This eBook Berlin is the result of a collaboration between Steffi Palm & Marion Bulin, owners of Yarn over Berlin, and their fabulous and creative friends. The eBook is part of the Malabrigo Freelance pattern project and features several Malabrigo yarns used for ten red patterns named after Berlin’s districts, rivers or sights.

The BOBBLES EVERYWHERE KITE SHAWL is a fun knit which is made with two yarns held together throughout, a self-striping yarn and a fluffy yarn. The original sample was made using five balls of Schoppel Edition 3 plus two skeins of Frida Fuchs Dufte lace.

NOLISPY is a variation of my „YPSILON“ shawl. YPSILON (which is the german word for the letter „Y“) was knit from the inside out with fading colours. NOLISPY – which is YPSILON read backwards – is worked the other way round => from the outside in stripes with a fluffy and a self-striping yarn.

„24 SKEINS GO CRAZY“ is an adaption of my METRO LINES WRAP – a multi-coloured rectangle that plays with woven garter bands. But instead of working a simple rectangle, you take it to the next level => you make it a zig zag pattern by working strategically placed increases and decreases you weave your bands through later. This design works per...

The BOBBLES EVERYWHERE MINI SCARF is a small scarf with a little extra => there are bobbles everywhere accoss the scarf spread randomly.

Huge wraps with geometric shapes have always fascinated me! And stripes! You can´t go wrong with stripes, right? So this huge wrap plays with vertical and horizontal stripes. And the ratio 1:3, hence the name => the number of vertical stripes is three times the number of horizontal stripes. This makes you able to finish your shawl any time y...

Here in Berlin all the cool people are wearing hoods this winter!

The „METRO SQUARES SHAWL“ is a huge triangle shawl playing with horizontal and vertical bold colour stripes at the same time. It follows the same idea like my WOVEN BANDS WRAP => creating a shawl with horizontal and vertical stripes the easy way - without working intarsia or stranded colourwork. Twelve bright colours cross each other on a da...

The „METRO LINES WRAP“ is a huge rectangle shawl playing with horizontal and vertical bold colour stripes at the same time. It follows the same idea like my WOVEN BANDS WRAP – creating a shawl with horizontal and vertical stripes the easy way - without working intarsia or stranded colourwork. Twelve bright colours cross each other on a dark bac...

The „SEASHORE FADE Shawl“ is a huge shawl, that mimics the seashore with its wave pattern and its colours. You start with a few stitches only and increase on the left edge. You knit with two threads of laceweight silk mohair held together – this way you can play with colours and make them fade – from beach to the deep blue sea.

The WOVEN BANDS WRAP is a huge rectangle shawl playing with horizontal fading colours and vertical bold colour stripes at the same time. It is insprired by a linen cloth I once saw. I was wondering how to create the „checkered“ pattern without working intarsia or stranded colourwork – and came up with the idea of knitting bands and weaving thes...

The BERLIN CITY LIGHTS shawl is a huge rectangle shawl with rounded edges on the short sides. It is worked in three sections, first in rows, then in rounds on large needles. The pattern is pretty easy and absolutely beginner friendly. The size is easily adjustable. BERLIN CITY LIGHTS is soft and warm but also – although is is pretty big - a lig...

The MEMENTO MORI cowl is the little sibling of my MEMENTO MORI a.k.a the „Martin Gore-look-alike-sweater“ and also a tribute to Martin Gore and Depeche Mode !

It´s time to party => because PARTY EDITION is my 50th pattern !

The MEMENTO MORI sweater a.k.a “Martin-Gore-look-alike-sweater” is an homage to Martin Gore and Depeche Mode!

VIRVAN CIRCLES is a huge rectangle shawl worked in Fair Isle / Stranded Colourwork throughout with ONE strand of each colour. The main part is knit in the round with a steek. The pattern is pretty easy and you will know it by heart soon. After cutting the steek you will add a double border which frames the shawl and hides the steek stitches. Th...

„CHAMAELEON – The Crescent“ is one of three shawls I designed for the Frida Fuchs advent calendar 2022. Please note that the sample was not made with the advent calendar colours.

„CHAMAELEON – The Kite“ is one of three shawls I designed for the Frida Fuchs advent calendar 2022.

„CHAMAELEON – The Rectangle“ is one of three shawls I designed for the Frida Fuchs advent calendar 2022.

CHAMAELEON - The Square It is a huge square-shaped shawl which is all about „marling with mini skeins“. You start this version in the middle with only one bobble and then proceed in the round adding bobbles at the four corners until you almost run out of yarn. Just keep enough yarn left for an iCord bind-off that makes a neat finish for this sh...

„CHAMAELEON – The Mittens“ are part of my „CHAMAELEON - marling with mini skeins“ series which I started for the 2022 Frida Fuchs advent calendar. With just a bit of leftover yarn you can make this cute mittens. Like my other patterns of this series they feature a row of bobbles which mimics the back of a chamaeleon – hence the name.

JUST BACK AND FORTH is a loose fitting cowl that is knit just forth and back => in rows ! That means knit stitches only, no purling. And – that´s the best – there is no sewing !

LIVZAG – is an easy to knit shawl and very suitable for your first experience knitting a lace pattern. At first you will knit the zig zag border – then you will pick up the edge stitches and shape the shawl by knitting short rows in simple garter stitch. Once you have reached the height you add a lace border to the top edge as well and bind-off...

Bobble Waves is a large square shawl with a slit from one corner to the middle that can be worn in different ways. Lace-weight silk–mohair held together with lace-weight alpaca make it a lightweight and versatile wardrobe staple which is a joy to knit and wear. It is worked from the middle in garter, so there are no purl stitches. Simple garter...

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GITTER is a cowl with a very simple but stunning pattern. It is made with knit and purl stitches and a few yarn overs only.

24SKEINS is a huge parallelogram-shaped shawl (size see pic) made from a total of 24 mini skeins => you need 16 fingering weight minis plus 8 mohair minis (1340 m / 1465 yards of each yarn). The fingering weight yarn and the silk mohair are held together throughout and you choose your colours at random - following a few rules - which makes i...

YPSILON is a huge triangle shawl which uses five colours in a fading order. It has build-in iCord edges and optional iCord-tails at all three ends.

YOSHA – is short for „Yoke Shawl“ – the huge half-circle-shaped shawl is made like a classic stranded colourwork yoke sweater => in the round with a steek. After cutting the steek the inner part will be “filled” with short rows and then the whole shawl will be “framed” with a double border which frames the steek stitches like a sandwich.

*** HAPPY VALENTINE´S DAY ! ***

NONTARIO is a rectangle version of my designs CANADA ROADTRIP (square) and ONEWAY ROADTRIP (triangle).

BLÜMCHEN – which is the german word for „tiny flowers“ – is all about the yarn => rustic Nutiden by Honor och Eir. It is extra special, a pre-yarn, natural, sheepy but soft at the same time.

FIBONACCI FADE is versatile and lightweight piece. You can wear it as a shawl or as a HUGE cowl. The colours fade in a special order to make it fade in a more subtle way – Fibonacci-like.

NUTIDEN BLOMMOR (blommor is swedish for flowers) tries to bring the magic alive NUTIDEN yarn by Höner och Eir from Sweden has - with a simple lace pattern knit in this rustic and sheepy yarn.

What is the easiest way of knitting a fade shawl ?

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The ONEWAY ROADTRIP shawl is a huge triangle shawl which uses four coulours – in a fading order – and a colour pop of the same yarn for the cast-on and the iCord edges and optional iCord-tails.

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You once bought a beautiful mini-skein set and have no idea what to knit with it ? This is your pattern! All you need is your mini-skein set plus double the amount/yardage of the same (or a matching) yarn in a solid colourway. I chose a beautiful set by „The Little Grey Sheep“ with five mini-skeins and a total of 100 grams plus a 200 grams cone...

I designed and knit this shawl during my Canada Roadtrip in 2018. We drove more than 4.500 kilometers – and this huge square shawl grew during those wonderful three weeks. It shows off the different greys of the Rocky Mountains, the red of the Canadian flag but also the grey of the sky when it was full of smoke because of so many wildfires. The...

STRIPED CIRCLES is a huge and warm shawl with a grafic pattern, knit like a typical Fair Isle shawl from the buttom up. It shows off the beauty of a selfstriping yarn on a solid background. This way you only need two different yarns plus a third one for the border.

REDONDOS is a huge and thick cowl which you can wrap around your neck once or twice. You start and end with an i-cord. It has two layers – with reversed colours. Both layers are picked up from the i-cord-cast-on – after finishing both layers you connect them with a three-needle-i-cord-bind-off. The result is a completely reversible cowl with ve...

Show the world you are a knitter!

The BERLIN ROCKS COWL is an homage to my hometown Berlin and my contribution to the Berlin Knits Yarnfestival which took place on Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st 2017 !

The MUNGO SHAWL is a very easy and addictiv knit – there is not a single purl stitch ! It starts with an i-cord and only sixteen stitches – at the widest parts it´s 86 stitches only – so it grows fast. It has three strategically placed angles so it won´t fall off your shoulders. The angles are made using short rows with “wraps & turns” – bu...

SPRING FLOWERS is a huge shawl with lots of flowers. Knit like a typical Fair Isle shawl with a steek – but worked „top-down“ => you do not only increase at both sides, you also increase along the „spine“ in the middle of the shawl.

Show the world you are a knitter!

SWIRLS is a huge and very colourful Fair Isle shawl.

I modified my CATALINA Cowl design to one of those “oh so popular messy bun hats” - it makes a perfect gift for a recipient wearing a ponytail or a messy bun.

This pattern is part of a cowl-series FIVE SISTAS.

The Catalina Cowl is a very easy knit with a stunning result - completely reversible.

This pattern is designed for Kauni 8/2 Effektgarn and brings out the colour changes of two different colourways best - but will work with other yarn, too.

Just one skein of colourful Noro Kureyon makes those beautiful striped mitts for an older child.

The ZigZag-Shawl is a quite simple shawl that was designed to show off the beauty of the Malabrigo Silky Merino or any other precious yarn from your stash.