Knitting patterns for shawls knit with lace, including easy as well as challenging patterns. Even includes a 6 hour shawl! Many of the patterns are free. Updated 4/27/26
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Free Patterns
May in Córdoba Shawl
Picturesque crescent-shaped shawl with a garden of lace flowers, bobble lanterns, lace brickwork pattern, and ruffled edge evoking a Spanish patio. Fingering weight yarn. Chal Mayo en Córdoba designed by Esther Lara. Available in English and Spanish
Macela Shawl
Inspired by the small flower it's named for, this asymmetrical triangular shawl is knit with small lace blossoms that transition to a lace flower field, and finished with a floral bind-off. DK weight yarn. Designed by Filipa Carneiro.
Pļava Stole
Inspired by a spring meadow, this rectangular shawl or scarf features rows of lace flowers and blossoms inspired by wildflowers including coltsfoot, lupins, gallium, clover, and more. Includes written instructions and charts. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Jekaterina Dmitrijeva. Available in English and Latvian
Chevron Eyelets Shawl
Easy rectangular stole knit with a zigzag chevron lace in a 16 row repeat. Includes written instructions and charts. Looks gorgeous is self-striping or solid Aran weight yarn. Designed by Red Heart.
Wingspan Shawl
Crescent-shaped shawl knit with feathery lace across the body and bordered with eyelet and diamond lace edge. DK weight yarn. Designed by City Farmhouse Studio. There's also a machine knit version.
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Modified Butterfly Shawl
Half-circle shawl with sections of lace alternating with two color stripes in garter stitch and stockinette. DK weight yarn. Designed by Michele Costa.
Some Days Are Diamonds Shawl
Three diamond lace patterns create a precious triangular shawl that is knit with diamond lattice, diamond checkerboard, and diamond zigzag lace. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Sherril Steele-Carlin.
More Free Patterns
Treegarth Shawl
Enclose yourself in a lace forest with this circular shawl knit with star of hope in the center, surrounded by gentle waves, then by two sections of leaves, and finished with an optional knit on edging. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Kit DeWitt.
6 Hour Shawlette
Need a quick gift for Mother's Day or other celebration? The designer says that this small crescent shaped shawl with easy lace edging takes just 6 hours to knit. Flexible size and optional beads (though larger sizes and adding beads will take longer to knit). Any weight yarn (sample knit in DK). Designed by Linda Browning.
Teresa Rose Shawl
Dee O'Keefe designed this shawl tribute to her beloved mother. The top-down triangular lace shawl is knit with a geometric pattern of twisted stitches with a lace edge at the top and a dramatic scalloped border. Includes both charts and full written out instructions. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Dee O'Keefe.
Midsummer Night Shawl
Triangular lace shawl knit with the Elfin lace stitch in Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns and finished with a sawtooth edge. Includes both charts and full written out instructions. 2 Sizes. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Margaret Testa.
Coral Reef Shawl
Striped lace half-circle shawl knit with lace patterns inspired by diving into the depths of coral reefs. Includes written instructions and charts. DK weight yarn. Aqua designed by cordelia vor. Available in English and French
Wavy Boomerang Shawl
Lovely shawlette knit with ripple stripes of 4 row repeat lace that create a naturally scalloped edge. Includes written instructions and charts. Sport weight yarn. Designed by Nancy Lekx.
Slightly Biased Shawl
Easy colorful triangle shawl knit sideways with lattice mesh lace alternating with garter stitch that you can knit with self-striping yarn for additional color. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Haley Mathiot.
Cousin Shawl
Asymmetrical triangle shawl with lace border of diamonds and zigzags. The designer says it's suitable for any weight yarn. Designed by Galina Kostikova.
Patterns for Purchase
Wrap You Up Shawl
Sampler shawl knit with a variety of stitches including lace, cable, and wide border. DK weight yarn. Designed by Sue Fischer.
Florence Shawl
Romantic top-down triangle shawl knit with a seed stitch body, a pretty lace inset, and finished with a frothy ruffled border. DK weight yarn. Designed by BlueStockinette.
Morning in Your Pocket Shawl
Cheerful shawl with playful stripes alternating lace and garter stitch. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Melanie Berg.
Inishmurray Shawl
Inspired by an island off the coast of Sligo, this symmetrical triangular shawl knitted top down with sections of simple raditaing lace, garter stitch stripes, leaf lace, and a garter stitch scalloped border. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Tania Barley.
Cosy Moments Shawl
Semi-circle shawl knit with eight different lace patterns. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Carmen Jorissen.
Mabon Shawl
Inspired by the Autumnal Equinox, this shawl features sections of leaf lace framing a triangular center of two color cables knit with slipped stitch colorwork (one color per row) on a striped background. Sock weight yarn. Designed by HandmaineKnits.
Soft Breeze Shawl
Triangular shawl knit with garter stitch and lacy border that looks like butterflies followed by an open-work pattern that createw a frilly edge. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Gabrielle Vézina. Available in English and French
