Use up your leftover, stash, and scrap yarn with these shawl and poncho free knitting patterns. Updated 11/12/2024
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Free Patterns
Pirouette Shawl
Diamond shaped shawl created from modular triangles of different colors. Designed for 20 colors of Fingering weight yarn, it's perfect for stash busting leftover sock yarn or mini skeins. Designed by Purl Soho.
Scrample Shawl
This triangular shawl with lace stripes is designed to use up scraps, samples or leftovers of your yarn stash. It is written to take advantage of however much yarn you want to use, and can be made larger very easily by working more repeats. It is adaptable to any weight of yarn, from lace to bulky. Designed by Renee Strouts.
Switchback Shawl
Garter stitch asymmetrical triangle shawl with an extra "twist": a switchback stitch border for each garter stitch section. Designed for 7 colors, it's perfect for stash busting or mini skeins. Fingering weight yarn. Designed by Bonnie Dean. Important note: the designer cannot offer support because of illness, but I'm sure she would appreciate an encouraging word about how wonderful this shawl is.
Squared Shawl
Simple modular poncho style wrap knit with 2 strands of different colors held together for a marled effect. Perfect stash buster. Designed by Beata Jezek for Hedgehog Fibres. Fingering weight yarn.
Anemone Shawl
Semi-circular shawl is knit in simple sections, each using only one stitch pattern including lace, dropped stitches, bobbles, slipped stitches, eyelet and mesh stitches. Designed for mini skeins, it also is perfect for scrap fingering / sock yarn. Designed by The Noble Thread.
Scrappy Bias Shawl
Garter stitch shawl knit on bias to create asymmetrical triangle shape with color changes. Perfect for scrap fingering / sock yarn or mini skeins. Designed by Emily Clawson, Pictured project by janehunter8
Modern Quilt Wrap
This wrap/oversized scarf is created with the mitered-square method of color knitting, as effortless as working in stripes, but the results are far more impressive. Great use for stash or scrap yarn! Designed by Mags Kandis. Pictured projects by karinhoja and summerinatlanta. There are several ways to get the pattern. Also the designer recommends weaving in the ends as you knit.
More Free Patterns
Nebula Poncho
Nebula is a simple seed stitch poncho, reminiscent of woven fabric and Saori weaving with its magical fiber inserts. 5 colors (or more) are faded one into the other, and fibers are inserted as you knit at random, making it a great project for stash and scrap yarn. Knit flat as a rectangle and seamed at the shoulder. Worsted weight. Designed by The Noble Thread
Anything Goes Shawl
Triangle-shaped shawl is a combination of lace and garter stitch bands. You can make your bands as wide as you like or as narrow as you like, or mix and match the widths so it’s perfect for stash yarn. Designed by Elena Nodel
Yarn Deli Poncho
This easy garter stitch poncho is designed to use up your stash and scrap yarn. It even self-fringes! Designed by Linda Jo Park. Pictured project by WIHH
Skye Shawl
This striped shawlette is knit in with 5 colors in amounts of 30 yards to 135 yards of DK yarn so it’s perfect for stash or scrap yarn. Designed by Gretchen Tracy
Flying Fringe Scarf
This colorful scarf is knit in garter stitch on the bias with 2 strands of different color yarn held together to create a marled effect. Designed for mini skeins, you could easily used stash and scrap yarn instead. And no weaving in ends – they become part of the fringe! Designed by Beata Jezek for Hedgehog Fibres. Rated very easy by Ravelrers.
- Get the free knitting pattern
- See the Ravelry page
- Get the recommended Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles on Amazon
Waterlilies Runner Stole
This rectangular shawl or throw is knit with sections of stockinette stripes of 17 colors in intarsia. Worsted.Designed by Kaffe Fassett for Rowan
- Get the free knitting pattern
- Get the recommended Rowan Handknit Cotton on Amazon
See Kaffe’s quilt designs and patterns on Amazon
Easy Outline Shawl
This easy rectangular wrap or scarf was designed specifically to use up scraps of sock yarn or mini skeins. It’s length, width, and color scheme are easily customizable. Rated easy by Ravelrers. Designed by Beata Jezek for Hedgehog Fibres. Pictured project by Splendorfalls
- Get the free knitting pattern
- See the Ravelry page
- Get the recommended Hedgehog Fibres Yarn on Etsy
- See more Stole Knitting Patterns
Metalouse Shawl
This free pattern is designed by the amazing Stephen West for Knitty.com. It is knit top down in corrugated rib and slip stitch colorwork. Although it is designed for multi-color yarn, I think this would easily lend it self to stash busting several colors.
Patterns for Purchase
WING-and-WING Shawl
Traditional triangle shawl with stunning colorful stripes! It is a colorful and easy knit, working simple intarsia (only working 2 colors at a time) to stunning results. Perfect for your mini skeins or using up your stash! Wing-and-wing is a sailing term for when you are sailing downwind with the foresail out on one side of the mast and the mainsail out on the other Designed by Lori Versaci. DK weight yarn.
Colour Fantasy Shawl
Quick and easy garter sideways triangle shawl. The simple garter stripes are combined with bobbles stripes and simple eyelet lace. It is a great way to utilise all your left over yarns as every stripe can be different color. Worsted weight yarn. Designed by Tatsiana Matsiuk
Take It All Shawl
This colourful shawl combines garter stitch with some easy lace to create colorful stripes and sections. Perfect for your mini skeins or using up your stash! You can use as many contrast colors as you like…1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 8. Designed by Lisa Hannes. Fingering weight yarn.
Windfeather Shawl
This stunning reversible shawl features feathery lace and rippling garter stitch knit with multiple colors of sport-weight yarn. Designed by Carol Sunday. 3 shapes / sizes: scarf, stole, and shawl.
Finch Ruffle Shawl
This pattern is for a beautiful, ruffled shawl with delightfully transitioning colors, knit with two strands of yarn together in a gentle curve by increasing at the edges of the body. The ruffle is knit with a single strand on smaller needles in short row sections along the bottom edge of the shawl so that the colors transition sideways along the bottom. Knit with at least 6 colors of fingering weight / sock yarn, it is perfect for stash yarn. Designed by Robin J. Edmundson
Lorelai Shawl
Triangular shawl designed for 5 colors alternating lace stitches and stockinette. DK weight. Designed by Shannon Cook.
Interplay Shawl
Asymmetric shawl knit in the bias with stripes of texture and color. Although the pictured project is in 2 colors, I think this would look great with different colors from your stash. Designed by Jo-Anne Klim. Pictured project by loveslicorice
Haro Shawl
Generous sized shawl with unique construction and stripes of texture and color. Although it was designed for 2 colors and the pictured project is 3 colors, I think this would look great with multiple colors from your stash. Worsted weight. Designed by Shannon Cook. Pictured project by katyrae
