Pattern will be available for purchase Friday March 20th, 2026.
Preliminary price: $8 until March 27th, 2026.
After March 27th, the pattern will be $9.

Trøst’s generous wingspan is easy to style, wear, and feels like a warm comforting hug. The shawl features a diagonal basketweave, a tidy knit-purl edge and tapers at both ends. Paired with CaMaRose’s fluffy Snefnug, the stitch and yarn are a lovely match. Hope you enjoy this knit as much as I have.

SIZE one size

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
14.75” / 36.75 cm depth at centre, 98.5” /
246.25 cm wingspan, measured at top edge.

MATERIALS
ARAN WEIGHT YARN: 6 skeins CaMaRose
Snefnug (55% Alpaca, 35% Cotton, 10% Extra
Fine Merino, 120 yds / 110 m – 1.76 oz. / 50 g)
in the colourway Gylden. Or 720 yds / 660 m in
an equivalent yarn.

SUGGESTED NEEDLE SIZE
US 10.5 / 6.5 mm needles, 40” / 100 cm long circular needles to knit the shawl. Or needle size needed to meet the pattern’s gauge. A match in gauge will yield a similar resulting item to the photographed sample.

NOTIONS: cable needle or a DPN (in the same
size needle you are using to knit the shawl) or
a removable stitch marker to work the 1/1
cable crosses, blunt end tapestry needle,
scissors.

GAUGE
24 sts x 16 rows = 4” x 4” / 10 x 10 cm, after
blocking, in diagonal basketweave stitch
pattern. Block as recommended washing
instructions on the label/ball band of the yarn.

ABBREVIATIONS (full list in pattern)
k1/1LC – 1 over 1 left cross cable (knit): place the first stitch from the left needle on hold (with a cable needle, spare DPN or removable stitch marker) in front of the work. Knit the next stitch, place the held stitch back on the left needle and knit.
k2tog – knit 2 sts together decrease.
KLL – knit left leg (loop). Into the 2nd stitch below the stitch on the right needle: insert left needle into the left leg from back to front, lift the loop onto the left needle. Knit through the back leg of the lifted loop.
m1 – make 1. Backwards loop increase.
p1/1RC – 1 over 1 right cross cable (purled):insert right needle into the second stitch on the left needle and purl. Do not remove sts from left needle. Insert right needle into the first stitch on the left needle and purl. Take both stitches off the left needle.
ssp – slip slip purl, a 1-stitch decrease: slip the first stitch knit wise (from the left needle to the right needle), slip the next stitch knit-wise. Return both slipped stitches back to the left needle without twisting them, purl these two sts together through the back legs.
ssk – slip slip knit, a 1-stitch decrease: slip the first stitch knit wise (from the left needle to the right needle), slip the next stitch knit-wise. Return both slipped sts to the left needle without twisting them, knit these two sts together through the back legs.
sssk – slip slip slip knit, a 2-stitch decrease: slip the first stitch knit-wise (from the left needle to the right needle), slip the next stitch knit-wise, slip one more stitch knit-wise. Return all three slipped sts to the left needle without twisting them, knit these three sts together through all three back legs.
wyif – with yarn in front

NOTE ABOUT YARN: Snefnug has been the ideal yarn for the basketweave stitch. That said, I’m in the process of sampling other yarn in a similar construction / yarn combinations as a matter of exploration but also to have personal understanding of other yarn bases that will pair beautifully with the stitch sequence. I will include other yarn suggestions once I have had the chance to work through a few different bases. :yellow_heart:

This has been a quick swatch-to-published-pattern process for me. Thank you to everyone for the love and joy you expressed for the design.