Free knitting patterns for shawls including lace, garter stitch, stash busters, and more in beautiful crescent shapes. Many of the patterns are free. Updated 2/24/25
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Free Patterns
Fresh Peonies Shawl
Airy crescent shawl with eyelet lace sections and a lace border. Sample is knit with two strands of yarn to form DK weight yarn. Designed by Maria Zilakou.
Coral Trellis Shawl
Crescent-shaped shawl with a garter stitch body and 2 bands of lattice lace: a band of eyelet diamonds followed by large lace diamonds. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Jennifer Weissman.
Leptira Shawl
This lace shawl is on my knitting bucket list! Lace mesh portion shaped with short rows at the top is followed by leaf motif lace and then finished with a flowery delicate border that's easier than it looks. Lace weight yarn. Designed by Rosemary (Romi) Hill for Knitty.
River of Fish Shawl
A story in a shawl! A river winds across this lace crescent shawl filled with swimming fish and bordered by waving grass. Lace weight yarn. La Ronde des poissons designed by Therese Clenet. Available in English and French
Welkin Shawl
I love the beautiful drape and simple elegance of this crescent shawl with stripes and chevron lace border. DK weight yarn. Designed by Rachel Brockman.
Summer Shawl
Beginner friendly striped garter stitch crescent shawl with ends long enough that you can wrap around and tie for extra warmth and cover. Aran weight yarn. Web version is free. PDF is for purchase. Designed by Louise Bollanos for Handy Little Me.
In the Garden Shawl
Gorgeous lace crescent shaw knit with alternating sections of 8 row repeat lattice stich and 8 row tweed stitch, and finished with Aunt Mary's Lace knit border that looks like flowers. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Maggie Murphy.
Fabulous Fiesta Shawl
No purling! This easy crescent shawl is knit with garter stitch and garter eyelets and finished with a slightly ruffled edge. Designed for self-striping DK weight yarn, I think it would also make a great stash buster. Designed by Maria Do Souto.
More Free Patterns
Pixie Ruffle Shawl
Easy fast crescent shawl knit in garter stitch shaped with easy short rows and finished with a delightful ruffle. Quick knit in Bulky weight yarn. Designed by Susan Sheby.
Limerick Shawl
Easy crescent shawl designed for a beginner knit with stockinette, garter and drop stitches that's a beautiful showcase for variegated or gradient yarn. It can be knit with a single skein of Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Maya Levitt Designs.
Chilly Spring Shawl
Crescent shaped striped lace shawl in two colors with eyelet triangles that are echoed in the zigzag lace border. DK weight yarn. Designed by Sylvie Durieu.
Norwood Shawl
A quick and easy crescent shawl with a simple zigzag lace border on a garter stitch body. Uses one skein of sport weight yarn. Designed by Luluknitts. Pictured project by Joanazinha
Cosy Crescent Shawl
Easy shawl in two colors alternating bands of garter stitch and lace. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Valerie Richard.
Venable Shawl
Crescent-shaped shawl with a gentle curve created by short rows and lace flower buds motifs. Sport yarn. Designed by Steven Hicks
First Spring Hue Shawl
Crescent shaped top down shawl inspired by daffodils and other spring flowers with alternating sections of gorgeous lace and garter stitch, finished with knit picot bind off. Uses one skein 100g of light DK weight yarn. Designed by Savita Khurana.
Rayon de Soleil
Graceful and light crescent shawlette knit in alternating sections of stockinette stitch and eyelet garter rows like rays of sunlight in the sky, finished with a picot bind off. Rayon de Soleil is French for “Sunlight". Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Francoise Danoy for Aroha Knits .
Patterns for Purchase
Cable Crescent Shawl
Textured shawl knit in three different sections: Cable, Basketweave and Garter stitch. The size of each section is easy to change thus customizing the whole shawl. The pattern is fully written and charted. The sample used one skein of fingering weight yarn. Designed by RubraPatterns.
Fringed Shawl
Crescent shaped shawlette knit in a fun 2 color syncopated brioche pattern and finished with optional fringe. Fingering weight yarn. Residents Shawl designed by Lavanya Patricella.
Dandelion on A Meadow Shawl
One skein crescent shaped lace shawl with floral motifs. Pattern includes charts and written directions. Pictured shawl used one skein 460 yards (421 meters) of fingering weight yarn. Designed by Lily Go.
Parvaneh Butterfly Shawl
Crescent shaped shawl with a border of lace butterflies with a knitted scallop edge. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Nazanin S. Fard who named the shawl after her mother Parvaneh which also means butterfly in Farsi.
See more pics and get the knitting pattern on Lovecrafts
Juniper Shawl
The Juniper Shawl merges a classic crescent shaped design with a flowing lace and nupp edging, resembling juniper branches. It is worked from the top down, starting with a garter tab, with increases placed along both sides. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Destiny Meyer of Knifty Knittings who allows you to sell items knit from this pattern.
See more pics and get the knitting pattern on Loveknitting
Nostalgia Shawl
Crescent-shaped 2 color shawl knit in a reversible pattern of stripe and Orenburg honeycomb lace, a traditional lace technique that comes from the Orenburg region of Russia. Designed by Elena Nodel. Fingering weight yarn.
