yards of each color in DK...

The Garden Trellis pattern includes instructions for both the short, close to the neck version of the cowl, and the long, double wrap cowl. The colorwork is done with Lily Chin’s Tunisian colorwork technique that uses changing stitches to create the pattern, resulting in no floats or carries on the wrong side of the fabric, making the cowl full...

I fell in love with this incredible red yarn from Sassy Black Yarns (color Danger). Knew I had to design something with it and as a designer for Outlander fans the term Redcoat came to mind.

This shawl was inspired by season seven of the Outlander series.

Jamie and Claire’s travels never seem to be direct. Although destined for Scotland, circumstances continually intervene, launching our Outlander couple in new directions. Based on season 7 of Outlander, this log cabin style crocheted shawl captures their ‘journey interrupted’. Started in the middle, and worked outwards, there are no seams to se...

Fort Ticonderoga was taken from the British by the Continental Army under Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen early in the Revolutionary War (1775). In Outlander, Claire and Jamie are at Fort Ticonderoga during the siege by the British in 1777. The fort, originally built by the French, was designed for defense in a star-like pattern. The shape of t...

These Celtic crochet wrist warmers echo the Celtic pattern on the book cover the Outlander book, Echo in the Bone, the tangled brush in the swamp of the Great Dismal, and the meeting of William, Ian, Rachel, and Denzell, whose lives will be ever more entwined as the story progresses. Crocheted flat using a post-stitch, basket weave pattern and ...

Wrist warmers inspired by the cover of book six of the Outlander series, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, representing the burning of the big house. These Tunisian crochet wrist warmers use two colors of fingering weight yarn (100-130yds of each color). The pattern has four sizes XS (S, M, L) fitting a hand circumference of 6-6.5” (7-7.5”, 8-8.5”, 9...

In the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, gemstones are required to travel in time through the stones in ancient stone circles. The varied bright colors on this cowl, set against the black background, look like colorful gemstones. This Outlander inspired crochet cowl, is worked in Honey Girl Farms Honey Sport 100% Merino Yarn. The main color r...

An Outlander season 7 inspired pattern. Claire has had to be so strong through her incarceration. What keeps her going is her love for Jamie, her faith, and her intelligence. To capture these qualities, this Tunisian crochet cowl incorporates a Tunisian twist on the traditional crochet Iris stitch, that I am calling the Iris Ladder stitch. Red ...

Outlander season six brought us the story of Lizzie and the Beardsley twins. That story inspired this crocheted shawl, created in worsted weight yarn using three double crochet shells to represent the Lizzie/Beardsley threesome. Unconventional, like their relationship, the shape of this shawl is ever so slightly asymmetric from a triangular sha...

The Beach Reunion crocheted shawl was inspired by season three, episode 11, of Outlander, when Jamie sails to the island of Hispaniola and is reunited with Claire on the beach. The bright colors of the Adriafil Kimera cotton yarn (color #20) invoke thoughts of the beach and tropical flowers, the edging looks like waves, while the embedded rows ...

A fun Tunisian crochet cowl, worked in the round with two contrasting colors. The colorwork is done with Lily Chin’s Tunisian colorwork technique resulting in no floats or carries on the wrong side of the fabric. Approximately 200yds of sport or light DK weight yarn is required for each color (as pictured Mrs Hartmann’s Farmhouse Market Yarn 10...

This cowl is created with a Jacobite Rose Square. The white rose represented the exiled King James and was a secret symbol of the Jacobite cause. This small white rose that grows all over Scotland was an emblem of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Jacobite times, but is still an emblem of Scotland today. This crocheted cowl, made of three Jacobite Rose ...

This crocheted Mobius Shawl was inspired by the love between Claire and Jamie in Outlander. The shape is continuous without end, like their love. The cross-over or cable stitch represents Claire passing through the stones to reach Jamie. There are no seams, as the Mobius loop is created from a central cast-on. Made with eight skeins of Rowan Fe...

This is a Tunisian crochet Hap. A Hap is a traditional shawl/lap blanket/baby blanket originating in the Shetland Islands. The word Hap means to cover and to warm. The color scheme of this hap was inspired by the wild highlands of Scotland, with the blue being the loch/lake, the light blue representing the cladash/shore, then moving up into the...

This Tunisian crochet cowl was inspired by Outlander’s Fraser’s Ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains at the beginning of winter. Imagining the trees still having some autumn colors as the first snow falls and starts to settle. Created with two skeins of Malabrigo Rios yarn, one skein in white and the other Arco Iris, this cowl is worked in Tunisia...

The Paris Intrigue Shawl was inspired by the Outlander story in Paris. The fashion and finery of Paris was coupled with intrigue and espionage in the book Dragonfly in Amber and season 2 of the TV series. In 1700s Paris, shawls were worn very long, often draped over the shoulders or arms to dip seductively all the way down the back. Multiple wr...

The Mountain Thistle Cowl is created in Tunisian crochet (also known as cro-hook) with Green Mountain Spinnery’s Alpaca Elegance Yarn (50% Alpaca and 50% Fine Wool). The cowl depicts a triad of the Scottish thistle flower and is worked in the round using Lily Chin’s Tunisian crochet colorwork technique that brings either the forward pass or pul...

This Outlander inspired, unisex, crochet cowl was designed around Lord John Grey, my favorite supporting character. Lord John is a loyal friend to Jamie, supporting and helping him in many situations. Like Lord John, this cowl has your neck covered, with a triangular extension at center back to keep the back of your neck as warm as your front. ...

The inspirations for this Tunisian crochet cowl are stained glass windows and the dizzying array of bobbin colors produced by Plied Yarns. The cowl is worked in the round using Lily Chin’s Tunisian crochet colorwork technique that brings either the forward pass or pull-through/return pass color to the front by changing the stitch used. This col...

The Green Mountains of Vermont in summer are a beautiful carpet of greens and purples, providing the inspiration for this crocheted shawl. A wedge, or ¾ shawl, is a unique shawl shape that drapes easily over the shoulders without the need to hold the ends in place. It can also be worn with one of the corners centered on the back with the extra ...

Designed for Good Karma Yarns, this Tunisian crochet cowl uses the stitch change technique of Lily Chin to create a colorful good karma symbol with no floats or carries required. Worked in the round with a double ended Tunisian crochet hook and Good Karma Yarn’s Sport weight merino/alpaca yarn, the cowl uses 140yds of color A (background color)...

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A Tunisian crochet shawl for the cooler spring and summer evenings when you need just a little pretty something around your shoulders. This shawl is created with a three color Tunisian technique that keeps all three colors attached to the work throughout. Eyelet rows are interspersed with rows of Tunisian simple stitch, with a reverse stitch bo...

Inspired by Scottish heather moorlands and Plymouth Galway Sport heather colors, this Tunisian crochet triangle shawl uses simple Tunisian stitches to create a colorful mosaic pattern. This shawl requires six 50g/150yd skeins of sport weight yarn, as pictured Plymouth Galway Sport (50g/151yds) in heather colors: Denim, Sunflower, Turtle, Medium...

A fully reversible, crocheted waffle shawl inspired by the bedroom shawl worn by Claire in season six of the Outlander TV series. Made with four skeins of Berroco Ultra Wool (100g/200m/219yds/ superwash worsted weight), pictured in color 3316 Thyme, this triangular shaped shawl has a 64” wingspan. The modified waffle pattern makes the shawl com...

Snow and Ashes Shawl: Snow and Ashes Shawl is created in Tunisian crochet to represent storylines in Outlander season six, based on the book ‘A Breath of Snow and Ashes’ by Diana Gabaldon. Each solid color section has a different Tunisian stitch for each of Claire’s challenges: Brick pattern for building a life after trauma, bobbles for stoning...

This Outlander inspired crocheted shawl is designed like a Celtic shield; Sgaith is Scottish Gaelic for shield. Jamie, represented by the Celtic braid down the spine of the shawl, is Claire’s shield. On their wedding day, Jamie pledged to always protect Claire, even with his body. His protection as far as Claire is concerned is far more than ph...

A quick pair of crochet wrist warmers for fans of Outlander. Inspired by season six of the Outlander series, these wrist warmers have a herringbone relief pattern on the back of each hand created with the use of post stitches. Made with 125 (140) yards of DK weight yarn, and sized for a hand width circumference of 7”to 8” (over 8” to 9”), each ...

Inspired by Episode 5 of Season 6 of the Outlander Series (Give Me Liberty), these crocheted wrist warmers are designed to invoke the image of an emerging United States of America Flag. Worked in two colors of Honey Girl Farms Deluxe Sock (100g/400m/437yds): Flowers & Candy, and Nesta, only 25g or 110 yards of each color is required per pai...

Winter weathered pines reflecting in water still partially covered by melting lake ice provided the inspiration for this early spring reflections cowl. Created in Tunisian crochet from two 50g skeins of Plymouth Yarn Cammello Merino, this cowl is worked in the round using Lily Chin’s stitch change color work technique leaving no floats or carri...

This crocheted wrap is an Outlander Season Six inspired design to illustrate being ‘in between’. Ian finds himself in between two cultures: Indian and Scottish settler. Roger arrives as a history professor but then moves towards becoming a minister. Jamie is caught between his duty to the crown and his desire to fight for liberty. The design us...

This Outlander inspired crocheted shawl was designed around the character Marsali; she looks petite but she is so strong. A shallow triangle shawl, the wingspan is 78” long, so, if desired, the tails do reach around to the back but may need a shawl pin to hold together. Made with two skeins of Honey Girl Farms Deluxe Sock Fingering weight yarn ...

The Fergus Cowl is designed around Fergus Claudel Fraser, one of Diana Gabaldon’s characters from the Outlander Series. A young stylish Frenchman, Fergus is fiercely loyal to Jamie and Claire, loves his wife and children, but struggles with his demons, represented by the green flecks of color trying to come through the dark background. This Tun...

In Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Jamie has to navigate conflicting duties to the crown and to the liberty of his new country. This fully reversible cowl represents this conflict and is designed in Mosaic (also called Brioche) crochet in two colors, one representing the crown (red) and the other representing the re...

This Outlander inspired crocheted Celtic cowl, is designed to celebrate the release of the first episode of season six of the Starz series. The Celtic design, looking like echoing sound waves, harkens back to Jamie’s memories of his time in Scotland with Tom Christie, while also representing the fishing sweaters traditionally worn by the immigr...

The Geometry Poncho: lines, triangles, and squares. This Tunisian crochet poncho has front and back neck triangles worked in straight Tunisian, which are then joined and the rest of the poncho is worked in the round. The color work is achieved through stitch variation, so there are no floats to manage. As pictured, this poncho was made with thr...

The iridescent colors in Berroco’s Millefiori Light Yarn made me think of seaweed and black seals, and then the legend of the Selkies. In Scottish folklore, the Selkies were seals in the sea and humans on land. This shallow triangle Tunisian crochet shawl is worked outward from the spine to each tip. As written the pattern uses two skeins of Be...

Glen Coe is a Tunisian crochet kerchief cowl created with two skeins of Berroco Topaz. Worked in mitered squares, there are only three seams required to assemble the cowl. The yarn is perfect for a geometric pattern, and as this came together, the fabric reminded me of the Three Sister Mountains and Glen Coe in Scotland. Berroco Topaz is classe...

A quick pair of Tunisian crochet wrist warmers for Outlander fans. Inspired by book two of the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber, these wrist warmers use two colors of sport weight yarn from Honey Girl Farms: color Sassenach for the dragonfly and borders, and color Ginger to represent the amber. Worked in the round, the color changes are ach...

The rowan tree, with dark green foliage and bright orange-red berries, has traditionally been known as a charm to protect against evil. In Scotland, it was traditional to burn a twig of rowan at Christmas to ward off evil spirits. Honey Girl Farms color Jamie Fraser reminded me of rowan colors, and of course, Jamie is Claire’s protector. These ...

Noro yarns are so colorful and beautiful that I always end up with single skeins of a color I could not resist in my stash. This shawl uses four of those single skeins.

In honor of the release of ‘Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone’, the ninth book in the Outlander series, this crocheted cowl depicts a honeycomb pattern. The first Outlander book, initially titled Cross Stitch, is also referenced using crossed double crochet in the cowl borders. Worked in the round, this cowl is made with Honey Sport yarn from Hon...

In honor of the release of ‘Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone’, the ninth book in the Outlander series, this Tunisian color work cowl depicts a honeycomb pattern. The first Outlander book, initially titled Cross Stitch, is also referenced using cross-stitch in the cowl borders. Worked in the round, the color changes are achieved through the use o...

This shawl is a sampler shawl for half double crochet stitch combos. It was designed because I saw two yarns that just had to go together: Cozy Color Works/Riverrun and Honey Girl Farms/Murtagh. I had been thinking about doing a shawl with lots of different half double crochet (hdc) combo stitches and with the addition of one more color (Blue S...

The Scottish Thistle is the floral emblem of Scotland. This Scottish Thistle Cowl is created using Tunisian crochet in the round. Pictured in FiberStash Dyeworks DK Tweed, this cowl can be made with any two colors of DK weight yarn (approximately 175 yards of each color is required). Worked in the round, the color changes are achieved through t...

During ‘The Search’ in Outlander, Claire and Murtagh set out to find Jamie, first by tracking him and finding he escaped from the English. However, Jamie has gone into hiding and Claire and Murtagh need to let Jamie know to contact them, so Claire and Murtagh start a song and dance performance, hoping Jamie will hear about it and contact them. ...

In the first book of Outlander, Claire is torn between returning to Frank and staying with Jamie. In this crocheted double wrap cowl, Jamie Fraser is one half of the cowl and Frank Randall, the other; one color for each man. In each half, the stitches tell the story of Claire’s life being intertwined with each man (basket weave), being given a ...

In the first season of Outlander, on that journey to Castle Leoch, Claire rides with Jamie and he wraps his plaid around her to help keep her warm. Inspired by the thought of being wrapped in Jamie’s plaid, this oversized kerchief cowl is crocheted in Honey Girl Farms Honey Sport in color Jamie Fraser. This garment can wrap around you in the fr...

When I designed this crocheted shawl, the colors reminded me of the beautiful pink sand beach on Lunan Bay in Scotland, hence the name. This shawl is a fast one to make since it is worked with Aran weight yarn and a larger hook. The instructions are both written and charted, with most of the shawl is created with combinations of the double croc...

Designed to honor the fisher folk of Scotland who traveled to America in search of a better life. This kerchief cowl is made in straight two color Tunisian crochet. The color work is achieved through changing which stitches are worked to show a given color to the front or the back of the work. There is no intarsia or float carrying and with thi...

The Moray Firth is the largest inlet (or firth) in Scotland. The overall shape of this Tunisian crochet zigzag shawl looks like a big wave, with the pattern of each wedge looking like the choppy waters of the Firth. The zigzag edge even looks like the jagged coastline and like Bow Fiddle Rock, located in Moray Firth. The shawl uses three differ...

Beltane is the Celtic Druid spring festival, typically celebrated when the cattle were moved to the summer pasture. In modern times, Beltane has transformed into May Day. This asymmetric, Tunisian crochet shawl is filled with Beltane symbolism: The mesh channels (pictured in variegated yarn) represent the rivers and brooks filled with water in ...

A shawl that grips your shoulders like a shrug, this is the shrawl. Knitted top-down in the round with embedded short rows, this garment can be worn front or back while holding in place without ends to tie or the need of a shawl pin. Great for keeping shoulders and back warm when hands are busy.

Ostara is the spring equinox festival celebrating when lightness and darkness are equal. This Tunisian crochet polygon segment shawl uses a light and dark tone of the same color to represent this equality of daylight and night. Worked in sport weight yarn using extended Tunisian stitches, this is a lighter weight spring shawl that can be worn w...

Samhain, pronounced Sow-in, is the Celtic festival celebrating the end of the harvest and the start of winter. It is also the origin of our modern-day Halloween, a time when the wall between the human world and the spirit world became thin and allowed the spirits and fairies to pass into our world. This design is inspired by the bonfires that w...

These worsted weight crocheted leg warmers are a great way to use up leftover remnants of yarn. The background color requires 360 yards (180g), with each of the nine remnant colors using 10-15 yards (4-6g) of worsted weight yarn. A quick fun project that is worked in the round and uses post-stitches to get the color stripes.

A quick one skein project! A kerchief style unisex cowl worked in straight Tunisian and then Tunisian in-the-round. Uses one skein of Berocco Mercado Aran weight yarn (164yds/150m) and can be worked in three different stitch patterns: Subtle basket weave, honeycomb weave, and rough weave.

Imbolc is the traditional Gaelic festival that celebrates the first signs of spring. This crocheted shrawl (a shawl that hugs your shoulders like a shrug) in DK weight yarn mimics the early purple crocus and white snowdrop struggling through the snow and moss to give us hope that spring has arrived. Crocheted in the round with embedded short ro...

Yule is the Celtic Druid festival to celebrate the winter solstice. The Yule log would be lit and burned to chase away the evil spirits of the dark winter and to celebrate the coming of the young Oak King and the chasing away of the darkness, associated with the old Holly King, as the sun is reborn. Worked in the round, this interlock crochet c...

Mabon (pronounced MAY-bon) is the Celtic festival celebrating the fall or autumn equinox. This Tunisian crochet garment combines the shapes of a shawl and a shrug to drape front or back while holding in place without a shawl pin. The garment is worked in Tunisian crochet in the round with embedded straight Tunisian short rows.

The Finnich Glen Shawl was inspired by the scene in Outlander in season 1 where Dougal brings Claire to St. Ninian’s spring to make sure she is telling the truth. The filming location for that scene was the Devil’s Pulpit in Finnich Glen. This is a top-down Tunisian crochet shawl representing the deep gorge of the Devil’s Pulpit, using crossed ...

I remember visiting my grandparent’s croft in the Scottish highlands. I would wake up and look through the small panes of glass in the window to see the greens and purples of the meadows, trees and heather swirling together in the morning mist. This was the inspiration for my Tunisian crochet Highland Croft Shawl; the mixing together of color c...

A Tunisian crocheted shrug, inspired by the shrug Claire wore in the first season of Outlander. A simple rectangular construction, this shrug crocheted in Aran weight yarn, provides the deep texture that is a signature of many of the knitted pieces from the show. No one knows where Tunisian crochet originated, but it is thought that it came fro...

A Tunisian crocheted cowl, inspired by the signature cowl Claire wore in the first season of Outlander. This cowl is worked like a scarf and then the ends are joined to form the cowl.

This is a simple top-down crocheted shawl pattern inspired by Claire’s rent shawl from the show Outlander. The pattern includes instructions for a straight wingspan edge, or a collar shaping wingspan to mimic the look of the shawl as worn by Claire in the show.

Two skeins (200g) of the main color are needed, but the rest are all left-over bits of cotton from prior projects. A great remnant project.

A chunky Aran cowl made in basket weave pattern, inspired by the chunky knits of the Outlander series. Can be worn two ways for either a tight or loose cowl depending on which way you do up the buttons. A great worsted yarn stash buster as the main color uses one 200 yard skein and the border uses 140 yards of an alternate color.

Inspired by the chunky knits on the show Outlander, I designed this shrug using a Celtic basket weave pattern using Aran weight yarn. The name Torridon comes from the Scottish Loch around which nine generations of my father’s family lived. The pattern uses front and back post stitches to create the basket weave for the main garment with ribbed ...

A pretty hat that makes up very fast. The hat is worked from top down.

Worked in the round, this Tunisian crochet hat uses stitch changes to create the color-work pattern. This stitch change color technique was developed by Lily Chin. Rowan felted tweed is the yarn shown in the picture (276089 Cumin, 555403 Iris, 795320 Lotus leaf).

Worked in the round, these Tunisian crochet fingerless mitts use stitch changes to create the color-work pattern. This stitch change color technique was developed by Lily Chin. Rowan felted tweed is the yarn shown in the picture (555403 Iris, 276089 Cumin, 795320 Lotus leaf).

Worked in the round, this Tunisian crochet cowl uses stitch changes to create the color-work pattern. This stitch change color technique was developed by Lily Chin. Rowan felted tweed is the yarn shown in the picture (555403 Iris, 276089 Cumin, 795320 Lotus leaf).

Worked in the round, this Tunisian crochet cowl, hat & fingerless mitts set uses stitch changes to create the color-work pattern. This stitch change color technique was developed by Lily Chin. Rowan felted tweed is the yarn shown in the picture (555403 Iris, 276089 Cumin, 795320 Lotus leaf).

This versatile garment can be worn in multiple ways. A simple combination of double crochet and post stitching creates the stunning window-like pattern. Choose your own color combos using sport weight yarn. As pictured, the main color is folio 4534 grey, with contrast colors in black and white bouclé and black and blue bouclé.

This pattern reminded me of the pattern that drizzle makes on a window pane. The scarf can be made with any sport weight yarn. One 200yd skein of each of the two colors will result in an approximately 40” long scarf so two skeins will do over 80”.

With dominant pink on one side for the sunset and dominant orange on the other for sunrise, this scarf provides both an array of colors and some fun texture.

Baby’s first Aran sweater! I have made this for many babies. It is a very straight forward pattern using front and back post stitches to form the basket weave for the body and sleeves, and front and back post stiches to form ribbing for the border.

Crocheted in treble crochet stitch this little summer cover-up makes up very fast. Made with inexpensive acrylic yarn, the price is right too.

This pattern is a remnant project. The interwoven effect achieved with Tunisian simple stitch is a great way of using up those left-over yarns. Adding a post-stitch ribbed border adds some fresh style to this retro design.

This scarf was developed for an introductory workshop on Tunisian crochet. The repeated 12 row pattern provides lots of practice for Tunisian simple, reverse, knit and double crochet stitches.

A cardigan with lots of drape this extra-long sweater with ¾ sleeves is great to throw over a pair of leggings. Crocheted in pike stitch with post stitch border ribbing this cardigan can be made quite quickly.

A three quarter sleeve shrug in three-color Tunisian crochet with regular crochet V stitch borders. Lighter in weight, this shrug is perfect for spring, fall and summer evenings.