Once the desired wingspan has been reached, the border of the shawl continues in a lace pattern that’s reminiscent of waves swirling and churning around a rocky shore.

Finally your trip to the ocean ends with a bind off that’s stable enough for the shawl’s edge, but stretchy enough to accommodate blocking the watery lace.

Pattern also includes an optional chart for the lace section, schematic, suggestions for modifications, and row tracker.

What You’ll Need to Knit the Ocean Home Shawl

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Yarn! What yarn should you use? Any 4 ply fingering or sock weight yarn. Keep in mind that the lace section (bottom) looks its best in a tonal, solid, lightly speckled, or gradient. Using a busy yarn like one that is heavily speckled or variegated often makes the lace very hard to see. After all that work, you really want a lovely yarn that will show off your skills. For the top – you can go as wild as you like. Ultimately, use the yarn that makes you happy. I’d love to see the yarns your going to use.

You’ll want to grab two skeins of fingering weight yarn to make the 61″ / 155 cm (that’s the size in the picture). To make the 71″ / 180 cm you will need two skeins of the main color (color A) and one for the lacey waves at the bottom (color B) of the shawl.

Wingspan: 61 (71)”; 155 (180) cm

• Yarn A:  360 – 440 (482 – 589) yds; 330 – 403 (441 – 539) m. 
• Yarn B Lace Border:  295 – 360 (346 – 422) yds; 270 – 330 (317 – 386) m.
• Needles: US # 6 (4 mm) is recommended or size to obtain gauge. 40” (100 cm) or longer circular needle.

This Pattern is for You if . . .

You like shawls or knitting them for gifts. Too obvious? Okay, let me tell you more.

You like shawls that are easy to style and wear. The Ocean Home Shawl has a crescent shape with a rounded wingspan that’s very simple to drape around your neck and can be worn in different ways to suit your mood or outfit. For me, this is the easiest of all the shawl shapes to wear without having to spend time in the mirror. I find this shape stays put, especially in the sizes 61″ / 155 cm and longer.

You like a shawl with an origin story that makes you feel good while you are knitting it. (You can read that here).

You enjoy starting with 3 stiches and watching the shawl grow longer and wider as you knit.

You like knitting shawls that look complicated but really aren’t. That’s my special magic as a designer. You knit shawl increases only in the top portion which is all garter stitch. That’s super easy. While working the lace there are no increases to worry about! 

You like small pattern repeats. You’ll only need to keep track of 10 lace stitches at a time. And the lace doesn’t travel which means your markers don’t have to be moved around.

You like knitting lace patterns that are easy to memorize. This one isn’t complicated, but it is double sided (meaning the wrong side rows are worked in purl as well as yo, ssp, and p2tog). Don’t worry, I tell you how each stitch is made in the pattern.

You’ll get to indulge in these stitches: k2tog, ssk, yo, ssp, p2tog, (k1, yo, k1) into one stitch, and kfb (there’s only one of these in the shawl). Although the majority of the shawl is made with knit and garter stitch.

Ready to Cast On?

If you would like to learn more about this shawl, I wrote a blog post about the origin story that you can read here.

If you would like to make the Ocean Home Shawl for your self or someone special you can get the pattern from one of my stores:

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