Annat Royd is an adaptable shawl, based upon a two-triangle shape, but with the potential to be a larger three-triangle shawl. Royd is a Yorkshire dialect word meaning an enclosed clearing, but the meaning of Annat is uncertain; it could be someone’s name, it could be a dialect word for aniseed or dill. Annat Royd, nowadays, is the name of a twisting lane, with a nature reserve on one side, a reservoir on the other, and a farm of the same name at its end.

Annat Royd is the third in my Yorkshire Collection of shawls and related accessories. It is a huge hug of a shawl, knit in 4ply/fingering yarn. I chose two lovely non-superwash woolly yarns for my samples, Birlinn 4ply yarn in the cool grey colourway Haar, and Doulton Border Leicester 4ply in rich purple Hawnby Hill.

The body of the shawl is knit first and then a wavy edge is knitted on afterwards. The shawl is knit from charts, with copious written instructions and diagrams for the edging.

The 2-triangle shawl is a conventional triangular shape, made up of two identical panels. When you add a third panel, you get three sides of a square and a shawl that is perfect for snuggling into on a cold winter’s night!

This pattern has been tech edited, but not test knit except by me. Full pattern support is available by emailing me.

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