Free knitting patterns for shawls knit with diamond motifs in cables, lace, and color. Most of the patterns are free. Updated 6/14/24
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Free Patterns
Vronerl Shawl
Rectangular diamond lace and cables shawl inspired by the Bavarian national costume. Designed by Kristin Joél. A kit is also available.
Airy Lace Shawl
Triangular lace shawl knit with an overall design of eyelet diamonds framed in lace in a 20 row repeat. DK weight yarn. Designed by Katherine Poole-Fournier.
Solitaire Stole Shawl
s rectangular stole is worked sideways in one piece with a diamond border in seed stitch lace and garter stitch, and a 1 row repeat seed stitch body. Shawl: 16in x 60in. DK weight yarn. Designed by Universal Yarn Design Team.
Teneriffe Shawl
Semi-circle shawl knitted with a slipped stitch diamond pattern on a striped background in an 8 row repeat and finished with a delicate lace border with a Picot bind-off. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Irina Lyubaeva.
Diamonds Sparkle Wrap
Lace rectangular stole with an all-over eyelet lace diamond pattern in a 20 row repeat. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Bernat.
Reverb Shawl
Triangular shawl where zizags created from twisted stitches converge to form a column of diamonds. Aran weight yarn. Designed by Gretchen Tracy.
Winding Cable Wrap
Cabled rectangular wrap inspired by forest paths with intertwined cable diamonds and other geometric shapes. I love the cable design but it looks like the shawl has a rolled edge. I think I'd adapt the pattern to give it flat border. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Keiko Kikuno.
Danielle Shawl
Triangular lace shawl with a variety of diamonds including diamonds with bobble blossoms and diamonds with eyelets to resemble leaves. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Magdalena Roslaniec.
Modular Triangle Shawl
The upper part of this shawl is made of mitered squares arranged as diamonds knit in textures that look like a geometric plant. Then the lower section is knit as one part with textured starts. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Lion Brand.
Bauble Shawl
Triangular shawl with diamond motifs in cable and lace. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Kathryn McNaughton.
More Free Patterns
Bonhomia Shawl
This shawl is inspired by the word “bonhomía”, which means simplicity, and this triangular shawl embodies elegant simplicity in diamond cable motifs, garter stitch, lace, and I-Cord. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Samuel Vásquez (sr.palillo).
Multitude Shawl
Quick-to-knit triangle lace shawl is simple and elegant with a diamond lace upper body and lovely, knit-on lace edging with complementary lace pattern. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Michelle Miller.
Diamond Lace Wrap
Rectangle shawl knit with an all over diamond mesh lace design in a 20 row repeat. DK weight yarn. Designed by Patons.
Trilliant Shawl
Lace triangular shawl featuring a diamond shape which grows as it repeats, and the top of the shawl features a lace pattern that resembles a large, singular diamond shape. The mix of patterns means that anyway you wrap or fold your shawl, it will look new and different. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Christina Danaee.
Cypress Shawl
Square shawl with a variety of lace patterns including diamonds, chevrons, zigzags, eylet flowers, and more. Lace weight yarn. K3065BC J designed by Dorte Rønnov for BC Garn.
Dotted Diamonds Shawl
Rectangular shawl with main section of mosaic diamonds in easy slip stitch colorwork (one color yarn per row) bordered with zigzag chevron lace. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Michael Harrigan.
Chiara Shawl
Semi-circular lace shawl with diamond lace design and eyelet striped diamond edges. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Maria Grazia Berno.
Rose Lace Shawl
Rectangular stole with diamond lace design. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Nazli Gelin Design Team .
Diamond Ruana Shawl
Easy poncho shawl hybrid knit in garter stitch with eyelet diamonds. Knit flat with 2 long panels and then seamed together. Super bulky weight yarn. Designed by Caron.
Diamantes Wrap
Rectangular color blocked shawl knit with interlocking cable diamonds that flow into a zigzag design at the ends. Designed by Filipa Carneiro for Rosarios. Sport weight yarn. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Patterns for Purchase
Ceridwen Shawl
This lace rectangular shawl has an heirloom feel, thanks to its elegant array of lace stitch such as bell lace and Pyrenees lace, with side borders worked in garter stitch and diamond lace motifs. Sample is knitted in a gorgeous laceweight yarn. Designed by Kath Andrews.
Sunny Morning in Berlin Shawl
Eye-catching diamond mosaic motif and stripes paired with matching lace diamonds in an accent colour create this beautiful triangular shawl. Mosaic knitting is an easy colourwork technique that uses slipped stitches and only one colour at a time. Written row-by-row as well as charted instructions. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Lisa Hannes.
Lambton Panes Shawl
Colorful shawl with slipped stitch cables in a contrasting color inspired by beautiful old diamond lattice windows. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Kate Bostwick.
Shattered Stars
Stunning semi-circular shawl, worked top down with a diamond motif. In Ancient Greece, diamonds were believed to be fragments of the stars and here you can see them falling from the sky and getting bigger as they reach the bottom of the shawl. The pattern includes both charts and written instructions, Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Liz Corke.
Inishere Shawl
This shawl combines traditional Aran stitches creating a easy-to-wear rectangular shape. The center panel features intertwining cable diamonds, like the patchwork fields of the Aran islands, filled with seed stitch and garter stitch, and a ‘hugs and kisses’ cable running each side. Both written and charted instructions are provided. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Mairin Ni Dhonncha.
Darling Buds Shawl
Free with Kindle Unlimited. Tightly closed lace buds swell and grow fuzzy before bursting into glorious leaf diamonds in this small triangular shawl, which works up quickly in worsted-weight yarn. Designed by Abigail Bailey.
Diamonds for Amélie Shawl
A beautiful lace creates eye-catching diamonds on this elegant triangular shawl knit sideways. The lace section is created with 3 different lace motifs that transition seamlessly from and into each other. Designed by Lisa Hannes. Pictured projects by the designer and Candylola. Fingering weight yarn.
