One of the joys of visiting an art gallery is that you can look at paintings close-up and see the painter’s brushstrokes. The stitch patterns and colours used for the Painterly shawl were inspired by the bold brushstrokes and colours used by Vincent Van Gogh.

Painterly is an asymmetric triangular shawl worked from a single point to the shortest edge by increasing along one side. The two shorter sides are finished with a brioche rib border.

The pattern for Painterly shawl is available to purchase here as a digital pdf download, or as a printed pattern or as part of a kit from the Being Knitterly webstore. The printed pattern and kit are sent with a Ravelry digital download code.

The A4 pattern has 6 pages including:

• Before You Start: notes, sizing, yarn, tension | gauge and abbreviations.
• Written instructions and charts for
  stitch patterns.
• Table of stitch counts for increase rows.
• Written instructions for Painterly shawl.

Pattern details

Sizes
Finished depth: 73 cm | 28 3/4 inches.
Finished length: 165 cm | 65 inches.

Yarn
Jamieson’s of Shetland, Shetland Spindrift (4 ply; 100% Shetland wool; 105 m | 115 yds per 25 g skein):

Yarn A Rust 578: 3 x 25 g skeins.
Yarn B Ginger 462: 1 x 25 g skein.
Yarn C Amber 478: 1 x 25 g skein.
Yarn D Yellow Ochre 230: 1 x 25 g skein.
Yarn E Verdigris 772: 2 x 25 g skeins.
Yarn F Peacock 258: 2 x 25 g skeins.
Yarn G Cobalt 684: 2 x 25 g skeins.

Needles & Accessories
3.50 mm | UK 9–10 | US 4 circular needle, 80 cm long.
4.00 mm | UK 8 | US 6 of circular needle, 80 cm long.
1 lockable stitch marker.
Yarn needle.

Gauge | Tension
26 sts and 40 rows per 10 cm | 4 inches over moss stitch using 3.50 mm needles after washing and blocking.

26 sts and 40 rows per 10 cm | 4 inches over zigzag stitch using 4.00 mm needles after washing and blocking.

26 sts and 53 rows per 10 cm | 4 inches over basket rib stitch using 4.00 mm needles after washing and blocking.

26 sts and 32 rows per 10 cm | 4 inches over star stitch using 4.00 mm needles after washing and blocking.

26 sts and 27.5 rows per 10 cm | 4 inches over brioche rib using 3.50 mm needles after washing and blocking.

Other details

This pattern will be available for those who knit left-handed in the near future.

Designer: Nicki Merrall (Being Knitterly).

Sample knitters: Nicki Merrall.

Tech editor: Amelia Hodsdon.

The pattern for Painterly shawl was first published by Knit Now.

The Being Knitterly pattern also has a table of stitch counts for increase rows, as well as written instructions for each row of each pattern (instead of referring knitters to a previous row).